Rubén Cousillas

Rubén Cousillas Fuse[1] (born 9 May 1957 in Roque Pérez) is an Argentinian football assistant manager and former player, who most recently was assistant manager at West Ham United to Manuel Pellegrini.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cousillas and the second or maternal family name is Fuse.

Rubén Cousillas
Cousillas as assistant manager of West Ham United in 2019
Personal information
Full name Rubén Cousillas Fuse
Date of birth (1957-05-19) 19 May 1957
Place of birth Roque Pérez, Argentina
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1973–1977 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1987 San Lorenzo 117 (0)
???? Millonarios ? (0)
???? Mandiyú ? (0)
1989–1990 Vélez Sarsfield ? (0)
1990–1991 Argentinos Juniors ? (0)
1991 Huachipato ? (0)
Total 117+ (0)
Teams managed
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Cousillas started his career at San Lorenzo de Almagro with whom he won promotion to Primera División del Fútbol Argentino in the year 1982. In addition, he also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club in Bogota, with which he won three Colombian titles. He also played for Vélez Sársfield, Club Deportivo Mandiyú and Argentinos Juniors as well as Huachipato, where he ended his playing career.

Management and coaching career

Cousillas 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, Villareal, 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.[2]

Cousillas took caretaker charge of Manchester City in their 2-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to FC Barcelona due to manager Manuel Pellegrini having a 3 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.[3]

References
  1. Manchester City Web Page. "Ruben Cousillas Fuse". mcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. "Manuel Pellegrini confirms backroom staff". MCFC. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "Football staff depart West Ham United | West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
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