Argentinian association football player and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈselo alˈβeɾto ˈβjelsa],[lower-alpha 1] nicknamed El Loco Bielsa [ˈloko ˈβjelsa],[lower-alpha 1] meaning "Madman Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is a former Argentine football player. He was most recently the head coach of Leeds United FC.
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Full name | Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 21 July 1955||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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 |
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 |
Newell's Old Boys
Vélez Sarsfield
Argentina
Athletic Bilbao
Leeds United
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