Mauricio Pochettino
 Pochettino as manager of Tottenham Hotspur in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1972[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Murphy, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | United States (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CR Unión y Cultura | |||
| 1986–1989 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Newell's Old Boys | 153 | (8) |
| 1994–2001 | 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 | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Argentina | 20 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2012 | Espanyol | ||
| 2013–2014 | Southampton | ||
| 2014–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 2021–2022 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2023–2024 | Chelsea | ||
| 2024– | United States | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero (Spanish pronunciation: [mawˈɾisjo potʃeˈtino]; born 2 March 1972) is a retired Argentine football player and current manager of the United States men's national team.
In 2019, Pochettino led Tottenham Hotspur to the UEFA Champions League Final after beating AFC Ajax in the semi-final for the first time in the team's history.[3] Tottenham later lost to Liverpool 1-0 in the final.
Career statistics
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Newell's Old Boys | 1988–89 | Primera División | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1989–90 | Primera División | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 1990–91 | Primera División | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||||
| 1991–92 | Primera División | 28 | 3 | — | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 1992–93 | Primera División | 32 | 1 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 1993–94 | Primera División | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 153 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 8 | ||
| Espanyol | 1994–95 | La Liga | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | La Liga | 39 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 3 | |||
| 1996–97 | La Liga | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||
| 1997–98 | La Liga | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 1998–99 | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 1999–2000 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2000–01 | La Liga | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 216 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 254 | 12 | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2000–01 | Division 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | Division 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| 2002–03 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 4 | |
| Total | 70 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 95 | 6 | ||
| Bordeaux | 2003–04 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Espanyol | 2003–04 | La Liga | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | La Liga | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2005–06 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 509 | 26 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 582 | 30 | ||
International
[change | change source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1999 | 6 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | |
International goals
[change | change source]- Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pochettino goal.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 November 1999 | Estadio La Cartuja, Seville, Spain | 6 |  Spain |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 7 October 2001 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | 12 |  Paraguay |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Managerial statistics
[change | change source]- As of match played 1 November 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Espanyol | 20 January 2009 | 26 November 2012 | 161 | 53 | 38 | 70 | 32.92 | [8] |
| Southampton | 18 January 2013 | 27 May 2014 | 60 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 38.33 | [9] |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 27 May 2014 | 19 November 2019 | 293 | 159 | 62 | 72 | 54.27 | [9] |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2 January 2021 | 5 July 2022 | 84 | 55 | 15 | 14 | 65.48 | [9] |
| Chelsea | 1 July 2023 | present | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 46.15 | [9] |
| Total | 610 | 296 | 136 | 178 | 48.52 | |||
Honours
[change | change source]Player
[change | change source]Newell's Old Boys
- Primera División: 1990–91,[10] Clausura 1992[10]
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1992
Espanyol
Paris Saint-Germain
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2002–03
Manager
[change | change source]Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2018–19[11]
Paris Saint-Germain
Individual
- Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2013, September 2015, February 2016, April 2017[13]
- London Football Awards Manager of the Year: 2018–19
Bibliography
[change | change source]- Balague, Guillem (2017). Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs. W&N. ISBN 978-1409157717.
Other websites
[change | change source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mauricio Pochettino.
- Mauricio Pochettino at BDFutbol
- Mauricio Pochettino at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mauricio Pochettino – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mauricio Pochettino at Soccerbase
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 13 de mayo de 2012, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 13 May 2012, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pochettino: Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Ajax 2-3 Tottenham: Lucas Moura scores dramatic winner". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ "Mauricio Pochettino". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Pochettino: Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero: Player". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mauricio Roberto Pochettino" (in Spanish). BDFA. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Pochettino, Mauricio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Managers list of Espanyol: All". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Managers: Mauricio Pochettino". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hytner, David (5 February 2016). "Mauricio Pochettino excited by his mix of young and old at Tottenham". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ↑ "Paris St-Germain: Mauricio Pochettino wins first trophy of managerial career". BBC Sport. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ "Manager profile: Mauricio Pochettino". Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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