Rubén Cousillas

Rubén Cousillas

Cousillas as Manchester City coach in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Rubén Cousillas Fuse
Date of birth	(1957-05-19) 19 May 1957 (age 60)
Place of birth	Roque Pérez, Argentina
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1973–1977	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1987	San Lorenzo	117	(0)
????	Millonarios	?	(0)
????	Mandiyú	?	(0)
1989–1990	Vélez Sarsfield	?	(0)
1990–1991	Argentinos Juniors	?	(0)
1991	Huachipato	?	(0)
Total		117+	(0)
Teams managed
1998–2002	San Lorenzo (assistant)
2002–2003	River Plate (assistant)
2004–2009	Villarreal (assistant)
2009–2010	Real Madrid (assistant)
2010–2013	Málaga (assistant)
2013–2016	Manchester City (co-assistant)
2016–	Hebei China Fortune (co-assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Rubén Cousillas Fuse (born 9 May 1957 in Roque Pérez) is an Argentinian football assistant manager and former player, who is assistant manager at Hebei China Fortune to Manuel Pellegrini.

Cousillas started his career at San Lorenzo de Almagro with whom he won promotion to Primera División del Fútbol Argentino in the year 1982. In addition, he also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club in Bogota, with which he won three Colombian titles. He also played for Vélez Sársfield, Club Deportivo Mandiyú and Argentinos Juniors as well as Huachipato, where he ended his playing career.

Cousillas began his career as a coach for Talleres de Córdoba, before moving on to Argentinos Juniors, where he worked under Chiche Sosa.

In 1998, Cousillas returned to his former playing club San Lorenzo, to become assistant to Oscar Ruggeri. When Ruggeri was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini, Cousillas struck a great working partnership with the Chilean, and followed him to River Plate, Villareal, Real Madrid and Málaga.