 Bauza in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edgardo Bauza | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1958-01-26)26 January 1958 (age 67) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Granadero Baigorria, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | Rosario Central | 310 | (80) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Atlético Junior | 87 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Independiente | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Rosario Central | 130 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Veracruz | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 565 | (121) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1990 | Argentina[1] | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Rosario Central | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Vélez Sársfield | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Colón | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Sporting Cristal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Colón | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | LDU Quito | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | LDU Quito | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | San Lorenzo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Rosario Central | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Edgardo Bauza (born 26 January 1958) is an Argentinefootball manager and former player who played as adefender. Before taking up management, he played over 300 games for Rosario Central. He also played forIndependiente in Argentina,Atlético Junior in Colombia andVeracruz in Mexico.
As a manager, Bauza has coached several South American sides, mainly in Argentina, but also teams in Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil, as well as Saudi clubAl-Nassr, and theArgentina,United Arab Emirates, andSaudi Arabia national teams.
In 2008, Bauza made history by becoming the first manager ever to lead an Ecuadorian club to victory in an international tournament, winningthat year's Copa Libertadores. His team included three Argentine players (Damián Manso,Claudio Bieler andNorberto Araujo), along with Paraguayan midfielderEnrique Vera, strong wingersLuis Bolaños andJoffre Guerrón and veteran goalkeeper and penalty shootout heroJosé Francisco Cevallos. He resigned after losing the2008 FIFA Club World Cup toManchester United.[2]
On 15 January 2009, the IFFHS ranked him third among the top ten club coaches around the world, only behindSir Alex Ferguson andDick Advocaat.[3] He was also voted the 2008South American Coach of the Year byUruguayan newspaperEl País. After a spell withSaudi Arabian sideAl-Nassr FC, Bauza returned to LDU Quito in December 2009, replacing2009 Copa Sudamericana-winning managerJorge Fossati.[4] He lost the2011 Copa Sudamericana finals toUniversidad de Chile.
In 2013, he joined San Lorenzo de Almagro of the Argentine Primera División, where he led the club to its first everCopa Libertadores title in 2014. He subsequently signed with São Paulo FC fromBrazil on 17 December 2015. President of club, Carlos Augusto de Barros e Silva, said the following words: "I am very happy for signing with a winning coach [...]".[5]
After just one season in Brazil, Bauza was appointed as the new manager of the Argentina national team, on 11 August 2016. He was relieved of his duties on 11 April 2017 with the Albiceleste placed fifth in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying, with only four teams guaranteed a qualification spot.[6]
He was appointed as the head coach ofUnited Arab Emirates national football team in May the same year,[7] but narrowly failed to take the team to qualify for the World Cup, with a record of two wins, one draw and one defeat in his tenure. After only four months he resigned from the post to joinSaudi Arabia in September.[8] He was sacked from the Saudi Arabian team on 22 November.[9]
He was appointed manager of Rosario Central in May 2018.[10] Bauza guided Rosario Central to win the Copa Argentina 2018.[11]After a period with bad results, Rosario decided to fire Bauza on 23 February 2019.[12]
On 19 May 2022, it was revealed via Argentine radio that Bauza was suffering from advancedAlzheimer's disease.[13]
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