Carlos Bilardo

Carlos Bilardo

Bilardo as Argentina's manager during the 1986 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Salvador Bilardo
Date of birth	(1938-03-16) 16 March 1938 (age 86)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	San Lorenzo de Almagro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1960	San Lorenzo	174	(12)
1961–1965	Deportivo Español	111	(39)
1965–1970	Estudiantes	175	(11)
Total		460	(62)
International career
1959	Argentina youth
Managerial career
1971	Estudiantes
1973–1976	Estudiantes
1976–1978	Deportivo Cali
1979	San Lorenzo
1979–1981	Colombia
1982–1983	Estudiantes
1983–1990	Argentina
1992–1993	Sevilla FC
1996	Boca Juniors
1998	Guatemala
1999–2000	Libya
2003–2004	Estudiantes
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina (as manager) FIFA World Cup Winner 1986 Mexico Runner-up 1990 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dr. Carlos Salvador Bilardo (born 16 March 1938) is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager.

Bilardo achieved worldwide renown as a player with Estudiantes de La Plata in the 1960s, and as the manager of the Argentina side that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup and came close to retaining the title in 1990, where they reached the final. As manager of Argentina, he was renowned for successfully employing the 3–5–2 formation at the highest level;^[1] this formation has been in use for decades, but has never achieved mainstream status.

Bilardo is known by fans and the media as el narigón ("the big nosed one").