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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 6,254,486 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Marcelo Bielsa is the 32nd most popular coach (up from 35th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 26th in 2019) and the 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.

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  • 45

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  • 7.02

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  • 3.28

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 32 out of 328. Before him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Otto Rehhagel, Jürgen Klopp, Ernst Happel, Fatih Terim, and Ottmar Hitzfeld. After him are Óscar Tabárez, Dušan Ivković, Diego Simeone, Leo Beenhakker, Michael Laudrup, and Manuel Pellegrini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 27. Before him are Nina Hagen, Donatella Versace, Guillermo Lasso, Akira Toriyama, Chow Yun-fat, and Liu Xiaobo. After him are Kris Jenner, Billy Bob Thornton, Dodi Fayed, Whoopi Goldberg, Björn Andrésen, and Mark David Chapman.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 24 out of 1,019. Before him are Mercedes Sosa (1935), Carlos Menem (1930), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Mario Kempes (1954), Carlos Reutemann (1942), and Gabriel Batistuta (1969). After him are Guillermo Stábile (1905), Helenio Herrera (1910), Diego Simeone (1970), Richard Walther Darré (1895), César Luis Menotti (1938), and Néstor Kirchner (1950).

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Among COACHES In Argentina

Among coaches born in Argentina, Marcelo Bielsa ranks 1. After him are Diego Simeone (1970), Héctor Cúper (1955), Jorge Sampaoli (1960), Jorge Valdano (1955), Sergio Batista (1962), Roberto Sensini (1966), Vicente de la Mata (1918), and Leonardo Astrada (1970).

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