Lionel Scaloni é um ex-lateral argentino que foi campeão espanhol pelo Deportivo La Coruña. Como técnico da seleção argentina, ganhou a Copa do Mundo de 2022 e as Copas América de 2021 e 2024.
Lionel Scaloni
Lionel Scaloni was born in Pujato, in the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina. He started in the youth categories of Newell's Old Boys and made his professional debut with Estudiantes de La Plata. In 1997, he was world champion in the U-20 with Argentina under José Pékerman. In 1998, he transferred to Deportivo La Coruña, where he experienced his best phase as a player. Playing as a right-back and midfielder, he was part of the Spanish champion squad in 1999-2000 and Copa del Rey champion in 2002. Later, he played on loan at West Ham and Racing Santander and had stints at Lazio, Mallorca and Atalanta, where he ended his career. For the Argentine national team, he played in the 2006 World Cup. As a coach, he took over the national team in 2018 and won the Copa América in 2021, the Finalissima in 2022, the World Cup in 2022 in Qatar and the Copa América in 2024. He received FIFA's The Best award as best coach in 2022.