Former Argentina manager and player Edgardo Bauza agreed to terms this week to replace Mahdi Ali as the manager of the UAE national football team.
Bauza takes over a team hanging on by a thread in their hopes to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. He has signed on to manage the national team through at least to the conclusion of the 2019 Asian Cup, which takes place in the UAE.
Here is a look at the career of the UAE’s new man in charge.
Born: January 26, 1958 (age 59)
Place of birth: Granadero Baigorria, Rosario, Argentina
Playing career
Position: Defender
1977-1982: Rosario Central (ARG)
1983-1985: Atletico Junior (COL)
1985-1986: Independiente (ARG)
1986-1989: Rosario Central (ARG)
1990-1991: Veracruz (MEX)
1981-1990: Argentina (3 caps)
Managerial career
1998-2001: Rosario Central (ARG)
2001-2002: Velez Sarsfield (ARG)
2002-2003: Colon (ARG)
2004-2005: Sporting Cristal (PER)
2005-2006: Colon (ARG)
2006-2008: LDU Quito (ECU)
2009: Al Nassr (KSA)
2010-2013: LDU Quito (ECU)
2014-2015: San Lorenzo (ARG)
2016: Sao Paulo (BRA)
2016-2017: Argentina
Honours (manager)
2005 Primera Division (Sporting Cristal)
2007 Serie A (LDU Quito)
2008 Copa Libertadores (LDU Quito)
2010 Serie A (LDU Quito)
2010 Recopa Sudamericana (LDU Quito)
2014 Copa Libertadores (San Lorenzo)
Record as Argentina manager
Played 8 – 3W, 2D, 3L
Did you know?
Bauza, nicknamed ‘El Paton’ (‘Big Footed’) during his playing career, was an unused member of the Argentina squad that finished runners-up at the 1990 World Cup. At the time he was aged 32, and playing in Mexico with Veracruz.
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