Marcelo Bielsa will be unveiled as the new head coach of Uruguay next Wednesday 17 May.at a press conference to be held at the historic stadium Centenary of Montevideo.
This Friday Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) iHe invited members of the media to the conference, which will take place that day at 12:30 local time (15:30 GMT), although he did not mention the technical director in the text.
However, EFE has confirmed that the said instance He will represent Bielsa, who has reached an agreement with the AUF to become the new manager of La Celeste until 2026.
With his arrival in Uruguay, Bielsa will become second foreigner to lead Celestein honor of his compatriot Daniel Alberto Pasarella did this between 1999 and 2001.
Born in Rosario in July 1955, Bielsa began his coaching career in 1990, ten years after his retirement as a football player.
From that moment he led Newell’s Old Boys, the Mexicans Atlas and America, Vélez Sarsfield, the Spanish Espanyol and Athletic Club, the French Olympique de Marseille and Lille, as well as the English Leeds United.
He was also a breeder Argentina in the period 1998-2004 and from Chile from 2007 to 2011. With Albiceleste he won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Uruguay leaves selector seat vacant with death of Diego Alonso who took office on December 15, 2021 after the departure of Oscar Washington Tabares and left him after the World Cup, in which Celeste did not overcome the group stage.
Source: La Opinion
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