Manuel Pellegrini
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Manuel Pellegrini | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti | |
Date of birth | September 16, 1953 | |
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | |
Height | 187 cm | |
Playing position | Defender | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1973-1986 | Universidad de Chile | 451 (?) |
National team | ||
1986 | Chile | 1 (0) |
Teams managed | ||
1988-1989 1990-1991 1991 1992-1993 1994-1996 1998 1999-2000 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004- |
Universidad de Chile Palestino Chile Under-20 O'Higgins Universidad Católica Palestino LDU Quito San Lorenzo River Plate Villarreal |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Manuel Pellegrini (born 16 September 1953 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean ex-footballer and current manager. As a footballer, he played most of his career for Universidad de Chile. As a coach, he has managed teams mostly in Argentina and Chile. San Lorenzo obtained their first international title while Pellegrini was manager.
The qualified civil engineer has been in charge of Spain's Villarreal CF since July 1, 2004, whom he led to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League 2005-06, losing to Arsenal F.C.. According to statistical winning percentage Pellegrini is the second most successful South American club manager in Europe within the last 25 years.[1]
At the end of 2007, Villareal offered him an extended contract until 2011.
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[edit] Managerial history
- Universidad de Chile (1988-1989)
- Palestino (1990)
- Chile U-20 (1991)
- Palestino (1991-1992)
- O'Higgins (1992-1993)
- Universidad Católica (1994-1996)
- Palestino (1998)
- LDU Quito (1999-2000)
- San Lorenzo de Almagro (2001-2002)
- River Plate (2003-2004)
- Villarreal (2004-)
[edit] Managerial title
[edit] Universidad Católica
- 1994 Copa Interamericana
- 1995 Copa Chile
[edit] LDU Quito
[edit] San Lorenzo
- 2001 Clausura
- 2001 Copa Mercosur
[edit] River Plate
[edit] Villarreal
[edit] Managerial stats
- As of December 17, 2007.
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Villarreal | March 18, 2008 | present | 199 | 94 | 50 | 55 | 56.4 % |
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