Youngest major UEFA club competition final winning coaches33y 213d: André Villas-Boas (Porto, 2011 UEFA Europa League) 33y 308d: Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea, 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) 34y 102d*: Sven-Göran Eriksson (IFK Göteborg, 1982 UEFA Cup) 34y 163d: Víctor Fernández (Real Zaragoza, 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) 36y 101d: Joaquim Rifé (Barcelona, 1979 European Cup Winners' Cup)Youngest UEFA Champions League winning coach38y 129d: Josep Guardiola (Barcelona, 2009)Youngest European Champion Clubs' Cup winning coach36 yrs 184 days: José Villalonga (Real Madrid, 1956)
Tag: Oldest
Oldest player, winner and scorer at EURO
They say there is no substitute for experience and there have been times in UEFA European Championship history when this has proved the case – the prime example being Arnold Mühren, who provided the cross for Marco van Basten's astonishing top-spin volley in the 1988 final against the Soviet Union. He was 37 years and 23 days old at the time, setting a record for the oldest player to pick up a winners' medal.Muhren was fortunate because not all players can bow out in a blaze of glory. Germany duo Lothar Matthäus and Jens Lehmann set their own records on their final international appearances but while the latter had to settle for a runners-up medal in 2008, the former suffered