Jorge Sampaoli

On 24 February, he directed his first professional game against Universitario, where they lost 2–1 after leading the whole game due to a penalty scored by Carlos Flores (66th minute).

Sampaoli had a poor spell in Juan Aurich, directing only eight games, five of which the team lost and two where the team tied with Coopsol Trujillo and Alianza Lima.

The team Only Won against Cienciano 2–0 with goals from César Sánchez and Flores.

He left the club in April, when Aurich was sitting at the bottom of the table.

Months later, in June, Sampaoli was hired by Sport Boys to direct the team in the Torneo Descentralizado, debuting with a 3–1 loss to Coopsol.

His side finished sixth in the tournament, achieving important triumphs over Alianza (1–0 with a goal of Alfredo Carmona) and Universitario (2–0 with goals by Paolo de la Haza and Carmona again at Estadio Monumental).

Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya (born 13 March 1960) is an Argentine football coach who was most recently the head coach of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.

Sampaoli started out as a youth player and eventually switched to management after a severe injury.

While at the club he suffered a tibia and fibula injury in 1979, forcing him to retire from playing professional football at the age of 19.

During his last playing years and his first managerial years, he also worked part-time at a bank.

In October 1991, aged just 31, Sampaoli acted as an interim coach for hometown side Club Atlético Alumni, as manager Mario Bonavera was out on a personal trip.

During that season, he was already working as a fitness coach aside from being a defensive midfielder.

He was given the role of manager of the club's youth setup in the following year, but only retired in 1993.

In 1994 he was named manager of the first team, taking the club to the finals of the Liga Casildense de Fútbol, but lost it to CA 9 de Julio de Arequito.

In the following season, he again reached the finals, but suffered defeat to the very same club.

For the 1996 season, Sampaoli was appointed at 9 Julio's rivals CA Belgrano de Arequito, and coached to win the year's league title with the side.

He subsequently returned to Alumni and Belgrano, before taking over CA Aprendices Casildenses in 1999; with the latter side, he won two consecutive Liga Casildense titles.

Sampaoli returned to a third stint with Alumni in 2001, after a short stint back at Argentino de Rosario in the previous year.

Despite reaching the finals of the Liga Casildense, he lost it to former side Aprendices.

On 9 January 2002, Sampaoli was appointed coach of Peruvian Primera División side Juan Aurich; it was the first professional club in his career.

He left the club during the 2003 Torneo Descentralizado, after a player's strike.

Sampaoli started with an impressive coaching run at Coronel Bolognesi of Peru in 2004, and continued with brief but successful terms at O'Higgins of Chile and Emelec of Ecuador.

Sampaoli earned praise as the head coach of Universidad de Chile, winning three league titles and the Copa Sudamericana championship.

In 2004, Sampaoli was named coach of fellow top-tier side Coronel Bolognesi, replacing Roberto Mosquera.

There, he had an irregular start, but soon coached to settle the team during the Peruvian 2005's Descentralizado, finishing fifth in the Apertura, and then coached to finish third in that same year's Clausura, taking the club to their first international competition.

Sampaoli opted to leave the club in December 2005, but returned on 27 June 2006, replacing compatriot Raúl Donsanti.

Competing in the 2006's Clausura as well as in the Sudamericana tournament, his side finished third in the national league.

This success led him to coach the Chilean men's national team in 2012, replacing Claudio Borghi.

In May of that year, he was hired by Primera B Metropolitana side Argentino de Rosario, and ended the season in the 13th position.

He led the Chile national football team to their first Copa América title, after defeating Argentina in the final in the 2015 tournament in Chile.

He is well known for his attacking tactics which are similar to those of Marcelo Bielsa, according to the press and fans alike.

On 28 June 2016, Sampaoli signed a two-year contract with Sevilla.

After spending only one year in Spain and leading Sevilla to fourth spot in La Liga, and ensuring Champions League football the following season, Sampaoli left the club to coach the Argentina national team, where he left by mutual consent, after a disappointing run in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

He eventually agreed to coach Brazilian club Santos in 2019, staying one year and leading the club to the second position in the league.

In March 2021, he returned to manage in European football when he was appointed at French side Marseille.

In October 2022, he returned to manage Sevilla.

On 21 March 2023, he was sacked by Sevilla and replaced by José Luis Mendilibar.

Sampaoli was born in Casilda, a small town located in Caseros Department of the Santa Fe Province in Argentina.

In his youth, he was very passionate about football, playing for amateur teams in his hometown league.

He eventually joined Newell's Old Boys youth team, where he, by his own admission, "suffered stage fright", leading him to fail.