Marcelo Bielsa

**Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera** (, nicknamed _El Loco Bielsa_ , meaning "Madman Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is a former Argentine football player. He was most recently the head coach of Leeds United FC.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Newell's Old Boys|align=left|1 July 1990|align=left|30 June 1992|||
|align=left|Atlas|align=left|1 July 1993|align=left|31 January 1995|||
|align=left|América|align=left|1 July 1995|align=left|25 March 1996|||
|align=left|Vélez Sársfield|align=left|1 July 1997|align=left|30 June 1998|||
|align=left|Espanyol|align=left|10 July 1998|align=left|19 October 1998|||
|align=left|Argentina|align=left|20 October 1998|align=left|15 September 2004|||
|align=left|Chile|align=left|11 July 2007|align=left|4 February 2011|||
|align=left|Athletic Bilbao|align=left|7 July 2011|align=left|30 June 2013|||
|align=left|Marseille|align=left|17 May 2014|align=left|8 August 2015|||
|align=left|Lille|align=left|24 May 2017|align=left|15 December 2017|||
|align=left|Leeds United|align=left|1 June 2018|align=left|27 February 2022|||
|align=left|Uruguay|align=left|15 May 2023|align=left|_Present_|||

### Manager

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

**Vélez Sarsfield**
- Primera División Argentina: 1998 Clausura

**Argentina**
- Summer Olympics: 2004
- CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2004
- Copa América runner-up: 2004

**Athletic Bilbao**
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2011–12
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2011–12

**Leeds United**
- EFL Championship: 2019–20

**Individual**
- IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2001; runner-up: 2004
- South American Coach of the Year: 2009
- LMA Championship Manager of the Year: 2020
- EFL Championship Manager of the Month: August 2018,November 2019, July 2020
- FIFA Fair Play Award: 2019 (shared with his club Leeds United)
- The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2020 (3rd place)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Marcelo Bielsa
- **image**: Marcelo Bielsa OM 2015 Cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Bielsa in 2015
- **birth place**: Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Uruguay national football team, Uruguay (manager)
- **years1**: 1975–1977
- **clubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **caps1**: 25
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1978–1979
- **clubs2**: Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Instituto
- **caps2**: 40
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1979–1980
- **clubs3**: Argentino de Rosario
- **caps3**: 48
- **goals3**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 113
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1982–1990
- **managerclubs1**: Newell's Old Boys (scout)
- **manageryears2**: 1987–1990
- **managerclubs2**: Newell's Old Boys II
- **manageryears3**: 1990–1992
- **managerclubs3**: Newell's Old Boys
- **manageryears4**: 1992–1993
- **managerclubs4**: Atlas F.C., Atlas (scout)
- **manageryears5**: 1993–1995
- **managerclubs5**: Atlas F.C., Atlas
- **manageryears6**: 1995–1996
- **managerclubs6**: Club América, América
- **manageryears7**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs7**: Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Vélez Sarsfield
- **manageryears8**: 1998
- **managerclubs8**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **manageryears9**: 1998–2004
- **managerclubs9**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **manageryears10**: 2004
- **managerclubs10**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **manageryears11**: 2007–2011
- **managerclubs11**: Chile national football team, Chile
- **manageryears12**: 2011–2013
- **managerclubs12**: Athletic Bilbao
- **manageryears13**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs13**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **manageryears14**: 2016
- **managerclubs14**: S.S. Lazio , Lazio
- **manageryears15**: 2017
- **managerclubs15**: Lille OSC, Lille
- **manageryears16**: 2018–2022
- **managerclubs16**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **manageryears17**: 2023–
- **managerclubs17**: Uruguay national football team, Uruguay