Jorge Sampaoli

Football player

1960 –

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Who is Jorge Sampaoli?

Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya is an Argentine football manager, currently coaching the Chile national football team. Sampaoli started out as a youth player and eventually switched to management due to a severe injury. Sampaoli started with an impressive managerial period at Coronel Bolognesi in 2006, and then again with a brief but successful period at O'Higgins and Emelec.

Sampaoli definitively consecrated as a head coach in 2011-2012 with Universidad de Chile, winning three league titles and the Copa Sudamericana championship. This success led him to coach the Chilean men's national team in 2013, replacing Claudio Borghi. He is well known for his attack tactics, similar to those of Marcelo Bielsa according to the press and fans alike.

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Born
Mar 13, 1960
Casilda
Also known as
  • Don Sampa
  • Mini-Me
Nationality
  • Argentina
Profession
Lived in
  • Santa Fe

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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