Mauricio Pochettino

**Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero** (; born 2 March 1972) is a retired Argentine football player and current manager of the United States men's national team.

In 2019, Pochettino led Tottenham Hotspur to the UEFA Champions League Final after beating AFC Ajax in the semi-final for the first time in the team's history. Tottenham later lost to Liverpool 2-0 in the final.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=7|Newell's Old Boys|1988–89|Primera División|4|0|—|—|—|4|0||||
|1989–90|Primera División|30|0|—|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|30|0||||
|1990–91|Primera División|34|4|—|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|34|4||||
|1991–92|Primera División|28|3|—|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|28|3||||
|1992–93|Primera División|32|1|—|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|32|1||||
|1993–94|Primera División|25|0|—|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|25|0||||
|rowspan=8|Espanyol|1994–95|La Liga|34|0|1|0|—|colspan="2"|—|35|0||
|1995–96|La Liga|39|3|9|0|—|colspan="2"|—|48|3||||
|1996–97|La Liga|37|3|6|0|—|4|0|47|3||||
|1997–98|La Liga|35|2|0|0|—|colspan="2"|—|35|2||||
|1998–99|La Liga|26|0|3|1|—|colspan="2"|—|29|1||||
|1999–2000|La Liga|29|1|7|0|—|colspan="2"|—|36|1||||
|2000–01|La Liga|16|2|2|0|—|6|0|24|2||||
|rowspan=4|Paris Saint-Germain|2000–01|Division 1|7|1|1|0|—|colspan="2"|—|8|1||
|2001–02|Division 1|28|1|2|0|2|0|10|0|42|1|||
|2002–03|Ligue 1|35|2|0|0|5|1|5|1|45|4|||
|Bordeaux|2003–04|Ligue 1|11|1|1|0|0|0|4|0|16|1||
|rowspan=4|Espanyol|2003–04|La Liga|21|1|0|0|—|colspan="2"|—|21|1||
|2004–05|La Liga|27|1|0|0|—|colspan="2"|—|27|1||||
|2005–06|La Liga|11|0|2|0|—|3|1|16|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Argentina|1999|6|1|
|2000|2|0|||
|2001|6|1|||
|2002|6|0|||

### International goals

- _Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pochettino goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 November 1999|Estadio La Cartuja, Seville, Spain|6||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||||
|7 October 2001|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay|12||1–1|2–2|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Espanyol|align=left|20 January 2009|align=left|26 November 2012|||||
|align=left|Southampton|align=left|18 January 2013|align=left|27 May 2014|||||
|align=left|Tottenham Hotspur|align=left|27 May 2014|align=left|19 November 2019|||||
|align=left|Paris Saint-Germain|align=left|2 January 2021|align=left|5 July 2022|||||
|align=left|Chelsea|align=left|1 July 2023|align=left|_present_|||||

### Player

**Newell's Old Boys**
- Primera División: 1990–91, Clausura 1992
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1992

**Espanyol**
- Copa del Rey: 1999–2000, 2005–06

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2002–03

### Manager

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2018–19

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- Trophée des Champions: 2020

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2013, September 2015, February 2016, April 2017
- London Football Awards Manager of the Year: 2018–19

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mauricio Pochettino
- **image**: Mauricio Pochettino 2016 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Pochettino as manager of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur in 2016
- **full name**: Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero
- **birth place**: Murphy, Santa Fe, Murphy, Argentina
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Centre back
- **currentclub**: United States men's national soccer team, United States (head coach)
- **youthclubs1**: CR Unión y Cultura
- **youthyears2**: 1986–1989
- **youthclubs2**: Newell's Old Boys
- **years1**: 1989–1994
- **clubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **caps1**: 153
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 1994–2001
- **clubs2**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps2**: 216
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2001–2003
- **clubs3**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps3**: 70
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2003–2004
- **clubs4**: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- **caps4**: 11
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2004
- **clubs5**: → RCD Espanyol, Espanyol (loan)
- **caps5**: 21
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2004–2006
- **clubs6**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps6**: 38
- **goals6**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 509
- **totalgoals**: 26
- **nationalyears1**: 1991
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1992
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1999–2002
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 20
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2009–2012
- **managerclubs1**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **manageryears2**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs2**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **manageryears3**: 2014–2019
- **managerclubs3**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **manageryears4**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs4**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **manageryears5**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs5**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **manageryears6**: 2024–
- **managerclubs6**: United States men's national soccer team, United States