The Brazilian Filipe Luis and the Argentines Gustavo Alfaro and Gustavo Costas They became the three coaches with the most votes in the traditional ‘America Responds to El País’ survey and will fight to become the best on the continent.
On December 31, the Uruguayan newspaper El País will announce the winner of the recognition given annually. Also that day the best player will be known who will become the new ‘King of America’.
Libertadores, synonymous with the best coach
Champion of the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian league with Flamengo, Filipe Luis He will seek to become the third consecutive coach to win the award in the same season in which he won the most important continental tournament at the club level.
In 2023 it was recognized Fernando Diniz and in 2024 the Portuguese Artur Jorge, Libertadores champions with Fluminense and Botafogo. Before them the world champion was awarded Lionel Scaloni.
Great year for Gustavo Costas in Racing
For his part, Costas will try to win the biggest prize in a season in which He won the South American Cup Winners’ Cup with Racing, He was a semifinalist in the Libertadores and a finalist in the Argentine Clausura Tournament.
Finally, Alfaro will seek to be crowned in a year in whichand sealed qualification for the 2026 World Cup with the Paraguay teamwhich will play a tournament of that type again after 16 years.
Alfaro takes Paraguay to the World Cup
The Argentine-born coach was presented as the new coach of Albirroja in August 2024 and from that moment on he led them in twelve qualifying matches for the World Cup in which they achieved six wins, five draws and just one defeat.
Since El País began to award the coach the award in 1986, the most awarded technical director is the Argentine Carlos Bianchi, who was chosen as the best on the continent five times.
In three of them, Argentines also won the prize. José Nestor Pekerman and Marcelo Gallardowhile Luiz Felipe Scolari, Carlos Salvador Bilardo and Óscar Washington Tabárez They obtained it twice each.
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For their part, Roberto Fleitas, Sebastiao Lazaroni, Luis Cubilla, Alfio Basile, Tele Santana, Francisco Maturana, Héctor Núñez, Hernán Darío Gómez, Daniel Alberto Pasarella, Luis Fernando Montoya, Anibal Ruiz, Claudio Borghi, Gerardo Martino, Edgardo Bauza, Marcelo Bielsa, Jorge Sampaoli, Reinaldo Rueda, Tite, Abel achieved it once. Ferreira, Lionel Scaloni, Fernando Diniz and Artur Jorge.
