Carlos Bilardo
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| Full name | Carlos Salvador Bilardo Digiano | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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| San Lorenzo de Almagro | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | San Lorenzo | 174 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1965 | Deportivo Español | 111 | (39) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | Estudiantes | 175 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 460 | (62) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 |
Argentina youth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Deportivo Cali | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | San Lorenzo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1990 | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Sevilla FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Boca Juniors | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Guatemala | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Libya | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Salvador Bilardo Digiano (born 16 March 1938) is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager.
Bilardo achieved worldwide renown as a player with
He is known by fans and the media as el narigón ("the big nosed one").
Early life
Bilardo was born in the Buenos Aires
Bilardo was a promising prospect in the youth divisions of major Buenos Aires club
In 1961, Bilardo was transferred to second-division side
Club career
In 1965, Bilardo was transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata, where manager Osvaldo Zubeldía built a team based on the Killer youth divisions (la tercera que mata) and thought of using Bilardo as a more mature anchor for the midfield.
Bilardo became Estudiantes' inside-the-pitch tactician. Over a four-year span, the team won one
After graduating as a physician (together with fellow player
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Bilardo became Estudiantes coach in 1971 and managed to get the squad into the
The club was enjoying healthy finances due to the transfer of Patricio Hernández, and accommodated Bilardo's request for reinforcements. The team made the semi-finals of the 1982 Nacional and went on to win the same year's Metropolitano title.
Bilardo's scheme was based on Zubeldía's tactics, and its attacking might (fueled by players like Sabella, Trobbiani, Gottardi and Ponce) earned the attention of the media—and of the top brass of the Argentine Football Association, who offered him to manage the Argentina national team.
He held the post from 1983 until after the
Bilardo wrote a book called "Así Ganamos" ("How we won", Editorial Sudamericana Planeta) retelling the story of Argentina's 1986 FIFA World Cup win.
After 1990
From 1990 and onwards, Bilardo alternated teaching and journalism stints with managing. He would reunite with Maradona in Sevilla FC and later in Boca Juniors, and have a brief term as the national coach of Libya.
Bilardo returned to Estudiantes for the 2003–2004 season. In a publicised episode during that season, Bilardo sat next to the pitch during a game against
Bilardo covered the
Following the 2007 gubernatorial election, Bilardo was named Secretary of Sports of
General Manager
A new generation of Bilardo-influenced coaches has taken over many key positions in Argentine and South American football: Brown, Pumpido, Burruchaga, Batista, Russo, and Maradona.
When Maradona was named as national team coach in October 2008, Bilardo was tapped for the post of Argentina General Manager. After the designation, Bilardo agreed to quit his Secretary post.
Honours
Player
- Primera División: 1967 Metropolitano
- Copa Libertadores: 1968, 1969, 1970
- Intercontinental Cup: 1968
- Copa Interamericana: 1968
Manager
- Categoría Primera A runner-up: 1977, 1978
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1978
- FIFA World Cup: 1986; runner-up: 1990
- Copa América Third place: 1989
Individual
- Guerin Sportivo Manager of the Year: 1986
- South American Coach of the Year: 1986, 1987
- Konex Award: 1990
- World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013[4][5]
References
- ^ "Tactical Analysis: A Look at the 3-5-2 formation". 28 November 2012.
- ^ "La "papalina" nella basilica Mazzarino". 30 April 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Carlos Bilardo". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
- ^ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
External links
- Official website
- "FIFA.com articles on Bilardo". Archived from the original on 12 July 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Bilardo returns to Manchester
- "Futbol Factory profile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- Estudiantes » Squad 1970/1971 at WorldFootball.net
- Carlos Bilardo at WorldFootball.net
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