The players born in 1953 is very much also the managers year. A lot of the players chosen for this team (and the subsitutes) became prominent managers, some of their records is listed below.
Daniel Passarella was national coach for Argentina and Uruguay at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, he also won three titles with River Plate.
Claudio Gentile became U-21 national coach for Italy and won the 2004 European Championship, with players like Barzagli, De Rossi and Gilardino.
Magath's honours as manager includes two consecutive doubles (Bundesliga and German Cup titles) with Bayern Munich, and a further Bundesliga title with VfL Wolfsburg in 2009.
Boloni is the current manager of Panathinaikos and have 26 years of managerial expirence. With a Portugese title with Sporting and a Belgian title with Standard, his biggest achievements.
Souness' managerial career began when he joined Rangers, leading them to three Scottish titles and four league cups, before joining Liverpool as manager. He went on to become manager of Galatasaray, Southampton, Torino, Benfica, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.
Zico has coached the Japanese national team, appearing in the 2006 World Cup and winning the Asian Cup 2004, and Fenerbahçe, who were a quarter-finalist in 2007–08 in the Champions League under his command.
Substitutes Åge Hareide, Fatih Terim, Manuel Pellegrini, Huub Stevens are all current managers at the very highest levl.
Here's the 1953 Yearbook XI:
Player descriptions:
GK: Jean-Marie Pfaff; started his career in Beveren where he played from 1972-82 winning the Belgian league title in 1979, he then moved to Bayern Munich where he won 3 Bundesliga titles and 2 German Cups in the 80's. Pfaff played for Belgium at the 1980 and 84 Euros and the 82 and 86 World Cups. He was the first winner of IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 1987.
RB: Manfred Kaltz; a long serving legend at Hamburger SV, he played in 581 Bundesliga games for HSV, to this day remaining the second greatest total of an individual in Bundesliga history. Kaltz was famous for his right-footed crosses, which he hit with so much spin that they curved like a banana. They were affectionately called "Bananenflanken" or "banana crosses". Some of his honurs is 3 Bundesliga titles, the 1983 European Cup and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with HSV and the 1980 Euros with Germany.
CB: Gaetano Scirea; was a modern and highly talented libero, gifted with excellent
technical skills and tactical ability, who was known for his pace,
elegance on the ball, and innate capacity to read the game. He was a significent part of Trappatonis catenaccio style at Juventus in the late 70's and 80's winning 7 Scudettos. Scirea is one of only six players in European football history to have won all international trophies for football clubs recognized by UEFA and FIFA. He also won the 1982 World Cup with Italy.
CB: Daniel Passarella; Considered one of the greatest defenders of all time,
Passarella was also a proficient goalscorer; at one point he was
football's top scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches, a record
subsequently broken by Dutch defender Ronald Koeman. In 1978 he was captain when Argentina won their first World Cup. Read this great article about Passarella*
LB: Claudio Gentile; is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. He formed one of the most formidable defensive lines in football history with teammates Dino Zoff and Gaetano Scirea. He was a tough, strong, tenacious, ruthless, and uncompromising defender. He won 6 Serie A titles with Juventus and the 1982 World Cup with Italy.
RM: László Bölöni; was an integral part of the Steaua București team that won the European Cup in 1986, the only Romanian team (and, along with Red Star Belgrade, one of two Eastern European sides) to have achieved the honour. He is considered one of the best Romanian footballers in history.
CM: Graeme Souness; was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s. He won 5 English championships and 3 European Cups before moving on to Sampdoria and ending his career at Rangers, where he became player-manager.
CM: Felix Magath; his most notable spell of his playing career was with Hamburger SV, with whom he won three Bundesliga titles, the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and the 1983 European Cup Final, scoring in both Finals. For parts of the 1970s and ’80s, he was considered Germany’s finest playmaker. He also gained 43 international caps for the West Germany national team, winning UEFA Euro 1980 and reaching two consecutive World Cup finals.
CM: Falcao; is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time, especially at his peak in the early 1980s. At one stage, he was the world's highest paid footballer. He was known in particular for his flair, control, vision, passing, and
long-range shooting ability, as well as his tactical intelligence,
organisational ability and leadership. He won the scudetto with Roma in 1983.
LM: Zico; was a creative playmaker, with excellent technical skills, vision,
and an eye for goal, who is considered one of the most clinical
finishers and best passers ever, as well as one of the greatest players
of all time. Scored a world record of 101 goals from direct freekicks.
FW: Hans Krankl; is regarded by many as one of Austria's greatest players. Krankl was a great goalscorer for Rapid Vienna and in 1978 he won the European Golden Boot and was runner-up at the Ballon d'Or. After that he signed for Barcelona and had short succesful spell winning the Cup Winners' Cup.
Substitutes: Åge Hareide, Fatih Terim, Manuel Pellegrini, Huub Stevens, René Vandereycken, Norberto Alonso, René Houseman, Dieter Hoeneß
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