Mauricio Pochettino

In this article, the first or paternal family name is Pochettino and the second or maternal family name is Trossero.

Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero (Spanish pronunciation: [mawˈɾisjo potʃeˈtino]; born 2 March 1972) is a retired Argentine football player and current manager of the United States men's national team.

Mauricio Pochettino

Pochettino as manager of Tottenham Hotspur in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero[1]
Date of birth	(1972-03-02) 2 March 1972 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth	Murphy, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	United States (head coach)
Youth career
	CR Unión y Cultura
1986–1989	Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1994	Newell's Old Boys	153	(8)
1994–2001	Espanyol	216	(11)
2001–2003	Paris Saint-Germain	70	(4)
2003–2004	Bordeaux	11	(1)
2004	→ Espanyol (loan)	21	(1)
2004–2006	Espanyol	38	(1)
Total		509	(26)
National team
1991	Argentina U20	3	(0)
1992	Argentina U23	4	(0)
1999–2002	Argentina	20	(2)
Teams managed
2009–2012	Espanyol
2013–2014	Southampton
2014–2019	Tottenham Hotspur
2021–2022	Paris Saint-Germain
2023–2024	Chelsea
2024–	United States
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 2019, Pochettino led Tottenham Hotspur to the UEFA Champions League Final after beating AFC Ajax in the semi-final for the first time in the team's history.^[3] Tottenham later lost to Liverpool 1-0 in the final.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newell's Old Boys	1988–89	Primera División	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	1989–90	Primera División	30	0	—		—		—		30	0
	1990–91	Primera División	34	4	—		—		—		34	4
	1991–92	Primera División	28	3	—		—		—		28	3
	1992–93	Primera División	32	1	—		—		—		32	1
	1993–94	Primera División	25	0	—		—		—		25	0
	Total		153	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	153	8
Espanyol	1994–95	La Liga	34	0	1	0	—		—		35	0
	1995–96	La Liga	39	3	9	0	—		—		48	3
	1996–97	La Liga	37	3	6	0	—		4	0	47	3
	1997–98	La Liga	35	2	0	0	—		—		35	2
	1998–99	La Liga	26	0	3	1	—		—		29	1
	1999–2000	La Liga	29	1	7	0	—		—		36	1
	2000–01	La Liga	16	2	2	0	—		6	0	24	2
	Total		216	11	28	1	0	0	10	0	254	12
Paris Saint-Germain	2000–01	Division 1	7	1	1	0	—		—		8	1
	2001–02	Division 1	28	1	2	0	2	0	10	0	42	1
	2002–03	Ligue 1	35	2	0	0	5	1	5	1	45	4
	Total		70	4	3	0	7	1	15	1	95	6
Bordeaux	2003–04	Ligue 1	11	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	16	1
Espanyol	2003–04	La Liga	21	1	0	0	—		—		21	1
	2004–05	La Liga	27	1	0	0	—		—		27	1
	2005–06	La Liga	11	0	2	0	—		3	1	16	1
	Total		59	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	64	3
Career total			509	26	34	1	7	1	32	2	582	30

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	1999	6	1
	2000	2	0
	2001	6	1
	2002	6	0
Total		20	2

International goals

Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pochettino goal.^[7]

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 1999	Estadio La Cartuja, Seville, Spain	6	Spain	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	7 October 2001	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	12	Paraguay	1–1	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 November 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Espanyol	20 January 2009	26 November 2012	161	53	38	70	032.92	[8]
Southampton	18 January 2013	27 May 2014	60	23	18	19	038.33	[9]
Tottenham Hotspur	27 May 2014	19 November 2019	293	159	62	72	054.27	[9]
Paris Saint-Germain	2 January 2021	5 July 2022	84	55	15	14	065.48	[9]
Chelsea	1 July 2023	present	13	6	3	4	046.15	[9]
Total			610	296	136	178	048.52

Honours

Player

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera División: 1990–91,^[10] Clausura 1992^[10]
• Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1992

Espanyol

• Copa del Rey: 1999–2000, 2005–06

Paris Saint-Germain

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001
• Coupe de France runner-up: 2002–03

Manager

Tottenham Hotspur

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2018–19^[11]

Paris Saint-Germain

• Trophée des Champions: 2020^[12]

Individual

• Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2013, September 2015, February 2016, April 2017^[13]
• London Football Awards Manager of the Year: 2018–19

Bibliography

• Balague, Guillem (2017). Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs. W&N. ISBN 978-1409157717.

Other websites

• Mauricio Pochettino at BDFutbol
• Mauricio Pochettino at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mauricio Pochettino – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mauricio Pochettino at Soccerbase

References

1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 13 de mayo de 2012, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 13 May 2012, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
2. "Pochettino: Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
3. "Ajax 2-3 Tottenham: Lucas Moura scores dramatic winner". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
4. "Mauricio Pochettino". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. "Pochettino: Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero: Player". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
6. "Mauricio Roberto Pochettino" (in Spanish). BDFA. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
7. "Pochettino, Mauricio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
8. "Managers list of Espanyol: All". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
9. "Managers: Mauricio Pochettino". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
10. Hytner, David (5 February 2016). "Mauricio Pochettino excited by his mix of young and old at Tottenham". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
11. McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
12. "Paris St-Germain: Mauricio Pochettino wins first trophy of managerial career". BBC Sport. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
13. "Manager profile: Mauricio Pochettino". Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2018.