In today's post we take a look at the current managers of the 20 Premier League teams and their playing careers:
Arsenal - Arsene Wenger - Mostly played for French amateur teams apart from 11 appearances for RC Strasboug who were then playing in Ligue 1.
Aston Villa - Paul Lambert - Made over 500 appearances in top flight football winning numerous trophies including the Champions League whilst playing for Borussia Dortmund in 1997.
Cardiff City - Ole Gunnar Solksjaer - Manchester United legend with 6 Premier League winners medals and also a Champions League winner. Scored 237 in 382 appearances during his career.
Chelsea - Jose Mourinho - Made 94 appearances as a youngster for various Portuguese clubs before retiring at the age of 24 to concentrate on a coaching career.
Crystal Palace - Tony Pulis - Made over 300 appearances as a player mostly in the old English second and third division with Bristol Rovers and Bournemouth.
Everton - Roberto Martinez - Most of his playing career was spent in the lower leagues with Wigan and Swansea where he was an integral part of turning around the fortunes of both clubs. Martinez made 363 appearances in total.
Fulham - Rene Meulensteen - No playing career.
Hull City - Steve Bruce - Former Manchester United captain who played a pivotal role in their resurgence as one of the best teams in the country in the 90's. Bruce won the Premier League on three occasions and played in 929 first class games.
Liverpool - Brendan Rodgers - A knee condition forced Rodgers to retire at the age of 20 without playing in any first class games.
Manchester City - Manuel Pellegrini - Spent his entire playing career in Chile playing for Club Universidad de Chile making 451 appearances for them before retiring.
Manchester United - David Moyes - Made over 550 appearances in his career at a number of Scottish and English lower league clubs including Preston North End.
Newcastle United - Alan Pardew - Played over 500 games for both non league and league teams during his career most famously for Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace.
Norwich City - Chris Hughton - Considered as one of the best full backs Tottenham Hotspur have ever produced, Hughton made 398 appearances for the club. Later on in his career he turned out for West Ham and Brentford.
Southampton - Mauricio Pochettino - Made over 500 career appearances mostly in Argentina and in Spain with Espanyol. Also represented Argentina in the 2002 World Cup where he brought down Michael Owen which resulted in a penalty which David Beckham scored.
Stoke City - Mark Hughes - Made nearly 800 career appearances and played for some of the biggest teams in the world including Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
Sunderland - Gus Poyet - The Uruguayan spent a large portion of his career in Spain with Real Zaragoza before moving to England and playing for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Made well over 400 appearances in total.
Swansea City - Michael Laudrup - Danish footballing legend had a magnificent playing career playing for the likes of Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Often remarked that he was the best player in the world during the 90s.
Tottenham Hotspur - Tim Sherwood - Premier League winning captain for Blackburn Rovers made nearly 500 first team appearances which included spells at Norwich, Portsmouth and Spurs.
West Bromwich Albion - Pepe Mel - Spent most of his playing career in the Spanish second tier with Real Betis and Granada where he was a prolific goalscorer scoring 73 goals in 195 second division games.
West Ham United - Sam Allardyce - "Big Sam" never played in the top tier but he made over 400 appearances for many clubs in the lower leagues including Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End.
For information and statistics on Ex Premier League Footballers visit www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk
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