The outstanding Argentine coach coached three national teams (Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela) for (in total) 115 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: 3- 9-1949 Country: Argentina Matches as Coach: 115 (W61-D28-L26 – GF189-GA105 – %65.22) Matches as Coach for Argentina: 27 (W14-D 7-L 6 – GF 50-GA 33 – %64.81) Matches as Coach for Colombia: 78 (W42-D20-L16 – GF124-GA 59 – %66.67) Matches as Coach for Venezuela: 10 (W 5-D 1-L 4 – GF 15-GA 13 – %55.00) Age First Match: 55 yr 36 d 9-10-2004 vs. Uruguay 4-2 Age Last Match: 73 yr 78 d 20-11-2022 vs. Syria 2-1 National Team Career: 18 yr 42 d
Coach for Argentina
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 9-10-04 Buenos Aires Uruguay 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
2 13-10-04 Santiago Chile 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 17-11-04 Buenos Aires Venezuela 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
4 9- 2-05 Düsseldorf Germany 2-2
5 9- 3-05 Los Angeles Mexico 1-1
6 26- 3-05 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
7 30- 3-05 Buenos Aires Colombia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 4- 6-05 Quito Ecuador 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
9 8- 6-05 Buenos Aires Brazil 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 15- 6-05 Köln Tunisia 2-1 Confederations Cup
11 18- 6-05 Nürnberg Australia 4-2 Confederations Cup
12 21- 6-05 Nürnberg Germany 2-2 Confederations Cup
13 26- 6-05 Hannover Mexico 1-1 [1] Confederations Cup
14 29- 6-05 Frankfurt Brazil 1-4 Confederations Cup
15 17- 8-05 Budapest Hungary 2-1
16 3- 9-05 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
17 9-10-05 Buenos Aires Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 12-10-05 Montevideo Uruguay 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 12-11-05 Genčve England 2-3
20 16-11-05 Doha Qatar 3-0
21 1- 3-06 Basel Croatia 2-3
22 30- 5-06 Salerno Angola 2-0
23 10- 6-06 Hamburg Ivory Coast 2-1 World Cup
24 16- 6-06 Gelsenkirchen Serbia-Monten. 6-0 World Cup
25 21- 6-06 Frankfurt Netherlands 0-0 World Cup
26 24- 6-06 Leipzig Mexico 2-1 World Cup
27 30- 6-06 Berlin Germany 1-1 [2] World Cup
[1] Argentina won 6-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Argentina lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Colombia
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 29- 2-12 Miami Gardens Mexico 2-0
2 3- 6-12 Lima Peru 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 10- 6-12 Quito Ecuador 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 7- 9-12 Barranquilla Uruguay 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 11- 9-12 Santiago Chile 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
6 12-10-12 Barranquilla Paraguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
7 16-10-12 Barranquilla Cameroon 3-0
8 14-11-12 East Rutherford Brazil 1-1
9 6- 2-13 Miami Guatemala 4-1
10 22- 3-13 Barranquilla Bolivia 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
11 26- 3-13 Puerto Ordaz Venezuela 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
12 7- 6-13 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 11- 6-13 Barranquilla Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 14- 8-13 Barcelona Serbia 1-0
15 6- 9-13 Barranquilla Ecuador 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 10- 9-13 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
17 11-10-13 Barranquilla Chile 3-3 World Cup Qualifier
18 15-10-13 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 14-11-13 Brussels Belgium 2-0
20 19-11-13 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0
21 5- 3-14 Barcelona Tunisia 1-1
22 31- 5-14 Buenos Aires Senegal 2-2
23 6- 6-14 Buenos Aires Jordan 3-0
24 14- 6-14 Belo Horizonte Greece 3-0 World Cup
25 19- 6-14 Brasilia Ivory Coast 2-1 World Cup
26 24- 6-14 Cuiabá Japan 4-1 World Cup
27 28- 6-14 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 2-0 World Cup
28 4- 7-14 Fortaleza Brazil 1-2 World Cup
29 5- 9-14 Miami Gardens Brazil 0-1
30 10-10-14 New Jersey El Salvador 3-0
31 14-10-14 Harrison Canada 1-0
32 14-11-14 London United States 2-1
33 18-11-14 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-0
34 26- 3-15 Riffa Bahrain 6-0
35 30- 3-15 Abu Dhabi Kuwait 3-1
36 6- 6-15 Buenos Aires Costa Rica 1-0
37 14- 6-15 Rancagua Venezuela 0-1 Copa América
38 17- 6-15 Santiago Brazil 1-0 Copa América
39 21- 6-15 Temuco Peru 0-0 Copa América
40 26- 6-15 Vińa del Mar Argentina 0-0 [1] Copa América
41 8- 9-15 New Jersey Peru 1-1
42 8-10-15 Barranquilla Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 13-10-15 Montevideo Uruguay 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
44 12-11-15 Santiago Chile 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
45 17-11-15 Barranquilla Argentina 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
46 24- 3-16 La Paz Bolivia 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
47 29- 3-16 Barranquilla Ecuador 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
48 29- 5-16 Miami Haiti 3-1
49 3- 6-16 Santa Clara United States 2-0 Copa América
50 7- 6-16 Pasadena Paraguay 2-1 Copa América
51 11- 6-16 Houston Costa Rica 2-3 Copa América
52 17- 6-16 East Rutherford Peru 0-0 [2] Copa América
53 22- 6-16 Chicago Chile 0-2 Copa América
54 25- 6-16 Glendale United States 1-0 Copa América
55 1- 9-16 Barranquilla Venezuela 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
56 6- 9-16 Manaus Brazil 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
57 6-10-16 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
58 11-10-16 Barranquilla Uruguay 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
59 10-11-16 Barranquilla Chile 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 15-11-16 San Juan Argentina 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
61 25- 1-17 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-1
62 23- 3-17 Barranquilla Bolivia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
63 28- 3-17 Quito Ecuador 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
64 7- 6-17 Murcia Spain 2-2
65 13- 6-17 Getafe Cameroon 4-0
66 31- 8-17 San Cristóbal Venezuela 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 5- 9-17 Barranquilla Brazil 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
68 5-10-17 Barranquilla Paraguay 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
69 10-10-17 Lima Peru 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
70 10-11-17 Suwon South Korea 1-2
71 14-11-17 Chongqing China 4-0
72 23- 3-18 Saint-Denis France 3-2
73 27- 3-18 London Australia 0-0
74 1- 6-18 Bergamo Egypt 0-0
75 19- 6-18 Saransk Japan 1-2 World Cup
76 24- 6-18 Kazan Poland 3-0 World Cup
77 28- 6-18 Samara Senegal 1-0 World Cup
78 3- 7-18 Moskva England 1-1 [3] World Cup
[1] Colombia lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Colombia won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Colombia lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Venezuela
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 28- 1-22 Barinas Bolivia 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
2 1- 2-22 Montevideo Uruguay 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
3 25- 3-22 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
4 29- 3-22 Guayaquil Colombia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
5 1- 6-22 Ta'Qali Malta 1-0
6 9- 6-22 Murcia Saudi Arabia 1-0
7 22- 9-22 Maria Enzersdf. Iceland 0-1
8 27- 9-22 Wiener Neustadt UA Emirates 4-0
9 15-11-22 Sharjah Panama 2-2
10 20-11-22 Dubai Syria 2-1
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
115 61 28 26 189-105 150 65.22
Types of Matches
World Cup Qualifier 45
Friendlies 41
World Cup 14
Copŕ América 10
Other Tournaments 5
Total matches: 115
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