This Monday is fulfilled Marcelo Bielsa is the new technical director of Uruguayand with them a curious statistic for South American football stands out: 7 of the 10 coaches who will face the South American qualifier for the 2026 World Cup are Argentinea historic brand that ranks the technicians of the current world champion country.
For the road to the 2026 World Cup, which will be organized by the United States, Canada and Mexico, 2 of the 7 selected will fit in at the head of the projects that had them with a view to the 2022 World Cup: the successful lionel scaloni in Argentina and Guillermo Barros SchelottoIn Paraguay.
Below is a review of each of the Argentine coaches who are in charge of a Conmebol team:
The DT born in Pujato (Santa Fe), took over as interim coach of the Argentine National Team in September 2018replacing Jorge Sampaoli, of whom he was one of his assistants, after the albiceleste will be eliminated in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Russia-2018.
In November of that same year He was ratified as coach until the Copa América in Brazil-2019, where Argentina finished third. The performance of the national team in Brazil anchored it to the substitute bench to lead the qualification to Qatar.
The rest of the story is more than well known: the “inexperienced young man” conquered all the competitions ahead of him, from consecrating cChampion of the Copa América of Brazil 2021, Champion of the Conmebol-UEFA Champions Cup 2022also known as Finalissima, until Champion in the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
this Monday, “Loco” took the reins of the Uruguayan National Team until the 2026 World Cup. His first experience in a national team was with Argentina (1998-2004), with which he barely won an Olympic gold medal in Athens-2004, and then he was in charge of Chile (2007-2011) where it was a real revolution. .
qualified to The Red to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after 8 years of absence from the World CupHe gave the team a football identity and laid the foundations for the well-known “Golden Generation”, which later won two Copa América in 2015 and 2016 with Jorge Sampaoli and Juan Antonio Pizzi.
At the club level, he was the coach of the Argentines Newell’s Old Boys and Vélez Sarsfieldthe Mexicans atlas and americathe Spanish Espanyol and Athletic Bilbaothe french Marseille and Lille and English leeds.
He Twin took over as Paraguay coach in October 2021 replacing his compatriot Eduardo Berizzo, becoming the seventh Argentine coach to lead the Albirroja. Despite not qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, he was ratified in office.
This is his first experience as manager of a national team, after addressing the Argentine clubs Lanús and Boca Juniors, and the American Galaxy.
He was presented as Chile coach in May 2022 replacing the Uruguayan Martín Lasarte after failing to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar. Has contact until 2025 and it will be renewed automatically if you qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
Berizzo, was Bielsa’s assistant during his time in Chile and targeted Paraguay with little success between 2019 and 2021As a club coach, he was in charge of Estudiantes de La Plata, O’Higgins from Chile, as well as the Spanish Celta de Vigo, Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao.
He was the first assistant to his compatriot José Pekerman in the Argentina teams in Germany-2006 and Colombia in Brazil-2014 and Russia-2018.
He assumed the position in Colombia in June 2022being his first experience as a national coach, replacing Reinaldo Rueda after the failure to qualify for Qatar 2022. The contractual relationship runs until July 2026.
The Melgar FC of Peru was his only experience in clubs, which he directed between 2021-2022.
coasts He was presented as the Bolivian coach in August 2022 with the mission of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. The green It is his first experience as a national coach.
She is recognized for her extensive career directing clubs in Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile and Saudi Arabia.
The bowl took the reins of Venezuela in March of this year after serving as an assistant to his compatriot José Pekerman, who had arrived at the Red wine in November 2021. He signed a four-year contract with the mission of qualifying the country for the first time for a World Cup.
He has no track record as a club coach, barely any experience as a youth coach in Armenia, Argentina and Venezuela.
Source: AFP
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