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What kind of manager would Cristiano Ronaldo be?

Cristiano Ronaldo remains central to Real Madrid’s goal-scoring aspirations, but one day, he will have to hang up his cleats.

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The soccer “afterlife” is a daunting prospect for a man who has forged his reputation in front of goal, but the Portuguese superstar was asked this week if he would consider moving into management. “Right now I don’t want to be a manager,” he told Spanish newspaper AS. “In five, six, seven years I might change my mind and become a manager.”

If Ronaldo did make the step into the dugout, what kind of manager would he be? Would his drive for success lead him to myriad post-career trophies? Or would his egocentric outlook and lack of regard for defending diminish his powers?