COACH

Marcelo Bielsa

1955 - Today

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Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera ([maɾˈselo alˈβeɾto ˈβjelsa], nicknamed El Loco Bielsa [ˈloko ˈβjelsa], 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcelo Bielsa has received more than 6,220,686 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcelo Bielsa is the 36th most popular coach (down from 32nd in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 24th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Argentinean Coach.

Marcelo Bielsa is a football manager who is most famous for his attacking style of football, which he has used to great success at a number of clubs.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marcelo Bielsas by language

Over the past year Marcelo Bielsa has had the most page views in the with 502,398 views, followed by English (466,175), and Italian (96,808). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (148.84%), Icelandic (105.21%), and Korean (94.75%)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 36 out of 471. Before him are Carlos Alberto Parreira, Otto Rehhagel, Diego Simeone, Fatih Terim, Hans-Dieter Flick, and Michael Laudrup. After him are Leo Beenhakker, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Miroslav Blažević, Luciano Spalletti, Maurizio Sarri, and Manuel Pellegrini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 32. Before him are Valery Gerasimov, Whoopi Goldberg, Katalin Karikó, Nina Hagen, Dodi Fayed, and Chow Yun-fat. After him are Donatella Versace, Najib Mikati, Svante Pääbo, Kris Jenner, Liu Xiaobo, and Mark David Chapman.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 30 out of 1,154. Before him are Guillermo Stábile (1905), Néstor Kirchner (1950), Daniel Passarella (1953), Helenio Herrera (1910), Alberto Fernández (1959), and Mercedes Sosa (1935). After him are Raúl Alfonsín (1927), César Luis Menotti (1938), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Reynaldo Bignone (1928), Mauricio Macri (1959), and Carlos Reutemann (1942).

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Among COACHES In Argentina

Among coaches born in Argentina, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 3. Before him are Héctor Cúper (1955), and Diego Simeone (1970). After him are Jorge Valdano (1955), Jorge Sampaoli (1960), Sergio Batista (1962), Roberto Sensini (1966), Vicente de la Mata (1918), José Durand Laguna (1885), Gustavo Alfaro (1962), Leonardo Astrada (1970), and Jorge Amado Nunes (1961).

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