Mosimane tops Wenger on best club coaches list

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane and goalkeeper Denis Onyango have each achieved a top-10 placing in the world‚ in an emphatic recognition of what the Brazilians have achieved on the international stage this year.

Mosimane was placed 10th on the International Federation of Football History and Statistics’ (IFFHS) prestigious list of club coaches‚ which is headed by Diego Simeone of Atletico de Madrid (113 points)‚ Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid (108) and Claudio Ranieri of Leicester City (86).

Sundowns’ coach scored five points in the list voted for by experts from 50 countries‚ placing him above Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger (four)‚ Leonardo Jardim of AS Monaco (three) and Olivier Blanc of Paris Saint-Germain (three).

Ugandan Onyango also made 10th place on the list of best goalkeepers‚ which was headed by Germany and Bayern Munich’s keeper Manuel Neuer (156 points)‚ followed by Gianluigi Buffon of Italy and Juventus (91) and Rui Patricio of Portugal and Sporting (50)

Onyango also scored five points‚ beating Arsenal and Czech Republic keeper Petr Cech (four) and Inter Milan and Slovenia’s Samir Handanovic (two).