I just checked and it’s true. Over the 96 years that the World Cup has existed, all World Cup winning coaches are citizens of the winning country.
In fact, only two foreign coaches have been to the World Cup final and they both lost. They are:
• Sweden 1958 (George Raynor, England)
• Netherlands 1978 (Ernst Happel, Austria)
The World Cup winning coaches are:
•. 1930: Alberto Suppici (Uruguay)
• 1934: Vittorio Pozzo (Italy)
• 1938: Vittorio Pozzo (Italy)
• 1950: Juan López Fontana (Uruguay)
• 1954: Sepp Herberger (West Germany)
• 1958: Vicente Feola (Brazil)
• 1962: Aymoré Moreira (Brazil)
• 1966: Alf Ramsey (England)
• 1970: Mário Zagallo (Brazil)
• 1974: Helmut Schön (West Germany)
• 1978: César Luis Menotti (Argentina)
• 1982: Enzo Bearzot (Italy)
• 1986: Carlos Bilardo (Argentina)
• 1990: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
• 1994: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil)
• 1998: Aimé Jacquet (France)
• 2002: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil)
• 2006: Marcello Lippi (Italy)
• 2010: Vicente del Bosque (Spain)
• 2014: Joachim Löw (Germany)
• 2018: Didier Deschamps (France)
• 2022: Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
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Pendaki wanita yang dilaporkan hilang di Gunung Batu Putih sejak 23 Mei lalu, Jaslinda Saludin, 49, ditemukan dalam keadaan selamat hari ini.
Mangsa ditemui di Kampung Lubuk Gaharu dekat Pos Musoh.
'Kudos'......, things finally come into a full circle. The once Oppressed, has now proudly became the Oppressor.
Welcome to the return of the BOLEHland...
Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun mengumumkan pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Negeri Sembilan berkuat kuasa 5 Jun 2026.
Menurut beliau, keputusan itu dibuat selepas mendapat perkenan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir malam tadi.
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Yes, you read that right. Almost every player representing Curaçao at the 2026 World Cup was born outside Curaçao. And it is completely legal.
Curaçao is the smallest country by population ever to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, with just 156,000 people. They are making their debut at a World Cup.
And they did it with a squad built almost entirely in the Netherlands.
Here is why that works.
Curaçao is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its citizens hold Dutch passports. Many Curaçaoans have migrated to the Netherlands over generations, and their children grew up in Dutch cities, trained in Dutch academies and represented the Netherlands at youth level.
The majority of the squad are Dutch-born but have family links that make them eligible to play for Curaçao.
FIFA, through the FIFA rules on the application of the Statutes granted permission for players who once represented the Netherlands at youth or under-21 level to switch eligibility to Curaçao, including five who switched since August alone.
Captain Leandro Bacuna and his brother Juninho were both born in Groningen. Both represented the Netherlands at under-21 level. Defender Joshua Brenet played a World Cup qualifying match for the Netherlands senior team in 2016.
Tahith Chong, a product of the Manchester United academy, is however one of the only squad members actually born on the island.
The strategy is simple and brilliantly executed. Curaçao cannot produce enough elite footballers domestically with a population of 156,000. But their diaspora in the Netherlands can.
Young players of Curaçaoan descent who are unlikely to break into a highly competitive Dutch senior squad are offered the chance to represent their ancestral homeland at the highest level instead.
They get a World Cup while Curaçao gets a squad capable of competing with nations many times their size.
They are drawn in Group E alongside Germany, Ecuador and Ivory Coast. One of the toughest groups in the tournament. Dick Advocaat, the legendary Dutch coach, leads them at 78 years old. Even the manager is Dutch. He is the oldest manager at a World Cup ever!
This is diaspora football at its most effective. A lot of African countries do it anyway. No issue
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Tiada Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Parlimen Pandan dan Setiawangsa akan dijalankan susulan tindakan bekas Ahli Parlimen bahagian itu, Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli dan Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad yang mengosongkan kerusi masing-masing.
Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) dalam kenyataan berkata, berdasarkan Perkara 54 (1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan, Speaker Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Johari Abdul telah memaklumkan kepada SPR bahawa tiada keperluan bagi mengisi kekosongan luar jangka tersebut.
Tambah kenyataan itu lagi, SPR menerima pemakluman status kekosongan luar jangka kerusi Parlimen Pandan dan Setiawangsa oleh Johari hari ini (Rabu).
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