Marcelo Bielsa (1955 - ) | Monuments of Leeds

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Biography

B. Argentina, 1955.
1980: The start of a football career playing for and later coaching Newell’s Old Boys. Managerial and coaching posts include Argentina (1998-2004) and Chile (2007-2011), including an Olympic gold medal win for Argentina in 2004 and World Cup qualification for Chile in 2010.
2011 - 2013: Managed Athletic Bilbao taking them to the finals of the UEFA, Europa League, and Copa Del Rey.
2014 - 2015: managed Marseilles.
2016: managed Lazio (for two days)
2017: managed Lille.
2018 - 2022: Manager of Leeds United, wining the Championship in 2020 and leading the team back into the Premier League.

Context

Unveiled in tribute to Bielsa celebrating the 2019/20 promotion-winning season which saw the club’s return to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years. This is just one mural tribute to Bielsa in Leeds.

The mural

Date unveiled:
September 2020

Artist:
Tankpetrol/Irek Jasutowicz

Commissioned / funded by:
The Parkland Group

Format and materials:
Mural in paint

Location:
Hyde Park Road, Headingley.

Description:
90sqm monochromatic portrait of Bielsa with the quote: “A man with new ideas is a madman, until his ideas triumph”

Sources

Rich, T. (2020). The Quality of Madness: Fully Updated. United Kingdom: Quercus.
BBC News (2020). Leeds United Marcelo Bielsa Mural Unveiled in City.
‘El Loco’ (2019) Take Us Home: Leeds United, Season 1, episode 1. Available from Amazon Prime Video [Accessed 8 December 2021].
Hay, P. (2021). And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United. United Kingdom: Orion.
Chapman, D. (2019). 100 Years of Leeds United: 1919-2019. United Kingdom: Icon Books Limited.
Tomlinson, D. (2021). Leeds United in the 21st Century. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing.