The “Emperor” bets on Juan Pizzi to repeat the Arruabarina experience
Al Wasl returns to the “Argentine Training” school after an absence of 4 years
Al Wasl in a previous match with Al Wahda.
Photography: Eric Arrasas
Argentine coach Juan Antonio Pizzi.
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Al Wasl Football Company announced that it has signed Argentine coach Juan Antonio Pizzi to succeed Brazilian coach Oder Hellmann, whose relationship with the “Emperor” ended with the termination of his contract by mutual consent between the two parties.
Al-Wasl Company stated on its official account on Twitter that it had contracted with Betzi to take over the training of the "Emperor", starting from next season, for a period of one season.
Emirates Al-Youm had indicated that Al-Wasl was close to contracting with Juan Antonio Pizzi on June 6, as negotiations over the termination of the contract of Brazilian coach Oder Hellmann were complicated due to the latter's desire to receive his full dues until the end of next season.
Al-Wasl returns to the “Argentine Training” school after an absence of 4 years, since the dismissal of Argentine coach Gustavo Conteros in 2018. The former Saudi Arabia, the successful experience of “Al-Asfar” with the current national team coach, Argentine Rodolfo Arruabarina, who led Al Wasl to achieve its best results in the past seasons, with the team finishing second and third in the league in 2017 and 2018, qualifying for the AFC Champions League twice and qualifying for the final of both the Cup The President of the State and the Arab Gulf Cup in 2018.
The late Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona is the first Argentine coach to coach Al Wasl professional league led by the “Emperor” in the 2011-2012 season, while the former Valencia and Egypt coach, Hector Cuper, led the “Panthers” in the 2013-2014 season, and Gabriel Calderon led Al Wasl From October 2014 to May 2016.
As for the most prominent period of Al Wasl, it was under the leadership of Rodolfo Arruabarrena for 699 days, the longest among the coaches who led the team, when “Al Vasco” led the team from June 2016 to May 2018, and was succeeded by coach Gustavo Conteros in the period from May 2018 until October of the same year.
Juan Antonio Pizzi has a great career, as Al Wasl is the second experience of the Argentine coach in the region, after he led the Saudi national team from 2017 to 2019 and coached the “Green” in the 2018 World Cup Russia and the 2019 Asian Cup in the UAE, while the 54-year-old coach achieved many Among his achievements, most notably, he led Chile to the 2016 Copa America title at the expense of his country, Argentina, on penalties.
Pizzi, who chose to play internationally for Spain instead of Argentina from 1994 to 1998, began his coaching career in 2005 led by the Argentine team Colon Santa, then trained the Peruvian Universidad de San Martin in the 2006-2007 season, then moved to train in Chile under his supervision of the Santiago Morning team (2009- 2010) and Universidad Católica (2010-2011) and led the latter to the domestic title (2010).
He returned to Argentina to coach the Rosario Central team for one season, then San Lorenzo for one season also in 2013 and achieved the league title with him. He landed in Spain in 2014 to lead Valencia, but for a short period, as he started a new trip in Mexico with the Lyon team for two seasons before supervising the training of the Chilean teams. And Saudi Arabia and San Lorenzo again and his compatriot Racing Club in 2021.
Argentine coaches for Al Wasl since the application of professionalism
■ Diego Maradona July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2012.. 365 days
■ Hector Cooper November 7, 2013 to March 4, 2014. 117 days
■ Gabriel Calderon October 13, 2014 to May 25, 2016. 590 days
■ Rodolfo Arruabarrena 6 June 2016 to 6 May 2018. 699 days
■ Gustavo Conteros May 11, 2018 to October 19, 2018. 162 days
■ Juan Antonio Pizzi June 29, 2022
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