Latvia: Aleksandrs Starkovs  Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvia manager
Coaching both club and country is regarded as no problem at all
in Latvia. Then again, there isn't much competition for
Starkovs' club, Skonto Riga, who have won the Latvian league
every year since its foundation in 1991 - more often than not by
a country mile.  The 49-year-old was the assistant of Latvia's
first three coaches, the last of whom, bizarrely, was Englishman
Gary Johnson. Starkovs finally got the nod for the top job in
2001 when Johnson succumbed to the irresistible lure of then
Conference side Yeovil. The stocky redhead is credited with
improving Latvia's confidence and building on Johnson's tactical
innovations (such as the abandonment of a Soviet-style sweeper).
A national hero after the play-off victory over Turkey, he isn't
cowed by being in a group with Holland, Germany and the Czech
Republic. "In football there is no such thing as an unbeatable
team", he insists.  A plump Christopher Walken with a terrible
dress sense.  Eur