Manuel Pellegrini
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Pellegrini in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hebei China Fortune (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax Italiano | |||
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1986 | Universidad de Chile | 451 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1973–1986 | Chile | 28 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1990-1992 | Palestino | ||
| 1992–1993 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1993–1995 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 1998 | Palestino | ||
| 1998–2001 | LDU Quito | ||
| 2001–2002 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 2002–2003 | River Plate | ||
| 2004–2009 | Villarreal | ||
| 2009–2010 | Real Madrid | ||
| 2010–2013 | Málaga | ||
| 2013–2016 | Manchester City | ||
| 2016– | Hebei China Fortune | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel peleˈɣɾini]; born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean professional football manager and former footballer and is currently the head coach of Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune. As a coach, he has managed teams mostly in Spain, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. A qualified civil engineer and former footballer, after retiring as a player, he moved into coaching in his native Chile and subsequently Argentina. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four different countries.
Pellegrini moved to Europe in 2004 to take the manager's post at Villarreal, a club near Valencia. Under Pellegrini, Villarreal achieved a third-place finish in La Liga in 2004–05, a Champions League semi-final in 2005–06 and broke the big two in 2008 by securing a second-place finish in La Liga in 2007–08.
Pellegrini's consistent record at Villarreal attracted the attention of Real Madrid and he was appointed manager there in 2009. He amassed a total of 96 points, a club record until it was surpassed by José Mourinho in the 2011–12 season, but lost the title to Barcelona by three points. He was dismissed after one season and later lamented the Galácticos policy employed at Real which prevented him from building a balanced team.
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