Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera

Honours
2010

Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed El Loco Bielsa , meaning 'The Madman Bielsa'; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who is the current manager of the Uruguay national team. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential coaches of all time. Bielsa is a former player having played as a defender for Newell's Old Boys, Instituto and Argentino de Rosario. Bielsa played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys' First Division team and was a member of Argentina U23 in the 1976 Pre-Olympic Tournament, but retired when he was 25 to focus on coaching. Bielsa has managed several football clubs and also the national teams of Argentina and Chile. He developed his career as coach of Newell's Old Boys where he won several titles in the early 1990s, before moving to Mexico in 1992, briefly coaching Club Atlas and Club América. Bielsa returned to Argentina in 1997 to manage Vélez Sarsfield, leading them to the 1998 league title (Clausura). His personality and gestures during his stint in Chile captured the attention of media and unleashed a series of minor controversies both in sports and politics. He had a two year-spell in Spain at Athletic Bilbao between 2011 and 2013, leading them to domestic and continental cup finals in the first season, though they lost both. In May 2014, Bielsa was appointed coach of Marseille, starting with good results but finishing outside the expected first three places in Ligue 1, resigning after just over a year at the French club. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

Tactics

Players

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Country coaches


Newells Old Boys	90/92

Atlas	93/95

América	95/96

Velez Sarsfield	97/98

Espanyol de Barcelona	98

Argentina	98/04
World Cup 02	3
Copa America 04	6

Argentina U23	04
Olympics 04	6

Chile	07/11
Friendlies 07	2
Qualif WC 10	18
Friendlies 08	8
Friendlies 09	8
Friendlies 10	14
World Cup 10	4
Friendlies 11	1

Athletic Club	11/13
Europa Qualif 11/12	2
La Liga 11/12	38
Copa del Rey 11/12	9
Europa League 11/12	15
Europa Qualif 12/13	4
La Liga 12/13	38
Copa del Rey 12/13	2
Europa League 12/13	6

Olympique de Marseille	14/15
Ligue 1 14/15	38
C. Ligue 14/15	1
Ligue 1 15/16	1

Lazio	16

Lille OSC	17
Ligue 1 17/18	13
C. Ligue 17/18	1

Leeds United	18/22
PDL U23 18/19	11
Championship 18/19	48
League Cup 18/19	2
FA Cup 18/19	1
Championship 19/20	46
League Cup 19/20	2
FA Cup 19/20	1
League Cup 20/21	1
EFL Trophy 20/21	3
EPL 20/21	38
FA Cup 20/21	1
League Cup 21/22	3
FA Cup 21/22	1
EFL Trophy 21/22	3
EPL 21/22	26

Uruguay	23/now
Friendlies 23	1
Qualif WC 26	14
Friendlies 24	3
Copa América 24	6

Uruguay U23	24
Pre-Olympics 24	4

Bielsa last games

Uruguay

25-Mar-25 away Bolivia 0-0 in Qualif WC

21-Mar-25 home Argentina 0-1 in Qualif WC

19-Nov-24 away Brazil 1-1 in Qualif WC

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