Marcelo Bielsa: Argentinian association football player and manager
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (Spanish pronunciation: , nicknamed El Loco Bielsa , meaning Madman Bielsa; born 21 July 1955) is a former Argentine football player.
He was most recently the head coach of Leeds United FC.
 Bielsa in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Uruguay (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Instituto | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Argentino de Rosario | 48 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 113 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1990 | Newell's Old Boys (scout) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Newell's Old Boys II | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Atlas (scout) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Atlas | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | América | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Argentina U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Lazio | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Lille | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Leeds United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 17 October 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | 1 July 1990 | 30 June 1992 | 97 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 40.2 |
| Atlas | 1 July 1993 | 31 January 1995 | 77 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 37.7 |
| América | 1 July 1995 | 25 March 1996 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 30.3 |
| Vélez Sársfield | 1 July 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 52.3 |
| Espanyol | 10 July 1998 | 19 October 1998 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 25.0 |
| Argentina | 20 October 1998 | 15 September 2004 | 85 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 65.9 |
| Chile | 11 July 2007 | 4 February 2011 | 51 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 54.9 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 7 July 2011 | 30 June 2013 | 113 | 43 | 31 | 39 | 38.1 |
| Marseille | 17 May 2014 | 8 August 2015 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 51.2 |
| Lille | 24 May 2017 | 15 December 2017 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21.4 |
| Leeds United | 1 June 2018 | 27 February 2022 | 170 | 81 | 30 | 59 | 47.6 |
| Uruguay | 15 May 2023 | Present | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.7 |
| Total | 743 | 339 | 191 | 213 | 45.6 | ||
Honours
Manager
Newell's Old Boys
- Primera División Argentina: 1990–91, 1992 Clausura
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1992
Vélez Sarsfield
- Primera División Argentina: 1998 Clausura
Argentina
- Summer Olympics: 2004
- CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2004
- Copa América runner-up: 2004
Athletic Bilbao
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2011–12
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2011–12
Leeds United
- EFL Championship: 2019–20
Individual
- IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2001; runner-up: 2004
- South American Coach of the Year: 2009
- LMA Championship Manager of the Year: 2020
- EFL Championship Manager of the Month: August 2018,November 2019, July 2020
- FIFA Fair Play Award: 2019 (shared with his club Leeds United)
- The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2020 (3rd place)
Notes
References
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