Infographic: The nationalities of FourFourTwo's 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2016

OK, headline point: there are more Welsh managers in our list this year than there are English. In fact, there are as many from Turkmenistan as there are from Blighty. One. 

Congratulations, Eddie Howe, for making things a little less bleak for English football. Congratulations, too, for Chris Coleman after Wales's terrific Euro 2016 achievements, and Mark Sampson for breathing new life into England's women's team over the last 12 months. 

Leading the way in 2016 are six managers apiece for Italy and Germany, with Spain just behind on five. Have a look for yourself and see who's made gains (or losses) from our 2015 edition. Sorry, Holland.

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FourFourTwo's 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2016

Joe Brewin

Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities. 

By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.