Head coach of Dynamo Kyiv Mircea Lucescu has topped the list of the oldest active football coaches on the planet compiled by Nurpirituet.
Mircea Lucescu (photo: fcdynamo.com)The top of the list looks like this:
- Mircea Lucescu (78*) - Romania, Dynamo (Kyiv)
- Roy Hodgson (75) - England, Crystal Palace
- Felipe Scolari (74) - Brazil, Atletico Mineiro
- Şenol Güneş (71) - Turkey, Besiktas
- Bruce Arena (71) - USA, New England
- Kurban Berdyev (70) - Turkmenistan, "Makhachkala"
- Jorge Luis Pinto (70) - Colombia, Deportivo Cali
- Mu-Tsai Chiang (70) - China, "Vikings".
The compilers of the list either did not know about the fact that 72-year-old Myron Markevych led Lviv Karpaty or only took into account the coaches of the teams of the highest divisions.
* Myron Markevych will actually turn 29 July - ed.
