Juan Antonio Pizzithe coach who lifted the United States Copa América Centenario in 2016 with the Chilean National Team, is celebrating his birthday.
The Argentine nationalized Spanish, who as a footballer defended the jerseys of Rosario Central, Toluca, River Plate, Barcelona, Tenerife, Valencia, Villarreal and Porto, celebrates 56 years.
Pizzi arrived in Chile in 2009 to coach Santiago Morning and a year later he would arrive at the technical team at Universidad Católica, where he would win the 2010 National Championship title.
Six seasons later, in 2016, the strategist was announced as Jorge Sampaoli’s successor in La Roja, where he would experience both sides of the medal, as he would win the Copa América in North America and add a runner-up finish in the 2017 Confederations Cup, but he would remain outside the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
After his departure from the National Team, Pizzi led Saudi Arabia in the planetary event that took place in the Eurasian country, and in February of this year, he left the bench of the Bahrain team, his last experience as coach.
