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Domestic

<\/U>La Liga<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 1934–35

Copa del Rey<\/STRONG>
Winners (3): 1976–77, 2004–05, 2021–22
Runners-up (2): 1931, 1996–97

Supercopa de Espana<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (1): 2005

Segunda Division<\/STRONG>
Winners (7): 1931–32, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1970–71, 1973–74, 2010–11, 2014–15
Runners-up (5): 1955–56, 1966–67, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2000–01

Tercera Division<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 1953–54

Copa de Andalucia (defunct)<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 1927–28
Runners-up (13): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1939–40<\/P>","DE0C7E7350A48DF5A65F90F776C48D66":"West Ham United","D94224B0718FDBA6500EEB9BC8E208DC":"1953-9-16","5A3E8B25A329ABB4785C62D37B63DE94":"

Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean manager and former footballer. His current club is La Liga side Málaga CF.

As a coach, he has managed teams mostly in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. San Lorenzo de Almagro obtained their first international title while Pellegrini was manager. He started coaching Universidad de Chile during the 1988 season, in which the team was relegated to Second Division. In 1990, Arturo Salah was appointed as the manager of the Chilean national football team, and he hired Pellegrini as his technical assistant, and manager of the under-20 team.

He then coached Palestino (1990–1992) and O'Higgins (1992–1993). In 1993, he became coach of Universidad Catolica, one of the most popular football clubs from Chile, where he had an amazing team with players such as Alberto Acosta and Nestor Gorosito, but he could only finish as runner-up during 1994 and 1995 seasons. Pellegrini coached Ecuadorian club LDU Quito to a national title in 1999, starting a tradition of coaches that followed him to the Ecuadorian team. He had a good presentation in Copa Libertadores with the team that put him in the eye of GMs of other South American teams.

The years with Universidad Catolica were fundamental in his career as Nestor Gorosito, an Icon of San Lorenzo of Argentina, would later on recommend Pellegrini to the team and his recommendation would reap rewards when the Chilean coach led Los Cuervos to the 2001 Clausura title and the Copa Mercosur, South America's UEFA Cup equivalent. Pellegrini secured the Clausura championships at Los Milionarios in 2003, in which he utilised the talents of Andrés D'Alessandro, one of many Argentine playmakers to have been likened to Diego Maradona. His sale to Vfl Wolfsburg, however, proved a tough hurdle for Pellegrini to overcome and his side struggled to defend their status as Argentine champions in the 2003 Torneo Apertura. He quit his post at the end of the campaign.<\/P>","7E907563BF179508":"glezflores@realbetisbalompie.es","E0F6EEE10E22199909912E9167EBFDA2":"Real Betis","C08EDA0A226BF5BFC211B6FCDAE25C17":"Avda. de Helispoli s\/n 40,012 Sevilla","4DFD3563356F21B8":"1","5FF2086A93BB2EE023D0558B503D08D2":"Italy,Chile","E6C7E9F1C9CF42CA43917444E7095BC4":"2020-8-1","2134628892B06B90":"Real Betis","C0939111B6B9B2A43FCCB75CD7645021":"Spain","B850B84A81F37F05F4386A810BC6107CF078F37712465C6A":"1907-9-12","7E5D3E774B9EC62B":"Seville","55ED8B411B9B6085":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Manuel+Ruiz+de+Lopera+Sevilla&sll=42.796928,-1.636577&sspn=0.004535,0.01133&ie=UTF8&ll=37.356582,-5.981358&spn=0.004912,0.01133&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A","66B628A331EE3B62":"28.85","E45C1F715A41C4086A1A5DFF72C29C40":"60,720","D1518711AEB23972F2EDEC88D48D85B0":"Manager

Universidad Católica
<\/STRONG>Copa Interamericana: 1994
Copa Chile: 1995

LDU Quito
<\/STRONG>Serie A: 1999

San Lorenzo
<\/STRONG>Primera División: 2001 Clausura
Copa Mercosur: 2001

River Plate
<\/STRONG>Primera División: 2003 Clausura

Villarreal
<\/STRONG>UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

Individual<\/STRONG>
Miguel Muñoz Trophy for the Best Coach of the Year: 2008","8A2C437DD6BF07ECBF73DA968D3B75C4":"Manuel Luis Pellegrini","622EB7B4B85B2C76":"Best La Liga position: <\/STRONG>Champion (1934–35)

Worst La Liga position: <\/STRONG>Twentieth (1990–91, 2013–14)

Biggest home win: <\/STRONG>Betis 7–0 Zaragoza (1958–59)

Biggest away win: <\/STRONG>Cadiz 0–5 Betis (1977–78)

Biggest home defeat: <\/STRONG>Betis 0–5 Real Madrid (1960–61, 2013–14), Betis 0–5 Osasuna (2006–07) , Betis 0–5 Barcelona (2017-18)

Biggest away defeat: <\/STRONG>Athletic Bilbao 9–1 Betis (1932–33)

Biggest comeback for: <\/STRONG>Betis – Barcelona: 0–2 to 3–2 (2007–08)

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