Alejandro Sabella - Football Coach

Alejandro Javier Sabella (locally ; 5 November 1954 – 8 December 2020) was an Argentine football player and manager. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his playing career with River Plate in his home country before moving to England in 1978 to play for Sheffield United. He then had a spell with another English side, Leeds United, before returning to South America and representing Estudiantes, Grêmio, Ferro Carril Oeste and Irapuato. After retiring from playing, Sabella became a coach and began a long association with fellow countryman and close friend Daniel Passarella, serving as his assistant manager during Passarella's spells managing Argentina, Italian club Parma, Uruguay, Mexican club Monterrey and Corinthians in Brazil. The duo finally returned to River Plate for whom they had both played before Sabella struck out on his own to become manager of Estudiantes in his own right, winning the Argentine Primera División Apertura championship and the 2009 Copa Libertadores. Sabella resigned from Estudiantes in February 2011 and was subsequently appointed as the coach of the Argentina national team, coaching them to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final against Germany, where they lost 1–0 in extra time. Sabella had scheduled his resignation to take effect after the conclusion of the World Cup. Sabella died on 8 December 2020, due to an infection caught during a stay in hospital. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Argentina Asst	94/98

Uruguay Asst	00/01

Estudiantes de La Plata	09/11
Libertadores 09	11
Clausura 09	13
Apertura 09	19
Club World Cup 09	2
Libertadores 10	10
Clausura 10	19
Sudamericana 10	2
Apertura 10	19
Recopa 10	2

Argentina	11/14
Friendlies 11	2
Super Clasico 11	2
Qualif WC 14	16
Friendlies 12	4
Super Clasico 12	3
Friendlies 13	5
Friendlies 14	3
World Cup 14	7