Mircea Lucescu

Lucescu won seven Romanian league titles as a midfielder with Dinamo București between 1964 and 1990, captaining Romania at the 1970 World Cup along the way. He started coaching in 1979 while still playing, then spent five decades moving through Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia. The Shakhtar Donetsk years from the late 2000s defined him: eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six cups, and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup made him the club's most successful manager ever. He later won silverware with Shakhtar's bitter rival Dynamo Kyiv, added Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşikta…