Alejandro Sabella
Sabella in 2012
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Alejandro Javier Sabella | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1954 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1974–1978 | River Plate | 117 | (11) | ||||||
| 1978–1980 | Sheffield United | 76 | (8) | ||||||
| 1980–1981 | Leeds United | 23 | (2) | ||||||
| 1982–1987 | Estudiantes | 149 | (10) | ||||||
| 1985 | → Grêmio (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||
| 1987–1988 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 27 | (2) | ||||||
| 1988–1989 | Irapuato | 31 | (0) | ||||||
| Total | 433 | (33) | |||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Argentina | 8 | (0) | ||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Estudiantes | ||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Argentina | ||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alejandro Javier Sabella (locally: [saˈβela]; born 5 November 1954) is an Argentine football manager and former player. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his playing career with River Plate in his home country before moving to England in 1978 to play for Sheffield United. Known as "Alex" while in England (an anglicized version of his real name), Sabella then had a spell with another English side, Leeds United, before returning to South America and representing Estudiantes, Grêmio, Ferro Carril Oeste and finishing his career with Irapuato.
After retiring from playing, Sabella became a coach and began a long association with fellow countryman and close friend Daniel Passarella, serving as his assistant manager during Passarella's spells managing Argentina, Italian club Parma, Uruguay, Mexican club Monterrey and Corinthians in Brazil. The duo finally returned to River Plate for whom they had both played before Sabella struck out on his own to become manager of Estudiantes in his own right, winning the Argentine Primera División Apertura championship and the 2009 Copa Libertadores. Sabella resigned from Estudiantes in February 2011 and was subsequently appointed as the coach of the Argentine national side, coaching them to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final against Germany, where they lost 1–0 in extra time. Sabella had scheduled his resignation to take effect after the conclusion of the World Cup.
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