Sebastián Méndez is the new coach of Newell’s. The club made it official this Wednesday night, although a few days ago all parties confirmed Gallego as Mauricio Larriera’s replacement.
The former coach of Vélez and Unión de Santa Fe will take over next Mondaythe day in which he will meet his new coaches at the start of the leprosy preseason.
Méndez was also Diego Maradona’s last field assistant., when Diez was coach of Gimnasia de La Plata, until his death in the middle of the pandemic. He was even present at his side the day Leprosy honored him at the Colossus.
The former player of Vélez, Celta de Vigo of Spain, San Lorenzo and Banfield He began his career as a coach in an interim position at Ciclón, in 2010. It was after Julio Falcioni’s assistant in the Drill and was in charge when the other coach left for Boca Juniors.
He had steps by Atlanta, Platense, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy and Belgrano in Argentine soccer promotion. His career continued abroad, where he led Palestinian from Chile (2018) and Cucuta of Colombia (2019), before returning to the country to direct Godoy Cruz de Mendoza (2021). Then, He accompanied Diego Maradona (2020) in the Lobo de La Plata.
After another experience outside, in the Tijuana of Mexico (2021/22), returned to Argentina and took charge of Unionprior to taking the reins of Velez, his last team in 2023.
