Carlos Bilardo

Carlos Salvador Bilardo, born 16 March 1938, is an Argentine association football player and manager. Raised in the La Paternal district of Buenos Aires, he came up through the youth ranks of San Lorenzo, played for the Argentine junior side that won the 1959 Pan-American title and took part in the 1960 Rome Olympics, and later became a defensive midfielder and tactician for Estudiantes de La Plata. With Estudiantes under Osvaldo Zubeldia he won a Metropolitano title in 1967, three consecutive Copa Libertadores titles and the 1968 Intercontinental Cup. He trained as a physician alongside his football career. As a manager he led the Argentina national team from 1983 until after the 1990 World Cup, winning the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Diego Maradona and reaching the 1990 final, and he was noted for using a 3-5-2 formation at the highest level. Fans and the press call him el narigon, the big nosed one.