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Tomorrow, 10 coaches who are experienced in the taste of such high-level tournament games will train national teams from various countries starting in the World Cup.
Germany's national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann is the undisputed leader in terms of games played (17) and goals scored (11). The legendary German striker became a world champion in 1990.
He could only be compared to Brazilian Zico, who played 14 games and scored 5 goals in the 1978, 1982, and 1986 World Cups, but never became a champion.
Here is how all current coaches are ranked according to the games played and goals scored in world championships:
Rank, Name, Coaching, Represented, World Championships, Games, Goals;
1. Juergen Klinsmann, Germany, Germany, 1990, 1994, 1998, 17, 11;
2. Zico, Japan, Brazil, 1978, 1982, 1986, 14, 5;
3. Oleg Blokhin, Ukraine, USSR, 1982, 1986, 7, 2;
4. Pawel Janas, Poland, Poland, 1982, 6, 0;
5. Ilija Petković, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia, 1974, 5, 1;
6. Marco van Basten, Netherlands, Netherlands, 1990, 4, 0;
7. Alexandre Guimaraes, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, 1990, 3, 0;
8-9. Henri Michel, DKK, France, 1978, 2, 0;
8-9. Jakob Kuhn, Switzerland, Switzerland, 1966, 2, 0;
10. Ricardo La Volpe, Mexico, Argentina, 1978, 0, 0;
