| General |
| Lionel Scaloni | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Lionel Sebastián Scaloni | |
| Date of birth: | 16 May 1978 | |
| Place of birth: | Pujato, Santa Fe,  Argentina
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| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position: | Right-back, right midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Argentina (manager)
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 1996–1997 1998–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007–2013 2008–2009 2013–2015 Total |
Newell's Old Boys Estudiantes Deportivo La Coruña → West Ham United (loan) Racing Santander Lazio → Mallorca (loan) Atalanta
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12 (0) 37 (7) 200 (14) 13 (0) 30 (1) 52 (1) 28 (0) 15 (0) 387 (23) |
| National team | ||
| 1997 2003-2006 |
Argentina U20 Argentina
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7 (2) 7 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018 2018– |
Sevilla (assistant) Argentina (assistant) Argentina U20 Argentina
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Lionel Sebastián Scaloni (born 16 May 1978) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who currently coaches the Argentina national team. A versatile player, he operated as a right-back or right midfielder.
Scaloni started his football career at his hometown club from Province of Santa Fe, Newell's Old Boys. After completing another season at Estudiantes, he was transferred to La Liga side Deportivo La Coruña, where he spent most of his professional football career. With Deportivo, Scaloni won the 1999–2000 La Liga title and the 2001–02 Copa del Rey. He spent eight years with the Galician side, and made 200 appearances with the club. After his stint at Deportivo, he would play for several clubs in England, Spain and Italy, before finally retiring in 2015. Scaloni also has won 7 caps with the national team, and was part of Argentina's 2006 World Cup squad.
In 2016, he joined with Jorge Sampaoli's coaching staff team at Sevilla and continued working with him after a move to Argentina national team. Sampaoli was sacked after Argentina's poor run at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Scaloni, alongside Pablo Aimar, were named as Argentina's caretaker manager, before eventually was made permanent. At first, appointment of Scaloni as manager was met with criticism, with Scaloni was deemed as "unqualified" and "inexperienced". The criticism would continue after Scaloni only managed to lead the side into third place at 2019 Copa América. The AFA continued to put their trust on Scaloni, and extended his contract until 2022. Eventually, Scaloni would answer the public criticism by leading the team into success.
Scaloni took Argentine team into their first trophy in 28 years, by winning the 2021 Copa América, which also gave the captain Lionel Messi, his first international trophy. The team would go on unbeaten run of 36 matches, which includes the victory at 2022 Finalissima match against Italy, handing Argentina another title. The run ended after losing to Saudi Arabia at 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage match. However, this didn't stop the team to continue getting a success. Under Scaloni, Argentina would become the world champions, after winning the final match of the 2022 World Cup against France.
Honours[]
Player[]
Deportivo La Coruña
- La Liga: 1999–2000
- Copa del Rey: 2001–02
- Supercopa de España: 2000, 2002
West Ham United
Argentina
Manager[]
Argentina
- FIFA World Cup: 2022
- Copa América: 2021; third place: 2019
- CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022
Individual
- IFFHS Men's World's Best National Coach: 2022
- The Best FIFA Men's Coach: 2022
External links[]
Lionel Scaloni at Soccerway
Template:Argentina national football team managers
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| Argentina – 2019 Copa América – Third place |
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1. Armani
2. Foyth
3. Tagliafico
4. Saravia
5. Paredes
6. Pezzella
7. Pereyra
8. Acuña
9. Agüero
10. Messi (c)
11. Di María
12. Marchesín
13. Funes Mori
14. Casco
15. Pizarro
16. De Paul
17. Otamendi
18. Rodríguez
19. Suárez
20. Lo Celso
21. Dybala
22. Martínez
23. Musso
Manager: |
| Argentina – 2021 Copa América – Winners (15th title) |
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1. Armani
2. Martínez Quarta
3. Tagliafico
4. Montiel
5. Paredes
6. Pezzella
7. De Paul
8. Acuña
9. Agüero
10. Messi (c)
11. Di María
12. Marchesín
13. Romero
14. Palacios
15. González
16. J. Correa
17. Domínguez
18. Rodríguez
19. Otamendi
20. Lo Celso
21. Á. Correa
22. La. Martínez
23. E. Martínez
24. Gómez
25. Li. Martínez
26. Molina
27. Álvarez
28. Musso
Manager: |
| Argentina – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Winners (3rd title) |
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1. Armani
2. Foyth
3. Tagliafico
4. Montiel
5. Paredes
6. Pezzella
7. De Paul
8. Acuña
9. Álvarez
10. Messi (c)
11. Di María
12. Rulli
13. Romero
14. Palacios
15. Correa
16. Almada
17. Gómez
18. Rodríguez
19. Otamendi
20. Mac Allister
21. Dybala
22. La. Martínez
23. E. Martínez
24. Fernández
25. Li. Martínez
26. Molina
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