Rubén Cousillas
.jpg) Cousillas as assistant manager of West Ham United in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Cousillas Fuse | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Roque Pérez, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1977 | San Lorenzo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1987 | San Lorenzo | 117 | (0) |
| ???? |
Millonarios | ? | (0) |
| ???? | Mandiyú | ? | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Vélez Sarsfield | ? | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Argentinos Juniors | ? | (0) |
| 1991 |
Huachipato | ? | (0) |
| Total | 117+ | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2002 | San Lorenzo (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2003 | River Plate (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2009 | Villarreal (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Málaga (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Manchester City (co-assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 |
Hebei China Fortune (co-assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | West Ham United (co-assistant) | ||
| 2020– |
Betis (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rubén Cousillas Fuse
Playing career
Cousillas started his career at
Management and coaching career
Cousillas began his career as a coach for Talleres de Córdoba, before moving on to Argentinos Juniors, where he worked under Chiche Sosa.
In 1998, Cousillas returned to his former playing club
On 14 June 2013, it was announced that Cousillas would be joining Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City as co-assistant, alongside Brian Kidd.[2]
Cousillas took caretaker charge of Manchester City in their 2-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to FC Barcelona due to manager Manuel Pellegrini having a 3 match UEFA ban for criticizing the referee in the first leg.
When Pellegrini left Manchester City in June 2016 on the expiry of his contract, Cousillas also left along with the remainder of Pellegrini's staff (not including Brian Kidd). In 2018 he joined Pellegrini as a coach at West Ham United leaving in December 2019 when Pellegrini was sacked.[3]
References
- ^ Manchester City Web Page. "Ruben Cousillas Fuse". mcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Manuel Pellegrini confirms backroom staff". MCFC. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Football staff depart West Ham United | West Ham United". whufc.com.