15 Most Ridiculous Manager Outfits in World Football History

Managers in world football certainly aren't hired for their fashion sense. History can attest to that.

With clubs in some of the most fashion-forward cities in the world, you can expect that to reflect on the managers.

In other cases, it's as if some managers fail to own a mirror, for there would be no other reason to explain how they are dressed.

Take Dunga, for example, in the above picture. He was a highly successful player and then a manager for one of the biggest footballing countries in the world, Brazil.

But the alarm bells should have been ringing for the CBF because no sane man would believe that that is appropriate attire for a football manager.

However, it does look like Christopher Nolan decided to take note of that coat and put it in The Dark Knight Rises.

It's unfair to single out Dunga. Throughout the history of the game, there have been countless managers who have had fashion emergencies.

If there was a manager who should have made the list, then put him in the comment section and provide a link to the outrageous outfit.

Bob Bradley, USA

Ah yes. Good old Coach Sweats, Bob Bradley.

There isn't anything incredibly ridiculous about this outfit.

No matter the occasion, Bob Bradley would wear his sweatsuit.

It's just that you would expect a coach of a national team would at least be able to dress up a little bit for the World Cup. Even Diego Maradona was smart enough to wear a suit.

Also, the puffy coat doesn't do him any favors, but more of that later.

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal

Seriously, look at that jacket.

It wouldn't be too surprising if he would be complaining to his assistant that he can't move his arms down.

That jacket looks like one of those from the NFL that players wear over their shoulder pads. Those make sense because should pads can be very bulky.

What Wenger's excuse is no one really knows. Maybe he's planning on just laying down right on the touchline and using it as a sleeping bag.

Plus, if I were Wenger, I would never put one of those jackets on ever again. Heaven forbid this happen again.

Dunga, Brazil

It's Dunga again. An entire slide show could probably be made just for the former Brazil manager.

There aren't too many words to say about that shirt.

Any complaints about Bob Bradley's attire have been swiftly revoked.

Dunga was rightfully excoriated for his touchline attire for a friendly against Portugal in 2007.

Apparently, he was wearing the shirt to help promote his daughter, who at the time was a fashion student and designed the shirt.

Dunga's daughter reportedly immediately chose a new career path.

Tony Pulis, Stoke City

Night or day, Tony Pulis goes nowhere without his trademark hat.

It's hard to understand why exactly he wears the hat.

Of course, the hat itself is designed to block the sun, but Pulis will wear the hat even if it's completely overcast.

It might just be good luck. And if so, it's working because Stoke have been one of the most reliable teams in the Premier League and are the blueprint for any club that gets promoted from the Championship.

Owen Coyle, Bolton

Somebody must have forgotten to tell Owen Coyle that he retired in 2007.

Coyle isn't the only Premier League manager who looks as if he came right off the training ground, but this is just ridiculous.

It just seems like that as a football manager, a certain dress code is expected. That code doesn't include shorts, socks and football boots.

Cesare Prandelli, Fiorentina

You have to give Cesare Prandelli credit.

His team at the time, Fiorentina, is known as Viola, or violet. Prandelli really took that color to heart when he went to the closet for his match day outfit.

But that can only go so far as Prandelli resembles Barney more than he does a football manager.

Paul Tisdale, Exeter City

Forget FIFA. Forget Sepp Blatter. Forget whatever problems you think exist in world football.

The biggest crisis facing the sport is the lack of cravats. Paul Tisdale is doing what he can to help solve the problem, but it isn't enough.

The only thing Tisdale is missing is the sailor hat and he can go as Judge Smails for his next Halloween party.

Walter Mazzarri, Napoli

Napoli is known as being one of the more rebellious clubs in Italy, and clearly that has rubbed off on manager Walter Mazzarri.

If he wants to wear a garbage bag, then he's going to wear a garbage bag.

Perhaps that's being a bit too harsh on Mazzarri. You have to give him credit for wearing that jacket. You can't imagine any manager in the Premier League dressing like that.

Malcolm Allison, Crystal Palace

Now this is an outfit you'll never see in England again.

As you may guess by this picture, Malcolm Allison was always known as quite the playboy off the pitch.

With a manager dressed like this, you would assume that tactics would be the first thing on his mind.

If a player can't get motivated by a man in a fur coat, then quite frankly, that player is incapable of being motivated.

Steve Evans, Crawley Town

Quite frankly, this just looks quite unprofessional from Steve Evans.

It's fair enough if you want to leave a button or two unbuttoned, but this is just ridiculous.

Maybe he was so worried about his tactics and how to play his opponent that he simply forgot.

Either way, you'll have to excuse him because he was heading for the dance club immediately after this match.

Brian Clough, Nottinham Forest

Brian Clough is arguably one the greatest, if not the greatest English manager in world football history.

That doesn't necessarily mean he was the best dressed.

Clough was a big personality in the game and this green jumper represented that.

Graham Taylor, England

It should be easy to figure out, but Graham Taylor is the one in the middle.

The 90s weren't exactly kind to the world of fashion. Many of the shirts and jackets of the era have not aged well.

Poor Taylor was more just a victim of circumstance.

You could debate that this was even more of a fashion disaster.

Franck Sauzee, Hibernian

Franck Sauzee managed Hibernian for 15 matches during the 2001-02 season.

It was quite an ignominious tenure.

However, Sauzee went on to great success when he co-starred in the film The Boondock Saints.

Some might argue that the look isn't all that ridiculous, but no manager should look like a member of the mob.

Diego Maradona, Argentina

There just seems to be something wrong with Diego Maradona in a suit. It just doesn't feel right.

Perhaps it's because Maradona looks like he simply reached into the bargain bin at a local Men's Warehouse and grabbed the first suit he could.

Also, take a look at his hands. The guy is wearing not one, but two watches. There is hardly any conceivable reason for him to wear two watches.

Phil Brown, Hull City

Maybe Phil Brown was just on the cutting edge, but earpieces just haven't seemed to catch on for managers in world football.

For Brown, it was just another thing to make him look goofy on the touchline, or when he wasn't sitting his players down on the pitch to give them their halftime team talk.

Also, his skin was suspiciously orange. It's not like England is a country known to be extremely beneficial for one's tan.