Biography of Marcelo Bielsa

Biography of Marcelo Bielsa

Marcelo Alberto Bielsa (nicknamed El Loco Bielsa, "Madman" Bielsa) (born July 21, 1955) is an association football coach and former defender, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.


As a child Marcelo Bielsa opted to support Newell's Old Boys instead of neighbors and eternal rivals Rosario Central, the team his father passionately followed. Coming from a family steeped in politics and law, Bielsa decided to break with tradition by dedicating his life to the sport of football. His vocation was in stark contrast to that of his older brother Rafael who is a politician (as of 2007, national deputy from the Capital District of Buenos Aires), while his sister María Eugenia is a former vicegovernor of the province of Santa Fe.
He played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys First Division Team, but soon retired at the age of 25. Bielsa went on to develop his career as coach in that team after qualifying as a physical education teacher. He led Newell's to several wins in the early 1990s.
In 1992 he moved to Mexico where he had spells in charge of F.C. Atlas A.C. and Club América. In 1997 he returned to Argentina to manage Vélez Sársfield.







In 1980 shortly after retiring from playing in professional football, Bielsa decided to start a new career as a football manager. His first assignment was coaching the youth divisions of Argentine club Newell's Old Boys. In 1990 Bielsa was given the task of managing Newell's first team where he would later go on to win the 1990 Torneo Apertura and the 1990-91 Torneo Integración defeating Boca Juniors in penalties. El Loco managed the squad that competed in the final of the "1992 Copa Libertadores" losing to São Paulo on penalties. Weeks later after enduring defeat in the Copa Libertadores final, Bielsa and Newell's won the 1992 Torneo Clausura.
In 1998 Bielsa was given the managers job at Espanyol but he soon left after being offered the Argentina job later that year, taking over after a four-year period by Daniel Passarella as manager. Argentina won the qualifiers to 2002 World Cup but did not go through the first round. Despite this, Bielsa was given a second chance to lead Argentina to major success and stayed on his position. Albicelestes were runners-up in 2004 Copa América and won the 2004 Olympic Games' golden medal prize. Argentina became the first Latin American team to win the Olympic title in football since 1928, when they were beaten by Uruguay in the Amsterdam final.
Surprisingly, Bielsa resigned at the end of 2004 and José Pekerman became Argentina's manager.







Questions and Answers:


1.- When were you born?
R: I born in Rosario, Argentina
2.- In what year you born?
R: I born July 21, 1955
3.-What was your position when you played?
R: I played of defense
4.- What was your first professional football team?
R: My first team was Newell’s Old Boys
5.- What was your last team and in what year?
R: I’m retired in the team of “Argentino de Rosario” in 1980
6.- In what year you started like DT of Chilean National Team?
R: I started in Agoust 10,2007
7.- In what year started your professional career?
R: I started in 1976
8.- In what year you started like DT of Argentina National team?
R: I started in 1998
9.- What was your first DT team?
R: I started like DT in UBA
10.- How many year you played for Newell’s?
R: I played 2 years
11.- How many team are you train?
R: I training seven teams
12: Which were?
R: Newell’s, Atlas, América, Vélez, Espanyol, Argentina and Chile
13.- How many American Cup’s are you won?
R: I won two cup’s
14.- How many times are you chose “Mejor seleccionado nacional del mundo”?
R: I was chose 3 times
15.- In what year?
R: 2001 , 2004 and 2008