Mauricio Pochettino
Pochettino as manager of Tottenham Hotspur in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mauricio Roberto Pochettino | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Murphy, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
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Current team
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Tottenham Hotspur (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Newell's Old Boys | 153 | (8) |
| 1994–2000 | Espanyol | 216 | (11) |
| 2001–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain | 70 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Bordeaux | 11 | (1) |
| 2004 | → Espanyol (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Espanyol | 38 | (1) |
| Total | 509 | (26) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Argentina U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1992 | Argentina U23 | ||
| 1999–2002 | Argentina | 20 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2012 | Espanyol | ||
| 2013–2014 | Southampton | ||
| 2014– | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
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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.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino (Spanish pronunciation: [mauˈɾisjo potʃeˈtino], Italian: [poketˈtino]; born 2 March 1972) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
He spent 17 years as a professional player, ten of which were in La Liga with Espanyol where he scored 13 goals in 275 games. He also played in France for two clubs, Paris Saint-Germain and Bordeaux, having started his career with Newell's Old Boys. An Argentina international for three years, he represented the country at the 2002 World Cup and the 1999 Copa América.
Pochettino began his managerial career at Espanyol in January 2009, remaining in the post for nearly four years. He then managed in the Premier League, first with Southampton, followed by Tottenham Hotspur.
Pochettino was born in Murphy, Santa Fe. The son of a farm laborer, his first introduction to football was the 1978 FIFA World Cup which he watched with his father at the local club. After being scouted by José Griffa and his future manager Marcelo Bielsa at age 14, in 1987 he moved to Newell's Old Boys, making his debut in the Primera División in 1988.
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