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. Argentine coaches have won the award the most, with 21 wins by 12 different coaches. With five awards, Argentine Carlos Bianchi is the most decorated awardee. The Argentina and Colombia national teams are the sides that produced most wins, with 5 each. The current winner for 2023 is the Brazilian Fernando Diniz, manager of Brazilian club Fluminense and then caretaker manager of the Brazil national team.

Winners

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Year Coach Team
1986   Carlos Bilardo   Argentina
1987   Carlos Bilardo   Argentina
1988   Roberto Fleitas   Nacional
1989   Sebastião Lazaroni   Brazil
1990   Luis Cubilla   Olimpia
1991   Alfio Basile   Argentina
1992   Telê Santana   São Paulo
1993   Francisco Maturana   Colombia
1994   Carlos Bianchi   Vélez Sarsfield
1995   Héctor Núñez   Uruguay
1996   Hernán Darío Gómez   Colombia
1997   Daniel Passarella   Argentina
1998   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors
1999   Luiz Felipe Scolari   Palmeiras
2000   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors
2001   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors
2002   Luiz Felipe Scolari   Brazil
2003   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors
2004   Luis Fernando Montoya   Once Caldas
2005   Aníbal Ruiz   Paraguay
2006   Claudio Borghi   Colo-Colo
2007   Gerardo Martino   Paraguay
2008   Edgardo Bauza   LDU Quito
2009   Marcelo Bielsa   Chile
2010   Óscar Tabárez   Uruguay
2011   Óscar Tabárez   Uruguay
2012   José Pékerman   Colombia
2013   José Pékerman   Colombia
2014   José Pékerman   Colombia
2015   Jorge Sampaoli   Chile
2016   Reinaldo Rueda   Atlético Nacional
2017   Tite   Brazil
2018   Marcelo Gallardo   River Plate
2019   Marcelo Gallardo   River Plate
2020   Marcelo Gallardo   River Plate
2021   Abel Ferreira   Palmeiras
2022   Lionel Scaloni   Argentina
2023   Fernando Diniz   Fluminense/  Brazil[a]

Wins by coach

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Coach Wins Years
  Carlos Bianchi 5 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003
  José Pékerman 3 2012, 2013, 2014
  Marcelo Gallardo 3 2018, 2019, 2020
  Carlos Bilardo 2 1986, 1987
  Luiz Felipe Scolari 2 1999, 2002
  Óscar Tabárez 2 2010, 2011

Wins by nationality

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Country Coaches Wins
  Argentina 12 21
  Brazil 5 6
  Uruguay 5 6
  Colombia 4 4
  Portugal 1 1

Wins by team

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Team Coaches Wins
  Argentina 4 5
  Colombia 3 5
  Boca Juniors 1 4
  Brazil 4 4
  Uruguay 2 3
  River Plate 1 3
  Chile 2 2
  Palmeiras 2 2
  Paraguay 2 2
  Atlético Nacional 1 1
  Colo-Colo 1 1
  Fluminense 1 1
  LDU Quito 1 1
  Nacional 1 1
  Olimpia 1 1
  Once Caldas 1 1
  São Paulo 1 1
  Vélez Sarsfield 1 1

Notes

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  1. ^ Diniz served as a caretaker manager of Brazil while coaching Fluminense.

References

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General
  • Pierrend, José Luis (10 January 2018). "South American Coach and Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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