Marcelo Bielsa

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Marcelo Bielsa
Bielsa at Argentino de Rosario
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Alberto Bielsa
Date of birth July 21, 1955 (1955-07-21) (age 52)
Place of birth    Rosario, Argentina
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1977-1978
1979		 Newell's Old Boys
Argentino de Rosario		 25 (0)
   
Teams managed
1990-1992
1992-1994
1995-1996
1997-1998
1998
1998-2004
2007-		 Newell's Old Boys
CF Atlas
Club América
Vélez Sársfield
Espanyol
Argentina
Chile

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Marcelo Bielsa (nicknamed El Loco Bielsa, "Mad" Bielsa) (born July 21, 1955) is a football coach and former defender, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

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[edit] Life and career

He played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys First Division Team, but soon retired, and developed his career as coach in that team. He led Newell's to several wins in the early 1990s.

In 1992 he moved to Mexico where he had spells in charge of CF Atlas and Club América. In 1997 he returned to Argentina to manage Vélez Sársfield.

His brother Rafael is a politician (as of 2007, national deputy from the Capital District of Buenos Aires), while his sister María Eugenia is the current vicegovernor of the province of Santa Fe.

[edit] Managerial career

In 1980 shortly after retiring from playing in professional football, Bielsa decided to start a new career as a football manager. His first assignment was coaching the youth divisions of Argentine club Newell's Old Boys. In 1990 Bielsa was given the task of managing Newell's first team where he would later go on to win the 1990 Torneo Apertura and the 1990-91 Torneo Integración defeating Boca Juniors in penalties. El Loco managed the squad that competed in the final of the "1992 Copa Libertadores" losing to São Paulo on penalties. Weeks later after enduring defeat in the Copa Libertadores final, Bielsa and Newell's won the 1992 Torneo Clausura.[1]

In 1998 Bielsa was given the managers job at Espanyol but he soon left after being offered the Argentina job later that year, taking over after a four-year period by Daniel Passarella as manager. Argentina won the qualifiers to 2002 World Cup but did not go through the first round.[2] Despite this, Bielsa was given a second chance to lead Argentina to major success and stayed on his position. Albicelestes were runners-up in 2004 Copa América and won the 2004 Olympic Games' golden medal prize.[3] Argentina became the first Latin American team to win the Olympic title in football since 1928, when they were beaten by Uruguay in the Amsterdam final.[4]

Surprisingly, Bielsa resigned at the end of 2004 and José Pekerman became Argentina's manager.[5]

Marcelo Bielsa is now the coach of Chile's National team, and will attempt to lead the team to the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.[6] Bielsa's current contract with Chile is a length of 3 years with a 1.5 million dollar annual income.[7]

[edit] Managerial stats

As of April 9, 2008.
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff
Flag of Chile Chile 11 9 3 2 4 8 10 -2 45.83%

[edit] Individual honours

The World's best National Coach 2001 [1]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Radio Cooperativa
  2. ^ Bielsa tactics to blame for our early exit - Football News - Telegraph
  3. ^ ESPN - Argentina captures first Olympic gold - Olympics
  4. ^ Argentina win first gold in 52 years
  5. ^ CNN.com - 'Tired' Bielsa quits Argentina job - Sep 15, 2004
  6. ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol
  7. ^ (Spanish) Diario Clarín
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Argentina squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Pochettino • 5 Almeyda • 6 Samuel • 7 C. López • 8 Zanetti • 9 Batistuta • 10 Ortega • 11 Verón • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Simeone • 15 Husaín • 16 Aimar • 17 G. López • 18 González • 19 Crespo • 20 Gallardo • 21 Caniggia • 22 Chamot • 23 Bonano • Coach: Bielsa
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Argentina squad - 2004 Copa América
1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: Bielsa
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Marcelo Bielsa managerial positions
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Argentina national football team – Managers

Vázquez (1924–25) • Lago Millán (1927–28) • Olazar (caretaker) (1928–29) • Tramutola (1929–30) • Pascucci (1934) • Seoane (1934–37) • Fernández Roca (1937–39) • Stábile (1939–58) • Spinetto (1959) • Moreno (1959) • Stábile (1960) • Spinetto (1960–61) • D'Amico (1961) • Lorenzo (1962) • Rossi (1962) • Lopes (1962) • Torres (1963) • D'Amico (1963) • Minella (1964–65) • Zubeldía (1965) • Lorenzo (1966) • Lopes (1967) • Faraone (1967) • Cesarini (1967–68) • Minella (1968) • Maschio (1969) • Pedernera (1969) • Pizzuti (1970–72) • Sívori (1972–73) • Ignomiriello (1973) • Cap (1974) • Menotti (1974–83) • Bilardo (1983–90) • Basile (1991–94) • Passarella (1994–98) • Bielsa (1998–2004) • Pekerman (2004-06) • Basile (2006–)
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Chile national football team – Managers

Bertola (1917) • Bertone (1920–22) • Rosetti (1926) • Powell (1928) • Orth (1930) • Mazullo (1936–39) • Garay (1941) • Platko (1941–53) • Salerno (1956–57) • Pakozdi (1957) • Riera (1962–66) • Alamos (1966) • Scopelli (1966–67) • Nocetti (1968–69) • Hormazábal (1970) • Riera (1970) • Vera (1971) • Pino (1971–72) • Gutendorf (1972) • Alamos (1973–74) • Morales (1974–75) • Peña (1976–77) • Santibanez (1977–82) • Ibarra (1982–83) • Carrasco (1984) • Cantatore (1984) • Morales (1985) • Ibarra (1986) • Aravena (1987) • Rodríguez (1987) • Aravena (1988–89) • Salah (1990–93) • Acosta (1993) • Jozić (1994) • Azkargorta (1995–96) • Acosta (1996–2000) • García (2001) • Garcés (2001) • Vaccia (2002) • Olmos (2003–05) • Acosta (2005–07) • Bielsa (2007–)
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RCD Espanyol – Managers

Garry (1922–24) • Sanz (1924–26) • Greenwell (1927–29) • Caicedo (1930–33) • Trabal (1933–35) • Caicedo (1935–1943) • Zamora (1943) • Bosch (1943–44) • Albéniz (1944–46) • Bosch (1946) • Planas (1946–47) • Espada (1947–49) • Caicedo (1949–50) • Nogués (1950–52) • Scopelli (1952–55) • Bravo (1955) • Zamora (1955–57) • Berkessy (1957–58) • Domingo (1958–59) • Barrios (1959–60) • Pons (1960–61) • Zamora (1961) • Saso (1961–62) • Zamora (1962) • Herrera (1962–63) • Scopelli (1963–64) • Kubala (1964–65) • Argila (1965–66) • Di Stéfano (1966) • Kálmár (1966–69) • Argilés (1969) • Riera (1969–70) • Iriondo (1970) • Daučík (1970–71) • Santamaría (1971–78) • Herrera (1978) • Irulegui (1978–79) • Miera (1979–80) • Maguregui (1980–83) • Pavić (1983–84) • Azkargorta (1984–86) • Clemente (1986–89) • Joanet (1989–90) • Aragonés (1990–91) • Petrović (1991–92) • Clemente (1992) • Díaz Novoa (1992–93) • Camacho (1993–96) • Carcelén (1996–97) • Flores (1997) • Camacho (1997–98) • Bielsa (1998–99) • Brindisi (1999–2000) • Flores (2000–02) • Moya (2002) • Clemente (2002–04) • Fernández (2004) • Lotina (2004–06) • Valverde (2006–08)
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