The Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini He became a coach this Friday alien with the most direct matches in history of LaLiga in the First Division, equivalent to 488 from Slovak Ferdinand Daucik (1910-1986), who throughout his extensive career led FC Barcelona, Athletic, Atlético, Real Betis, Murcia, Sevilla FC, Zaragoza, Elche and Espanyol in the highest category of Spanish football, apart from Indauchu, Sant Andreu and Cádiz in the Second Division, where he also led Real Betis in his second spell.
Pellegrini and Daucik they currently share the 8th place in the ranking of coaches with the most games taught in the history of the First Division, a classification that commands Luis Aragonéswith 756 games, followed by Javier Irureta (612), Miguel Muñoz (608), Vítor Fernández (544), Ernesto Valverde (523), Javier Clemente (511) and Joaquín Caparrós (510).
If Pellegrini ends his fifth season in charge of Real Betis, he will be sixth in historical ranking, with 522 matches, ahead of Clemente and Caparrós – who are no longer training in the First Division – and if he completes the sixth he signed, he will reach 560 and he will remove Víctor Fernández from the top 5, unless he can rise with Saragossawhich he currently manages in the Second Division.
Complete it with the top 10 coaches with the most games coached Diego Simeonewith 482. Luis Aragonés, Manuel Pellegrini and Diego Simeone are the only ones in the top 10 in Spain who have only coached teams in the First Division -and the national team in the case of Sabio de Hortaleza-, as they have never -coach in the lower. categories in our country, made by seven others.
Source: La Verdad
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