Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian retired footballer and most recently the former manager of English side Chelsea.
As a player Ancelotti came up through Parma’s youth ranks before transferring to AS Roma, where he was made captain. After eight years at Roma he went to the AC Milan team dominating in Europe at the time. Ancelotti also played 26 times for Italy and appeared for them in the 1986 and the 1990 FIFA World Cups. As a player he played in midfield.
Ancelotti took over as Chelsea manager in August 2009. He started his managerial career at his local Italian side Reggiana back in 1995, with whom he won promotion to Serie A. He then went to his old club Parma, followed by Juventus, before also coming back to AC Milan as a manager. With Milan he won the Italian Cup, Serie A and twice the UEFA Champions League before heading to London and Chelsea. In Ancelotti’s first season at Chelsea they won the English double. In the second season Chelsea went trophy-less and despite being runners-up in the Premier League Ancelotti was sacked.

José Mourinho is the manager of Spanish side Real Madrid. Mourinho is widely regarded as one of the most successful managers in the game. He was brought into the thick of things by his father Félix Mourinho, who was a professional footballer. José wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and played for some of the clubs his father took over as a coach. He soon realised that he would not make it to the top level as a player and instead chose to pursue a career in coaching, also something he followed his father in action. He also studied sport science and taught physical education at schools.
Mourinho started out with lower tied Portugues clubs. When Sir Bobby Robson arrived at Sporting Lisboa as head coach in 1992, Mourinho grabbed his chance to work as an interpreter and coach under Robson. They formed a strong relationship and Mourinho followed Robson to coach Porto and later to Barcelona. When Robson moved on from Barcelona, Mourinho stayed as assistant manager to newly appointed Louis Van Gaal.
After a brief stint as head coach for Benfica, in late 2000, Mourinho became the manager of União de Leiria, which he took to a 5th place finish in the Portugues league in 2001/02. In January 2002 he took over as manager of Porto, where he in 2003 won the Portuguese double and the UEFA Cup. In 2004 they again won the Portuguese league and went on to win the UEFA Champions League.

After Mourinho’s successful time at Porto, clubs like Real Madrid, Liverpool and Chelsea were all interested in his services. Mourinho was initially most interested in Liverpool but when they offered the position to Spaniard Rafa Benitez, he accepted an offer from Chelsea. In Mourinho’s first season at Chelsea they won the Premier League and the League Cup. The following season they defended their Premier League title and then the next season won both the FA Cup and the League Cup. Chelsea set a new record of 64 consecutive home league matches without defeat, surpassing the record set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1981. However, after several disagreements with Chelsea’s owner/chairman Roman Abramovich, Mourinho left the club in September 2007. In June 2008 Mourinho took over as manager of Internazionale Milano. In the first season they won the Serie A title, then in 2009/10 they won their famous treble; Serie A, the Italian Cup and the UEFA Champions League. After this Mourinho made his intensions clear; he wanted to coach Real Madrid. After intense negotiation and a record compensation, Inter released Mourinho from his contract and he joined Real Madrid.

Fernando Gago is a defensive midfielder who plays for Spanish side Real Madrid and Argentina. Gago is a product of Boca Junior’s youth teams. He made his senior debut for the club as an 18 year old in 2004. Two years later Gago was signed by Real Madrid, at the same as fellow Argentinian Gonzalo Higuaín. A few months later Gago was also to make his senior debut for Argentina. He had previously been part of the Argentinian U-20 squad winning the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Álvaro Arbeloa is a defender who plays for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. Arbeloa joined Real Madrid as a seventeen year old in 2000. To get more chances to play first team football he moved to Deportivo de La Coruña ahead of the 2006-07 season. He played most matches for Deportivo but then made a surprise transfer to Liverpool in January 2007. He finished that season and the next season with many strong performances for the club. He showed his versatility by shifting from right to left back to deal with Lionel Messi, against Barcelona in the Champions League. In July 2009 Arbeloa was signed back to Real Madrid, where he in fact has been playing mainly as a left back. Arbeloa made his debut for Spain in 2008 and was in their winning squad of both the 2008 UEFA European Championship and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Raúl is a Real Madrid legend though in fact he started his youth career at Atlético Madrid. He arrived at Real Madrid in 1992 and is their all-time top goalscorer with 228 goals. Raúl is also the all-time top goalscorer in Champions League with 66 goals. On 28 July 2010 he signed a 2-year contract with German side Schalke 04. Raúl has played 102 times for Spain and scored 44 goals. That is a goal scoring record for Spain which has recently been equalled by David Villa.