| Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (Spanish pronunciation: ; Italian: ; born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed teams in Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, China, and Ecuador. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four countries.
Pellegrini moved to Europe in 2004 to take the manager's post at Spanish side Villarreal. Under Pellegrini, Villarreal achieved a third-place finish in La Liga in 2004–05, a Champions League semi-final in 2005–06, and broke the big two in 2008 with a second-place finish in La Liga in 2007–08.
Pellegrini's consistent record at Villarreal attracted the attention of Real Madrid and he was appointed manager there in 2009. He amassed a total of 96 points, a club record until it was surpassed by José Mourinho in the 2011–12 season, but lost the title to Barcelona by three points. He was dismissed after one season and later lamented the Galácticos policy employed at Real, which prevented him from building a balanced team.
Pellegrini took up the manager's role at Málaga in November 2010. He led Málaga to a fourth-place finish in his first full season and to qualification for the UEFA Champions League. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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2 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show
Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | August 2009 | | | | September 2009 | | | | October 2009 | | | |  21-Sep to 20-Oct v Nist'oy thigh strain | | M4 | 27Oct | | Alcorcon | | 4-0 | 4-4-2 | Initial team: Dudek, Arbeloa, Albiol, Metzelder, Drenthe, v Vaart, Diarra, Guti, Granero, Raúl, Benzema, | | | November 2009 | | | | M5 | 10Nov | H | Alcorcon | | 1-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Diarra, Pepe, Higuaín, Gago, Kaka, v Nist'oy,
Out:Metzelder, Drenthe, v Vaart, Guti, Granero, Benzema, | | | January 2010 | | | | | 20-Nov to 09-Jan Guti left thigh | | | 26-Nov to 28-Feb Metzelder hamstring, right calf | | | 08-Dec to 07-Jan Kaka groin injury | | | 12-Jan to 04-Feb Higuaín left foot injury | | February 2010 | | | | | 09-Feb to 31-Mar Benzema groin | | May 2010 | | | | | 19-Feb to 05-Mar v Nist'oy muscle strain | |  08-Mar to 11-Mar Marcelo yellow card Champions League ban (1 match) | | | 11-Mar to 07-Apr Kaka thigh problem | |  27-Apr to 27-Apr Metzelder to join Schalke 04 on July 1st | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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