Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 2 March 1972||
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.