SUNSPORT today revealed that Manuel Pellegrini is an engineering genius who once built a HOUSE for a friend.
But the incoming Manchester City boss is not the only clever clogs in football.
We have trawled libraries, labs and lecture rooms to find the beautiful game’s 10 biggest brainboxes.
1 SOCRATES
LEGENDARY Brazil star — named after the Greek philosopher — was a qualified doctor and political activist.
SOC IT AND SEE ... Brazil star dished out medical advice
2 MAROUANE CHAMAKH
ARSENAL flop is a trained accountant — not that totting up his Gunners goals tally needs much skill.
Striker may not be great in the box. But he admits: “I am good at spreadsheets.”
CHAM MARRIAGE ... Arsenal flop should have stuck to accounting
3 NEDUM ONUOHA
EXAM king famously landed three As at A-Level in Maths, Business Studies and IT — but reckons he could have scored even MORE top grades at school.
He said: “I couldn’t fit five in. There was literally not enough time.”
STUDENT OF THE GAME ... Nedum Onouha
4 SHAKA HISLOP
FORMER Newcastle keeper has a degree in mechanical engineering — and even spent a summer working at NASA on their Space Station Freedom Project in Washington.
Trinidad brainiac Hislop was also involved in a top-level engineering project in the Caribbean.
STAR ... rocket man Shaka was workie at NASA
5 RONALDO
WE revealed last month how World Cup legend Ronaldo is now a TEA BOY in a top London marketing agency.
The Brazilian, who is 10 weeks into an internship at Mayfair-based WPP, said: “It is my purpose to learn.”
His boss Sir Martin Sorrell added: “Apart from being a great footballer, he has a really intelligent approach to what we do.”
LET'S GET TO WORK ... Ronaldo is grafting in London
6 JUAN MATA
CHELSEA star tests the grey Mata by studying for TWO degrees — in marketing and sports science.
Mata, who writes to his Spanish-based tutor by email, says: “I have an uncle who works in marketing in a bank and I’d like to be involved in sports marketing or promotions.”
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ... Chelsea's Spain star Mata is hitting the books
7 IAIN DOWIE
NO wonder former striker Dowie was always looking for space — he worked at a top aircraft company before his playing career took off.
Dowie bagged a Masters degree in engineering and then spent time at British Aerospace.
CHEWS YOUR OWN PATH ... Dowie had a pop at engineering career
8 GLEN JOHNSON
HUMAN calculator Johnson spends two hours a day studying for an Open University maths degree.
The Liverpool egghead says: “I love the planning and problem solving, equations, working out, for example, how much fuel a plane needs.”
SUM-THING SPECIAL ... England star Glen loves maths
9 RAMON VEGA
SPURS League Cup winner Vega traded in professional football for a money-spinning career in the City.
His firm Vega Swiss Asset Management looks after £650MILLION of clients’ cash from their posh Park Lane offices.
The business boffin recently trousered £13m by backing Italy to avoid a Greece-style financial meltdown. He said: “I worked harder than anybody who’d come out of Oxford.”
ROLLING IN IT ... finance whiz Ramon Vega
10 BARRY HORNE
EVERTON and Wales legend Horne now wears a WHITE kit — as a chemistry teacher at a Chester school.
LAB FAB ... Horne is now chemistry sir
source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4968533/Meet-the-10-cleverest-footballers.html
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