 Poyet in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1967[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| River Plate (Montevideo) | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Grenoble | 37 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | River Plate (Montevideo) | 78 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1997 | Zaragoza | 239 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | Chelsea | 105 | (36) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 82 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Swindon Town | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 463 | (125) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2000 | Uruguay | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Swindon Town (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Leeds United (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Betis | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Universidad Católica | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Greece | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡus poˈʝet]; born 15 November 1967) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former footballer who most recently managed Greece. Poyet played as a midfielder and began his career with short spells at Grenoble and River Plate. He then spent seven years at Real Zaragoza, with whom he won the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1997, Poyet moved to Chelsea on a free transfer and helped the club win the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 2001, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur, where he saw out the remainder of his career. He was also part of the Uruguay side which won the 1995 Copa América.
After his playing career ended, Poyet moved into coaching. He served as assistant manager to Dennis Wise at Swindon Town and Leeds United, and Juande Ramos at Tottenham Hotspur. In November 2009, Poyet was appointed manager of Brighton & Hove Albion and in his first full season led the club to promotion as League One Champions, for which he was named League One Manager of the Year by the LMA. In October 2013 he was hired by Premier League team Sunderland and guided them to the League Cup final in his first season, but was sacked in March 2015 after a poor run of results. He later had spells at Superleague Greece side AEK Athens, La Liga club Real Betis, Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shenhua, Bordeaux of Ligue 1 and Universidad Católica in Chile. His most recent appointment was coach of Greece from 2022 until 2024.
- ^ a b c "Poyet: Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 December 2017.