first to win both as player and manager. West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer is the second, winning as both captain (1974) and manager (1990). Didier Deschamps is the third: he led France to victory in 1998 as captain, and then in 2018 as manager. Germany's Miroslav Klose is the only player to have won four World Cup medals: 2002 (silver), 2006, 2010 (both bronze) and 2014 (gold). In the below table, years in bold indicate that the player appeared in the respective final match where his team won, while years in italics indicate that the player was an unused squad member in the respective tournament. Until 1974 members of squads who had not played in the respective final matches were not eligible for winners' medals, but in 2007 FIFA retroactively awarded 122 of these medals to the players concerned or their families. Notes By year In the below table, players highlighted in bold appeared in the respective finals, while players highlighted in italics were unused squad members in the respective tournaments. See also FIFA World Cup List of FIFA World Cup finals List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups List of FIFA World Cup winning managers References Squad lists Player profiles External links FIFA World Cup™, FIFA.com World Cup Champions Squads 1930 - 2018, RSSSF.com winning players FIFA World Cup winning players Association football player non-biographical articles Lists of champion association football players Lists of sports world champions