The outstanding Argentinian coach coached the Argentinian national team for 69 international matches and the Chilean national team for 51 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 21- 7-1955 Country: Argentina Matches as Coach: 120 (W71-D24-L25 - GF196-GA110 - %69.17) Matches as Coach for Argentina: 69 (W43-D16-L10 - GF127-GA 61 - %73.91) Matches as Coach for Chile: 51 (W28-D 8-L15 - GF 69-GA 49 - %62.74) Age First Match: 43 yr 197 d 3- 2-1999 vs. Venezuela 2-0 Age Last Match: 55 yr 185 d 22- 1-2011 vs. United States 1-1 National Team Career: 11 yr 353 d
Coach for Argentina
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 3- 2-99 Maracaibo Venezuela 2-0
2 10- 2-99 Los Angeles Mexico 1-0
3 31- 3-99 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1
4 9- 6-99 Chicago Mexico 2-2
5 13- 6-99 Washington DC United States 0-1
6 26- 6-99 Buenos Aires Lithuania 0-0
7 1- 7-99 Luque Ecuador 3-1 Copa América
8 4- 7-99 Luque Colombia 0-3 Copa América
9 7- 7-99 Luque Uruguay 2-0 Copa América
10 11- 7-99 Ciudad del Este Brazil 1-2 Copa América
11 4- 9-99 Buenos Aires Brazil 2-0
12 7- 9-99 Porto Alegre Brazil 2-4
13 13-10-99 Córdoba Colombia 2-1
14 17-11-99 Sevilla Spain 2-0
15 23- 2-00 London England 0-0
16 29- 3-00 Buenos Aires Chile 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
17 26- 4-00 Maracaibo Venezuela 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 4- 6-00 Buenos Aires Bolivia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 29- 6-00 Bogotá Colombia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
20 19- 7-00 Buenos Aires Ecuador 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 26- 7-00 São Paulo Brazil 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
22 16- 8-00 Buenos Aires Paraguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
23 3- 9-00 Lima Peru 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
24 8-10-00 Buenos Aires Uruguay 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
25 15-11-00 Santiago Chile 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 20-12-00 Los Angeles Mexico 2-0
27 28- 2-01 Roma Italy 2-1
28 28- 3-01 Buenos Aires Venezuela 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 25- 4-01 La Paz Bolivia 3-3 World Cup Qualifier
30 3- 6-01 Buenos Aires Colombia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 15- 8-01 Quito Ecuador 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 5- 9-01 Buenos Aires Brazil 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
33 7-10-01 Asunción Paraguay 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
34 8-11-01 Buenos Aires Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
35 14-11-01 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
36 13- 2-02 Cardiff Wales 1-1
37 27- 3-02 Genève Cameroon 2-2
38 17- 4-02 Stuttgart Germany 1-0
39 2- 6-02 Ibaraki Nigeria 1-0 World Cup
40 7- 6-02 Sapporo England 0-1 World Cup
41 12- 6-02 Miyagi Sweden 1-1 World Cup
42 20-11-02 Saitama Japan 2-0
43 31- 1-03 San Pedro Sula Honduras 3-1
44 4- 2-03 Los Angeles Mexico 1-0
45 9- 2-03 Miami United States 1-0
46 12- 2-03 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1
47 30- 4-03 Tripoli Libya 3-1
48 8- 6-03 Osaka Japan 4-1
49 11- 6-03 Seoul South Korea 1-0
50 16- 7-03 La Plata Uruguay 2-2
51 20- 8-03 Florencia Uruguay 3-2
52 6- 9-03 Buenos Aires Chile 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
53 9- 9-03 Caracas Venezuela 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 15-11-03 Buenos Aires Bolivia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
55 19-11-03 Barranquilla Colombia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
56 30- 3-04 Buenos Aires Ecuador 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
57 28- 4-04 Casablanca Morocco 1-0
58 2- 6-04 Belo Horizonte Brazil 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
59 6- 6-04 Buenos Aires Paraguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 27- 6-04 Miami Colombia 0-2
61 30- 6-04 East Rutherford Peru 2-1
62 7- 7-04 Chiclayo Ecuador 6-1 Copa América
63 10- 7-04 Chiclayo Mexico 0-1 Copa América
64 13- 7-04 Piura Uruguay 4-2 Copa América
65 17- 7-04 Chiclayo Peru 1-0 Copa América
66 20- 7-04 Lima Colombia 3-0 Copa América
67 25- 7-04 Lima Brazil 2-2 [1] Copa América
68 18- 8-04 Shizuoka Japan 2-1
69 4- 9-04 Lima Peru 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Argentina lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
Remarks: In 2004, Bielsa led the Olympic team to win the 2004 Olympics Football tournament
in Athens.
Coach for Chile
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 7- 9-07 Wien Switzerland 1-2 International Tourn.
2 11- 9-07 Wien Austria 2-0 International Tourn.
3 13-10-07 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
4 17-10-07 Santiago Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 18-11-07 Montevideo Uruguay 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
6 21-11-07 Santiago Paraguay 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
7 26- 1-08 Tokyo Japan 0-0 Kirin Cup
8 30- 1-08 Seoul South Korea 1-0
9 26- 3-08 Tel Aviv Israel 0-1
10 4- 6-08 Rancagua Guatemala 2-0
11 7- 6-08 Valparaíso Panama 0-0
12 15- 6-08 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 19- 6-08 Puerto La Cruz Venezuela 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
14 20- 8-08 Izmir Turkey 0-1
15 7- 9-08 Santiago Brazil 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
16 10- 9-08 Santiago Colombia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 24- 9-08 Los Angeles Mexico 1-0
18 12-10-08 Quito Ecuador 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 15-10-08 Santiago Argentina 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 19-11-08 Villarreal Spain 0-3
21 18- 1-09 Fort Lauderdale Honduras 0-2
22 11- 2-09 Polokwane South Africa 2-0
23 29- 3-09 Lima Peru 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
24 1- 4-09 Santiago Uruguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 27- 5-09 Osaka Japan 0-4 Kirin Cup
26 29- 5-09 Ichihara Belgium 1-1 Kirin Cup
27 6- 6-09 Asunción Paraguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 10- 6-09 Santiago Bolivia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 12- 8-09 Brøndby Denmark 2-1
30 5- 9-09 Santiago Venezuela 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
31 9- 9-09 Salvador Brazil 2-4 World Cup Qualifier
32 10-10-09 Medellín Colombia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
33 14-10-09 Santiago Ecuador 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
34 4-11-09 Talcahuano Paraguay 2-1
35 18-11-09 Zilina Slovakia 2-1
36 20- 1-10 Coquimbo Panama 2-1
37 31- 3-10 Temuco Venezuela 0-0
38 5- 5-10 Iquique Trinidad/Tobago 2-0
39 16- 5-10 Cd. de México Mexico 0-1
40 26- 5-10 Calama Zambia 3-0
41 30- 5-10 Concepción Israel 3-0
42 30- 5-10 Chillán N. Ireland 1-0
43 16- 6-10 Nelspruit Honduras 1-0 World Cup
44 21- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Switzerland 1-0 World Cup
45 25- 6-10 Pretoria Spain 1-2 World Cup
46 28- 6-10 Johannesburg Brazil 0-3 World Cup
47 7- 9-10 Kyiv Ukraine 1-2
48 9-10-10 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 2-0
49 12-10-10 Muscat Oman 1-0
50 17-11-10 Santiago Uruguay 2-0
51 22- 1-11 Carson United States 1-1
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
120 71 24 25 196-110 166 69.17
Types of Matches
Friendlies 54
World Cup Qualifier 44
Copa América 10
World Cup 7
Kirin Cup 3
Other Tournaments 2
Total matches: 120
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