Marcelo Bielsa

Marcelo Bielsa
Personnel
Surname	Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera
birthday	July 21, 1955
place of birth	Rosario ,  Argentina
size	184 cm
position	Defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1977-1988	Newell's Old Boys	25 (0)
1978-1979	Instituto
1979-1980	Argentino de Rosario
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1980-1992	Newell's Old Boys
1992-1994	Atlas Guadalajara
1995-1996	Club America
1997-1998	CA Velez Sarsfield
1998	Espanyol Barcelona
1998-2004	Argentina
2007-2011	Chile
2011-2013	Athletic Bilbao
2014-2015	Olympique Marseille
2016	Lazio Rome
2017	Lille OSC
2018–	Leeds United
1 Only league games are given.

Marcelo Bielsa (born July 21, 1955 in Rosario , nickname: El Loco Bielsa , "The crazy Bielsa") is a former Argentine soccer player who was coach of the Argentine national soccer team from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2010 coach of the Chilean national soccer team .

Career

Bielsa played in the Argentine first division at Newell's Old Boys in defense and later at Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba and Club Atlético Argentino de Rosario . With the Newell's Old Boys he began his active career as a coach in 1980. In 1991 and 1992 he won the Argentine championship with the Newell's and in 1992 he only failed in the final of the Copa Libertadores . He then took over the Mexican clubs Atlas Guadalajara and Club América before returning to his homeland, where he won the 1998 Clausura tournament with CA Vélez Sarsfield . After a short interim period at Espanyol Barcelona , he took over the fate of the national team in 1998 as the successor to Daniel Passarella and led the Argentine selection to group victory in the South American qualification for the 2002 World Cup . Despite the disappointing elimination in the preliminary round, Bielsa remained the Albiceleste coach . In 2004 Argentina finished second under Bielsa at the Copa America and won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens. After these successes, Bielsa resigned surprisingly and José Pékerman became his successor.

On August 11, 2007 Bielsa coach of the Chilean national soccer team , which he took over from Nelson Acosta . With an offensive approach, his team finished second in the South American qualification for the 2010 World Cup with 33 points, just one point behind Brazil. With the first qualification of the Chilean national team since 1998, the Argentine Bielsa , known as El Loco , practically became the national hero of Chile. At the World Cup, Chile finished second in a preliminary round group with Spain, Switzerland and Honduras and was subsequently eliminated in the round of 16 against Brazil. In February 2011 Bielsa ended his job as coach of the Chilean national team.

For the 2011/12 season Bielsa took over the Spanish first division club Athletic Bilbao . While only tenth place was achieved in the league, Bielsa led the club for the second time in the club's history in the final of the UEFA Europa League and in the final of the Copa del Rey . However, both finals were clearly lost. By participating in the Spanish Cup final, the club qualified again for the Europa League. Before the start of the 2012/13 season , after differences of opinion with the club's board, Bielsa was talking about resigning. However, he remained coach of the Basques until the end of the season and ended the season in twelfth place in the table. Bielsa's expiring contract was not subsequently extended.

Olympique Marseille signed Bielsa for the 2014/15 season . At the end of the season, the club finished fourth and qualified for the Europa League. After a defeat in the first game of the 2015/16 season and differences with the club management, Bielsa left the club.

On July 6, 2016, Lazio announced the signing of Bielsa for the 2016/17 Serie A season . Since, according to Bielsa, the club could not sign four players as promised, Bielsa resigned two days after his presentation. According to Bielsa, the contract would not be valid without the newcomers.

From July 1, 2017, he was the coach of the French first division club OSC Lille , but was already removed from duty on November 22 after the 13th match day after the team persisted in the penultimate place in the table after a defeat in a catch-up game at Amiens SC . Bielsa sued the Lille OSC club for payment of outstanding salaries and for compensation for damage to its reputation in the amount of 17.9 million euros. As a result, Bielsa was sentenced in May 2018 by a commercial court in Lille for gross negligence to pay compensation of 300,000 euros to the Lille OSC association. With his lawsuit, he accepted the club's possible bankruptcy.

In June 2018, Bielsa was introduced as the new coach of English second division Leeds United , he signed a two-year contract. In the 2019/20 season , he led Leeds United back to the Premier League after a sixteen-year absence.

On April 28, 2019, Bielsa stood out for his fairness in the promotion battle against Aston Villa. After his team scored a controversial goal after injuring an opposing player, Marcelo Bielsa ordered the opposing team to score without resistance. The game ended 1-1. For this campaign he was awarded the Fifa Fair Play Prize 2019.

titles and achievements

as a trainer

• Argentine champion in 1991 and 1992 with Newell's Old Boys,
• Argentine champion 1998 with Vélez Sarsfield
• Gold medal at the 2004 Olympics with Argentina

Others

His brother Rafael was Argentina's foreign minister between 2003 and 2005. His sister María was appointed Minister for Rural Development and Housing in 2019.

Web links

Commons : Marcelo Bielsa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marcelo Bielsa in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ V. Brunati, JV Hernáez, R. Beato: Bielsa Recula ; marca .com, July 6, 2012
2. ↑ Bilbao lets Bielsa's contract expire ; kicker.de, June 7, 2013
3. ↑ Bielsa becomes Marseille coach ; Sport1.de, May 2, 2014
4. ↑ Marcelo Bielsa démissionne de l'OM. Retrieved April 29, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Spox.com: "Nobody Came" , accessed July 9, 2016
6. ↑ Fix: Bielsa takes over Lille in the summer. In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG, February 19, 2017, accessed on July 11, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Penultimate despite 65 million for transfers: Coach Bielsa at Lille "suspended for the time being". Retrieved April 29, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Ex-coach Bielsa has to pay compensation to Lille. Retrieved April 29, 2019 . 
9. ↑ bbc.com: Leeds United: Marcelo Bielsa signs two-year contract to become new manager (June 15, 2018) , accessed June 15, 2018
10. ↑ Danial Montazeri, Hendrik Buchheister, DER SPIEGEL: Premier League return from Leeds United: United in madness - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Retrieved July 18, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Coach decrees fair play: Leeds gives Aston Villa a goal. derStandard.at, April 28, 2019, accessed on May 1, 2019 . 
12. ↑ FIFA.com: The Best FIFA Football Awards ™ - News - Messi, Rapinoe crowned The Best in Milan - FIFA.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020 (UK English). 
13. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Este es el gabinete de Alberto Fernández | DW | December 09, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019 (European Spanish).