South American Coach of the Year
The South American Coach of the Year (Spanish: Entrenador del año en Sudamérica) is an annual association football award presented to the best coach of a club or national team in South America over the previous calendar year. The award has been presented by Uruguayan newspaper El País since 1986.
The award goes to any coach/manager of a South American club or national team, regardless of the coaches' nationality. With 13 winners, Argentine coaches have won the award the most. With five awards, Argentine Carlos Bianchi is the most decorated awardee. Carlos Bianchi, Carlos Bilardo, Óscar Tabárez and José Pékerman are the only coaches to have won the award consecutively, from 2000 to 2001, 1986 to 1987, 2010 to 2011 and 2012 to 2013[1] to 2011,[2] respectively. The current winner for 2013 is the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, manager of the Chile national team.
Winners
By coach
| Player | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Carlos Bianchi |
5 | 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 |
| José Pékerman |
3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Carlos Bilardo |
2 | 1986, 1987 |
 Luiz Felipe Scolari |
2 | 1999, 2002 |
 Óscar Tabárez |
2 | 2010, 2011 |
| Marcelo Gallardo |
2 | 2018, 2019 |
By team
| Team | Coaches | Count |
|---|---|---|
 Colombia | 3 | 5 |
| Argentina | 3 | 4 |
| Boca Juniors | 1 | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 3 |
 Paraguay | 2 | 2 |
 Chile | 2 | 2 |
| Atlético Nacional | 1 | 1 |
| Colo-Colo | 1 | 1 |
 LDU Quito | 1 | 1 |
| Nacional | 1 | 1 |
| Olimpia | 1 | 1 |
| Once Caldas | 1 | 1 |
| Palmeiras | 1 | 1 |
| São Paulo | 1 | 1 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 1 | 1 |
| River Plate | 1 | 2 |
References
- General
- Pierrend, José Luis (10 January 2018). "South American Coach and Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- Specific
- "Ahora ya es el maestro de toda América" [Now he is the master of all America] (in Spanish). El País. December 30, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- "Óscar Tabárez elegido como mejor técnico del 2011" [Óscar Tabárez elected as best coach of 2011] (in Spanish). El País. January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
External links
- South American Coach of the Year at RSSSF
- El Pais newspaper (Spanish)