Carlos Salvador Bilardo (born March 16, 1939 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football (soccer) player and coach (and a physician by training) who achieved worldwide renown as a player with Estudiantes de La Plata and as coach of the 1986 World Cup champion team. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... BUE redirects here. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... Estudiantes de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, with a history of achievement in professional football. ... The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ...

Born to Sicilian immigrants and raised in the Buenos Aires La Paternal neighborhood, Bilardo mixed football, study and hard work from his childhood. On school vacations, he would get up before dawn to haul produce to the Abasto market in Buenos Aires. Even as he rose through the youth divisions of San Lorenzo de Almagro, young Carlos never gave up on his ambition to become a doctor. Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... La Paternal in the map of Buenos Aires La Paternal or Paternal (English: The Paternal) is a barrio or district in the centre of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. ... Facade of the Abasto Shopping Mall on Corrientes Avenue. ... BUE redirects here. ... San Lorenzo de Almagro is a football team based in the Boedo barrio (neighbourhood), Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

Bilardo was drafted to the junior Argentina national football team that obtained the 1959 Pan-American title and took part in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome. First international Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) Largest win Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) Worst defeat Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959) Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5... The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban...

In 1961, Bilardo was transferred to second-division side Deportivo Español, where he became the team's top scorer, but he slowly gravitated to the position of defensive midfielder. In 1965, he was transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata, where coach Osvaldo Zubeldía built a team based on the killer juveniles (la tercera que mata) and thought of using Bilardo as a more mature anchor for the midfield. Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español are football club from Buenos Aires in Argentina. ... In football (soccer) a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Estudiantes de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, with a history of achievement in professional football. ... Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía, (June 10, 1927 - January 17, 1982) was an influential Argentine football (soccer) coach. ...

Bilardo became Estudiantes' inside-the-pitch tactician. Over a four-year span, the team won one Metropolitano title (1967), three Copa Libertadores titles (1968-1970) and one Intercontinental Cup (1968). 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Copa Libertadores de América (also known as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese: Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators of America Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Champions League Logo Copa Libertadores Logo The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores in a match played each...

After graduating from the Universidad de Buenos Aires faculty of Medicine (together with fellow player Raúl Madero), Bilardo retired from play and accepted the job of Estudiantes coach in 1971. For the next years, he would divide his time between coaching, his family (he married in 1968 and fathered a daughter), and helping manage his father's furniture business. He even found time to research rectal cancer and practice as a gynecologist. He retired from the practice of medicine in 1976, feeling that being a doctor requires a full-time commitment that he was unable to provide. The Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) is the biggest university in Argentina, founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires. ... Raúl Madero is an Argentine sports physician and former football (soccer) player. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Diagram of the stomach, colon, and rectum Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. ... The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

After two years as coach of Colombia's Deportivo Cali and a short stint in San Lorenzo, he became Colombia national team's trainer. When the team failed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup, he was fired from the position, and Estudiantes arranged for his return to Argentina. Asociación Deportivo Cali is one of the football (soccer) teams from Cali, Colombia. ... First international Mexico 3 - 1 Colombia (Panama City, Panama; 10 February 1938) Largest win Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993) Colombia 5 - 0 Peru (Barranquilla, Colombia; 4 June 2005) Colombia 5 - 0 Uruguay (Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004) Worst defeat Argentina 5 - 1 Colombia (Santiago, Chile...

The club was enjoying healthy finances due to the transfer of Patricio Hernández, and accommodated Bilardo's request for reinforcements. The team made the semi-finals of the 1982 Nacional and went on to win the same year's Metropolitano title. Patricio Hernández is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and former player. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bilardo's scheme was based on Zubeldía's tactics, and its attacking might (fueled by players like Sabella, Trobbiani, Gottardi and Ponce) won the attention of the media—and of the top brass of the Argentine Football Association, who offered him what is arguably the most coveted job in Argentina: coach of the Argentine national team. Alejandro Alex Sabella (b. ... Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani (b. ... The Argentine Football Association (AFA) (Spanish: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino) is the governing body of football in Argentina. ... First international Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) Largest win Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) Worst defeat Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959) Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5...

He held the post from 1983 until after the 1990 World Cup. Under his watch, Diego Maradona became the dominant player of his age, and Argentina enjoyed their best international harvest, winning the 1986 edition and reaching the 1990 final. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1990 Football World Cup was designated by FIFA in 1984 to be held in Italy, making it the second country to host the event two times. ... Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960), is a former Argentine football player. ...

From 1990 and onwards, Bilardo alternated teaching and journalism stints with coaching. He would reunite with Maradona in Sevilla FC and later in Boca Juniors, and have a brief term as the national coach of Libya, and return to Estudiantes for the 2003-2004 season. The team improved its lackluster performance but only in the following year, under coach Reinaldo Merlo, became a contender. Sevilla Fútbol Club is a Spanish professional football club who play in the top-flight Spanish La Liga championship. ... Club Atlético Boca Juniors is one of the most popular Argentine sports clubs, best known for its football team. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reinaldo Carlos Merlo (born May 20, 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a football (soccer) coach and former player. ...

In a publicized episode during that season, Bilardo sat next to the pitch during a game against Club Atlético River Plate and drank from a bottle of champagne. He maintains that the bottle actually contained Gatorade. Media reactions varied from amusement to outrage. Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine sports club best known for its football team, established in 1901. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... A bottle of Gatorade, Fruit Punch flavor. ...

A new generation of Bilardo-influenced coaches has been slowly taking over key positions in Argentine and South American football: Brown, Pumpido, Burruchaga, Trobbiani, Batista, and most notably Miguel Ángel Russo, who led Vélez Sarsfield to the 2005 Clausura title. Nery Alberto Pumpido (born July 30, 1957 in Argentina) is a football goalkeeper and coach. ... Jorge Luis Burruchaga (born October 9, 1962 in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos) was an Argentine professional football player, and currently a football coach. ... Sergio Daniel Baptista (born 1963-11-09 in Buenos Aires) is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Miguel Ángel Russo (b. ... Vélez Sársfield - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Bilardo covered the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany for Argentine TV station Canal 13 as a commentator. In the aftermath of the tournament, Argentine coach José Pekerman renounced the post, and Bilardo's name was floated as a possible substitute. Bilardo made it known that he was interested, but the job went to Alfio Basile instead (who had succeeded him in the post after the 1990 World Cup). Qualifying countries Italian team celebrating the cup July. ... Canal 13 is an Argentine television network. ... José Pekerman José Néstor Pekerman (born September 3, 1949) is an Argentine football coach, who recently coached the Argentina national football team. ... Alfio Rubén Basile (born November 1, 1943 in Bahía Blanca), known as Coco, is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and former player. ...

Bilardo is known by fans and the media as el narigón (big nose). Human nose in profile A typical bulbous human nose Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration. ...

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External links

• Official Website
• FIFA interview

	Argentina squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Champions (2nd Title)
1 Almirón | 2 Batista | 3 Bochini | 4 Borghi | 5 Brown | 6 Passarella | 7 Burruchaga | 8 Clausen | 9 Cuciuffo | 10 Maradona | 11 Valdano | 12 Enrique | 13 Garré | 14 Giusti | 15 Islas | 16 Olarticoechea | 17 Pasculli | 18 Pumpido | 19 Ruggeri | 20 Tapia | 21 Trobbiani | 22 Zelada | Coach: Bilardo Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... First international Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) Largest win Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) Worst defeat Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959) Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5... Qualifying countries The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... For another Argentine player named Sergio Almirón, see Sergio Bernardo Almirón. ... Sergio Daniel Baptista (born 1963-11-09 in Buenos Aires) is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Ricardo Bochini was famous for his bochinesco passes. ... Claudio Daniel Borghi, born on 28 September 1964, is an Argentine ex-soccer player and current head coach of Colo-Colo. ... José Luis Brown is a former Argentinian footballer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jorge Luis Burruchaga (born October 9, 1962 in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos) was an Argentine professional football player, and currently a football coach. ... Néstor Clausen (born September 29, 1962)in Santa Fe province, Argentina was a former footballer and coach manager. ... José Luis Cuciuffo (born February 1, 1962 in Córdoba, Argentina - died December 11, 2004 in Buenos Aires) was a defender on the 1986 World Cup-winning Argentine national team. ... Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960), is a former Argentine football player. ... Jorge Alberto Valdano (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is a former Argentine football player and, for many, a reference in World Football, sometimes called The Philosopher of Football. ... Héctor Enrique (born April 26, 1962) was a former Argentine footballer. ... Oscar Garré (born December 9, 1956) was a former Argentine footballer. ... Ricardo Giusti is a former football (soccer) midfielder from Argentina. ... Luis Alberto El Loco Islas (Born December 22, 1965 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former goalkeeper for the Argentina national team and C.A. Independiente. ... Julio Olarticoechea is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Pedro Pablo Pasculli (born in Santa Fé, 17 May 1960) is former Argentine soccer player. ... Nery Alberto Pumpido (born July 30, 1957 in Argentina) is a football goalkeeper and coach. ... Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born January 26, 1962 in Corral de Bustos, Argentina) is a former football player. ... Carlos Daniel Tapia (born August 20, 1962) was a former Argentine footballer. ... Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani (b. ... Héctor Miguel Zelada Bertoqui (born April 30, 1957 in Maciel, Santa Fé) was a former Argentine footballer in goalkeeper role. ...

	Argentina squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Pumpido (Comizzo) | 2 Batista | 3 Balbo | 4 Basualdo | 5 Bauza | 6 Calderón | 7 Burruchaga | 8 Caniggia | 9 Dezotti | 10 Maradona | 11 Fabbri | 12 Goycochea | 13 Lorenzo | 14 Giusti | 15 Monzón | 16 Olarticoechea | 17 Sensini | 18 Serrizuela | 19 Ruggeri | 20 Simón | 21 Troglio | 22 Cancelarich | Coach: Bilardo Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... First international Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) Largest win Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) Worst defeat Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959) Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5... The 1990 FIFA World Cup was designated by FIFA in 1984 to be held in Italy, making it the second country to host the event twice. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Nery Alberto Pumpido (born July 30, 1957 in Argentina) is a football goalkeeper and coach. ... Ángel David Comizzo is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper from Argentina. ... Sergio Daniel Baptista (born 1963-11-09 in Buenos Aires) is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Abel Eduardo Balbo (born June 1, 1966, in Empalme Villa Constitución, Santa Fe) is a former Argentine football striker, the all-time leading foreign goalscorer in Italys Serie A. On the club level, Balbo played for Newells Old Boys (1987-88), River Plate (1988-89), before moving... José Basualdo is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Edgardo Bauza (born January 26, 1958, Granadero Baigorria, Santa Fe Province) is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Gabriel Humberto Calderón (born February 7, 1960 in Rawson, Chubut Province) is a former Argentine football midfielder and striker. ... Jorge Luis Burruchaga (born October 9, 1962 in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos) was an Argentine professional football player, and currently a football coach. ... Claudio Paul Caniggia (born January 9, 1967 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football (soccer) forward, a mainstay in the Argentine national team throughout the early 1990s. ... Gustavo Abel Dezotti is a former football (soccer) striker from Argentina. ... Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960), is a former Argentine football player. ... Néstor Ariel Fabbri is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Sergio Javier Goycochea (born October 17, 1963 in Lima, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a famous retired Argentinian football goalkeeper. ... Néstor Lorenzo is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Ricardo Giusti is a former football (soccer) midfielder from Argentina. ... Pedro Monzón is a former Argentinian footballer. ... Julio Olarticoechea is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Roberto Néstor Sensini (born 12 October 1966 in Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe) is an Argentine defender for Italian side Udinese. ... José Tiburcio Serrizuela is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born January 26, 1962 in Corral de Bustos, Argentina) is a former football player. ... Juan Simón is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ... Pedro Troglio is an former Argentine football player and the current manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. ... Fabián Cancelarich is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper from Argentina. ...