Marcelo Bielsa

In this article, the first or paternal family name is Bielsa and the second or maternal family name is Caldera.

Marcelo Bielsa

Bielsa in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera
Date of birth	(1955-07-21) 21 July 1955
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Leeds United (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1977	Newell's Old Boys	25	(0)
1978–1979	Instituto	40	(0)
1979–1980	Argentino (R)	48	(0)
Total		113	(0)
Teams managed
1980–1990	Newell's Old Boys (youth coach)
1990–1992	Newell's Old Boys
1993–1995	Atlas
1995–1996	América
1997–1998	Vélez Sarsfield
1998	Espanyol
1998–2004	Argentina
2007–2011	Chile
2011–2013	Athletic Bilbao
2014–2015	Marseille
2016	Lazio
2017	Lille
2018–	Leeds United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈselo alˈβeɾto ˈβjelsa], nicknamed El Loco Bielsa [ˈloko ˈβjelsa], meaning "Madman Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is a former Argentine football player. He is currently the head coach of Leeds United FC.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 April 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Newell's Old Boys	1990	1992	7001970000000000000♠97	7001390000000000000♠39	7001380000000000000♠38	7001200000000000000♠20	7001402000000000000♠40.2
Atlas	1993	1995	7001770000000000000♠77	7001290000000000000♠29	7001200000000000000♠20	7001280000000000000♠28	7001377000000000000♠37.7
América	1995	1996	7001330000000000000♠33	7001100000000000000♠10	7001140000000000000♠14	7000900000000000000♠9	7001303000000000000♠30.3
Vélez Sársfield	1997	1998	7001440000000000000♠44	7001230000000000000♠23	7001140000000000000♠14	7000700000000000000♠7	7001523000000000000♠52.3
Espanyol	10 July 1998	19 October 1998	7001120000000000000♠12	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6	7001250000000000000♠25.0
Argentina	20 October 1998	15 September 2004	7001850000000000000♠85	7001560000000000000♠56	7001180000000000000♠18	7001110000000000000♠11	7001659000000000000♠65.9
Chile	11 July 2007	4 February 2011	7001510000000000000♠51	7001280000000000000♠28	7000800000000000000♠8	7001150000000000000♠15	7001549000000000000♠54.9
Athletic Bilbao	7 July 2011	30 June 2013	7002113000000000000♠113	7001430000000000000♠43	7001310000000000000♠31	7001390000000000000♠39	7001381000000000000♠38.1
Marseille	17 May 2014	8 August 2015	7001410000000000000♠41	7001210000000000000♠21	7000700000000000000♠7	7001130000000000000♠13	7001512000000000000♠51.2
Lazio	6 July 2016	8 July 2016	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	!—
Lille	24 May 2017	15 December 2017	7001140000000000000♠14	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	7000700000000000000♠7	7001214009999900000♠21.4
Leeds United	15 June 2018	Present	7002132000000000000♠132	7001690000000000000♠69	7001220000000000000♠22	7001410000000000000♠41	7001523000000000000♠52.3
Total			7002708000000000000♠708	7002324000000000000♠324	7002179000000000000♠179	7002205000000000000♠205	7001458000000000000♠45.8