He was named the world's best football manager by the International Federation of Football History &amp; Statistics (IFFHS) both in 1996 and 1998, and world's best National coach in 2006. He is the first coach to have won the most prestigious international competitions both for clubs in different continents, and for national teams (the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1996 with Juventus; the AFC Champions League in 2013 with Guangzhou Evergrande; and the FIFA World Cup in 2006 with Italy).