Marcelo Gallardo

Marcelo Gallardo
Gallardo in 2019
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Daniel Gallardo[1]
Date of birth (1976-01-18) 18 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 River Plate (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 River Plate 109 (17)
1999–2003 Monaco 103 (18)
2003–2006 River Plate 77 (25)
2007–2008 Paris Saint-Germain 41 (6)
2008–2009 D.C. United 15 (4)
2009–2010 River Plate 28 (7)
2010–2011 Nacional Montevideo 13 (3)
Total 367 (77)
International career
1994–2003 Argentina 44 (13)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Nacional Montevideo
2014–2022 River Plate
2023–2024 Al-Ittihad
2024– River Plate
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Daniel Gallardo (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈselo ɣaˈʝaɾðo];[a] born 18 January 1976)[3] is an Argentine football manager and former professional player who is the current head coach of River Plate. During his playing career, Gallardo was an attacking midfielder and playmaker. He was regarded for his vision, technique, class, dribbling and especially his defence-splitting passing.[4]

Gallardo began his career in the club's youth divisions, and made his debut in the Argentine Primera División at age 17 in 1993. After a six-year period in which he won five local league championships, the 1996 Copa Libertadores and the 1997 Supercopa Libertadores, he transferred to France's Ligue 1 Monaco and was named French League Footballer of the Year in 2000.[5] Gallardo represented Argentina in two FIFA World Cups, although his performance was affected by injuries in both.[6]

After topping the 2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season with Nacional de Montevideo, Gallardo retired as a player to coach the team. He helped Nacional de Montevideo defend their championship the following season before transferring to River Plate. River Plate won local championships under Gallardo and returned to the international scene, where they had not won a tournament from 1997 to 2014. With the most international tournament championships in team history, he is considered River Plate's most successful coach to date.[7]

  1. ^ "Marcelo Daniel Gallardo" [Marcelo Daniel Gallardo]. Konex Foundation (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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