South American Coach of the Year

The South American Coach of the Year (Spanish: Entrenador del año en Sudamérica) is an annual association football award presented to the best coach of a club or national team in South America over the previous calendar year. The award has been presented by Uruguayan newspaper El País since 1986.

The award goes to any coach/manager of a South American club or national team, regardless of the coaches' nationality. With thirteen winners, Argentine coaches have won the award the most. With five awards, Argentine Carlos Bianchi is the most decorated awardee. Bianchi and Carlos Bilardo are the only coaches to have won the award consecutively, from 2000 to 2001 and 1986 to 1987, respectively. The current winner for 2010 is Uruguayan Óscar Tabárez, manager of the Uruguayan national team.^[1]

Winners

By coach

By nationality

By team

References

General

• Pierrend, José Luis (January 16, 2009). "South American Coach and Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/sam-poy.html. Retrieved January 4, 2011. 

Specific

External links

• South American Coach of the Year at RSSSF
• El Pais newspaper (Spanish)