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unusual facts about Marcelo Bielsa



Edson Puch

His good performances in The Celestial Dragons made that San Lorenzo de Almagro and several clubs of Europe were interested on him, however he was called up by Marcelo Bielsa for play with Chile the Kirin Cup in Japan.

Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba

Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto Kempes, José Luis Saldaño, Alberto Beltran, Raul Chaparro La Cruz, Salvador Mastrosimone, Mauricio Caranta, Oscar Dertycia, Alejandro Faurlín, Paulo Dybala, Daniel Ángel Jiménez, and Marcelo Bielsa.

José Luis Calderón

He played in the 1997 Copa América, but a fight with the then coach Marcelo Bielsa diminished his chances of ever playing for the national team again.

Miguel Pinto

In 2007, Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa took over the Chilean national team and he regularly names Pinto as the second goalkeeper behind Claudio Bravo.

Sebastián Becaccece

In 2003 Claudio Vivas, then Marcelo Bielsa’s assistant manager, introduced Beccacece to Jorge Sampaoli, and unknown young manager who was in charge of the Peruvian team Sport Boys from Callao and needed an assistant to go to Peru with him.


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