Nine Argentine coaches are in the IFFHS Top 50 Coaches award.
The most out of any country, Argentina are represented nine times on the list with Diego Simeone being the highest rated. The award spans from 1996-2022. The top three are Pep Guardiola with 221 points, José Mourinho with 242 points and Sir Alex Ferguson with 257 points.
For Argentina, the highest ranked is Diego Simeone in eighth place with 168 points. Here are the rankings of the Argentine coaches:
Mateo Retegui and Bruno Zapelli are both called to represent the Italian national team.
Italy will soon have two Argentine born players who will be representing them. According to Luciano García, Retegui, the 23 year old striker from Tigre is set to be called up to the Italian national team by coach Roberto Mancini.
Retegui is presently on loan to Tigre from Boca Juniors. Retegui is not the only Argentine who will soon be representing Italy.
Bruno Zapelli has accepted to represent the Italian U21 team. The 20 year old midfielder from Belgrano has confirmed it himself that he will be representing Italy at youth level.
Ángel Di María scoed a header for Juventus in their 1-0 win vs. SC Freiburg.
Di María was the hero for the Serie A club in their Europa League win. It was a cross into the penalty area which found the Argentine and his header would find the back of the net and give Juventus the 1-0 lead.
He would celebrate his goal hugging Leandro Paredes as Paredes was an unused substitute. Matías Soulé and Enzo Barrenechea were also unused substitutes for Juventus.
Erik Lamela scored for Sevilla in their 2-0 win vs. Fenerbahce.
Lamela gave Sevilla a 2-0 lead going into the second leg of their Europa League match. It was a through ball into the penalty area which found Rakitic and he played a pass to the Argentine who’s effort went through two Fenerbahce players and the goalekeeper.
Marcos Acuña started the match for Sevilla while Lamela and Lucas Ocampos were brought on as substitutes. Gonzalo Montiel remained on the bench.
Giovanni Simeone has been called up to the Argentina national team.
Simeone has been added to the team for the March friendly matches against Panama and Curaçao. The 27 year old has not been included in an Argentina team since October 2020, a 1-0 win vs. Ecuador where he was on the bench.
The last time he played for Argentina was in 2018 in a 2-0 win vs. Mexico. Here is the Argentina team for the matches on March 23 vs. Panama and March 28 vs. Curaçao.
Franco Armani (River Plate) Geronimo Rulli (Ajax) Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) Juan Foyth (Villarreal) Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla) Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid) Nehuen Perez (Udinese) German Pezzella (Real Betis) Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica) Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United) Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon) Marcos Acuna (Sevilla) Lautaro Blanco (Elche) Leandro Paredes (Juventus) Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis) Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) Maximo Perrone (Manchester City) Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen) Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton) Thiago Almada (Atlanta United) Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton) Angel Di Maria (Juventus) Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid) Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa) Valentin Carboni (Inter) Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) Paulo Dybala (AS Roma) Lautaro Martinez (Inter) Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina) Alejandro Papu Gomez (Sevilla) Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
