Manuel Pellegrini

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Manuel Pellegrini
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti
Date of birth	September 16, 1953 (1953-09-16) (age 54)
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
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 2007. * Appearances (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.

Contents 1 Managerial history 2 Managerial title 2.1 Universidad Católica 2.2 LDU Quito 2.3 San Lorenzo 2.4 River Plate 2.5 Villarreal 3 Managerial stats 4 External links

[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

• 1999 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

[edit] San Lorenzo

• 2001 Clausura
• 2001 Copa Mercosur

[edit] River Plate

• 2003 Clausura

[edit] Villarreal

• 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup

[edit] Managerial stats

As of December 17, 2007.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	L	D	Win %
Villarreal		March 18, 2008	present	199	94	50	55	56.4 %

[edit] External links

• Manuel Pellegrin management career stats at Soccerbase

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