Rubén Cousillas Fuse[1] (born 9 May 1957 in Roque Pérez) is an Argentinian football assistant manager and former player, who is assistant manager at Betis to Manuel Pellegrini.
 Cousillas as assistant manager of West Ham United in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Cousillas Fuse | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Roque Pérez, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1977 | San Lorenzo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979 | Almagro | 30 | (0) |
| 1980–1987 | San Lorenzo | 118 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Millonarios | 53 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Deportivo Mandiyú | 89 | (0) |
| 1991 | Vélez Sarsfield | 4 | (0) |
| 1992 | Deportivo Morón | 22 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Argentinos Juniors | 69 | (0) |
| 1995 | Huachipato | 18 | (0) |
| 1996 | Sarmiento Roque Pérez | 23 | (0) |
| Total | 426 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2002 | San Lorenzo (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2003 | River Plate (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2009 | Villarreal (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Málaga (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Manchester City (co-assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Hebei China Fortune (co-assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | West Ham United (co-assistant) | ||
| 2020– | Betis (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editCousillas started his career at San Lorenzo with whom he won promotion to Primera División del Fútbol Argentino in the year 1982. In addition, he also played for Millonarios in Bogota, with which he won three Colombian titles.[citation needed] He also played for Vélez Sársfield, Deportivo Mandiyú and Argentinos Juniors as well as Huachipato,[2] where he ended his playing career.
Management and coaching career
editCousillas began his career as a coach for Talleres de Córdoba, before moving on to Argentinos Juniors, where he worked under Chiche Sosa.
In 1998, Cousillas returned to his former playing club San Lorenzo, to become assistant to Oscar Ruggeri. When Ruggeri was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini, Cousillas struck a great working partnership with the Chilean, and followed him to River Plate, Villarreal, Real Madrid and Málaga.
On 14 June 2013, it was announced that Cousillas would be joining Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City as co-assistant, alongside Brian Kidd.[3]
Cousillas took caretaker charge of Manchester City in their 2-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to Barcelona due to manager Manuel Pellegrini having a three match UEFA ban for criticizing the referee in the first leg.
When Pellegrini left Manchester City in June 2016 on the expiry of his contract, Cousillas also left along with the remainder of Pellegrini's staff (not including Brian Kidd).
In 2018, he joined Pellegrini as a coach at West Ham United, leaving in December 2019 when Pellegrini was sacked.[4]
References
edit- ^ Manchester City Web Page. "Ruben Cousillas Fuse". mcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Huachipato 1995 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Manuel Pellegrini confirms backroom staff". MCFC. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Football staff depart West Ham United | West Ham United". whufc.com.
External links
edit- Rubén Cousillas at BDFA (in Spanish)