Brazilian coach Scolari leaps ahead in online search

Looking to build on the success of last year's Confederations Cup triumph, Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari remains the most searched among the coaches of all the teams participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Google.
Scolari is serving a second spell as Brazil's manager after winning the World Cup with them in 2002.
Orchestrating a humiliating defeat in the group match for Spain, The Netherland's coach Louis van Gaal has impressed football fans both offline and online taking the no. 2 spot on the list.
Coratian coach Niko Kovac, appointed last October, has been successful in getting the right connect with the fans and players. Kovac, who stood at third position on search popularity, appeared in three World Cups as a player and captained the team in 2006.

The US men's soccer national team may not be among the top 10. However, US team's Jurgan Klinsmann is the fourth most searched coach with his constant attempt to overhaul this USA side. Appointed in 2011 as the coach of the USA national team, Klinsmann was a key member of the West Germany side that won the 1990 World Cup.
Following their group stage exit in the 2010 World Cup, Italy have worked hard under coach Cesare Prandelli. Ranking fifth on the search populairty chart he recently signed a two-year contract extension that will take him through to Euro 2016 with the team.

Others leading coaches who peaked on the online front with high search popularity included Joachim Low, coach German Football team, followed by Mexico's Miguel Herrera and Spanish Vicente del Bosque. Colombia's coach Jose Pekerman and English Roy Hodgson follow them.
Interestingly, the coaches largely do not hail from the countries they are coaching. Eighteen of the 32 teams have coaches from their own country. Fourteen teams are in the hands of foreigners.