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Lionel Scaloni

Scaloni as manager of Argentina in 2022

Personal information

Full name

\nLionel Sebasti\u00e1n Scaloni^[1]

Date of birth

\n16 May 1978 (age 46)^[2]

Place of birth

\nPujato, Santa Fe, Argentina

Height

\n1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nRight-back, right midfielder

Team information

Current team

\nArgentina (manager)

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1995\u20131996

\nNewell's Old Boys

\n12

\n(0)

1996\u20131997

\nEstudiantes

\n37

\n(7)

1998\u20132006

\nDeportivo La Coru\u00f1a

\n200

\n(14)

2006

\n\u2192 West Ham United (loan)

\n13

\n(0)

2006\u20132007

\nRacing Santander

\n30

\n(1)

2007\u20132013

\nLazio

\n52

\n(1)

2008\u20132009

\n\u2192 Mallorca (loan)

\n28

\n(0)

2013\u20132015

\nAtalanta

\n15

\n(0)

Total

\n387

\n(23)

International career

1997

\nArgentina U20

\n7

\n(2)

2003\u20132006

\nArgentina

\n7

\n(0)

Managerial career

2016\u20132017

\nSevilla (assistant)

2017\u20132018

\nArgentina (assistant)

2018

\nArgentina U20

2018\u2013

\nArgentina

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Argentina (as player)\n
FIFA U-20 World Cup\n
Winner	1997	\n
Representing $\"\"$ Argentina (as manager)\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	2022	\n
Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
Winner	2021	\n
Winner	2024	\n
$\"Third$	2019	\n
CONMEBOL\u2013UEFA Cup of Champions\n
Winner	2022	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lionel Sebasti\u00e1n Scaloni (Spanish pronunciation: [ljo\u02c8nel eska\u02c8loni],^[3] Rioplatense: [ehka\u02c8loni];^{[citation needed]} born 16 May 1978) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of the Argentina national team. Under his leadership, Argentina achieved the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Scaloni is regarded as one of the best men\u2019s national coaches in the world.^[4]^[5]^[6] A versatile player, he operated as a right-back or right midfielder.\n

Born in Pujato, Santa Fe, Scaloni debuted as a player for Newell's Old Boys in 1995. He spent most of his professional career in Spain, mainly at Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a, where he won the 1999\u20132000 Spanish league title and the 2001\u201302 Copa del Rey. In total, he amassed 258 games and 15 goals over 12 seasons in La Liga with three different teams. He also played for several years in Italy, with Lazio and Atalanta, before retiring in 2015. Internationally, he played for Argentina at under-20 level, and made his debut for the senior team in 2003; he won seven caps for the team between 2003 and 2006, and was part of their 2006 World Cup squad.\n

Scaloni became a manager in 2016, starting as an assistant at Sevilla and Argentina's under-20 team. In 2018, he was named the outright manager of the under-20 team, and was chosen to lead the Argentina senior team later that year. With the senior team, he guided them to third place at his first international tournament, the 2019 Copa Am\u00e9rica, in Brazil. He won the 2021 edition, Argentina\u2019s first such honour in 28 years, and then beat Italy in the 2022 Finalissima. Thereafter, the Scaloni-led national team won their third World Cup title, the first since 1986, in 2022 in Qatar. He also went on to win the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica as the Argentina manager, making it three consecutive tournaments won with the national team.\n

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Team\n	Nat\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	GF\n	GA\n	GD\n	Win %\n
Argentina U20\n	$\"Argentina\"$ \n	17 July 2018\n	30 November 2018\n	6\n	4\n	1\n	1\n	11\n	3\n	+8\n	066.67\n	^{[citation needed]}\n
Argentina\n	$\"Argentina\"$ \n	3 August 2018\n	present\n	83\n	58\n	17\n	8\n	168\n	45\n	+123\n	069.88\n	^[70]\n
Career total\n	89\n	62\n	18\n	9\n	179\n	48\n	+131\n	069.66\n	\n

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[69]\n
National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Argentina\n	2003	1	0\n
2004	1	0\n
2005	3	0\n
2006	2	0\n
Total\n	7\n	0\n

v t e Current managers of CONMEBOL national teams
\n Scaloni (Argentina) \n Villegas (Bolivia) \n Dorival Jr. (Brazil) \n Gareca (Chile) \n Lorenzo (Colombia) \n Beccacece (Ecuador) \n Alfaro (Paraguay) \n Fossati (Peru) \n Bielsa (Uruguay) \n Batista (Venezuela) \n
\n (c) \u2013 caretaker manager \n

Playing career

Club

Early years and Deportivo

Racing Santander

Italy

International

Coaching career

Assistant

Argentina

Style of management

Personal life

Career statistics

International

Managerial

Honours

Player

Manager

See also

References

External links

Lionel Scaloni

Media collections