Juan Manuel Llop

Juan Manuel Llop

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-06-01) June 1, 1963
Place of birth	Arroyo Dulce, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981-1994	Newell's Old Boys	365	(15)
→ 1984	Estudiantes RC	?	(?)
1994-1995	Estudiantes LP	?	(?)
1995	Quilmes	?	(?)
1996	San Martín de Tucumán	?	(?)
Managerial career
2001	Newell's Old Boys
2003	Tacuary
2004-2005	Libertad
2006-2007	Godoy Cruz
2007-2008	Banfield
2008-2009	Racing Club
2009-2010	Barcelona SC
2011	Santiago Wanderers
2011-2012	Atlético Tucumán
2012-2013	Huracán
2014	Manta FC
2015-	Wilstermann
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 2008

Juan Manuel Llop (born 1 June 1963 in Arroyo Dulce, Santa Fe) is a retired Argentine football player and manager.

Before taking up management Llop had a 15-year career as a football player, he made appearances for several clubs, most notably for Newell's Old Boys under coaches José Yudica and Marcelo Bielsa during the club's golden era (1987–1992), winning 3 Argentine titles.

Titles as a player

Season	Team	Title
1987-1988	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División Argentina
1990-1991	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 1992	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División Argentina

Managerial career

Llop became manager of Newell's Old Boys in 2001, but his reign only lasted 19 games before he was replaced. He then honed his skills as a manager in Paraguay, coaching Tacuary and Libertad until he returned to Argentina to take over Godoy Cruz de Mendoza, an insignificant provincial team struggling in the Second Division. The turnaround at the club was remarkable, they won the Primera B Nacional title and promotion to the Primera División in his first full season as their manager.

Godoy Cruz found themselves in the Primera for the first time in their history, making them the first team from Mendoza Province ever to play in the Argentine first division league (other than the brief relocation to Mendoza of Argentinos Juniors in the 1990s). Godoy Cruz were relegated at the end of the 2006-2007 season despite a strong 10th-place finish.

In 2007 Llop was signed as the new manager of Club Atlético Banfield in the Primera Division, he was replaced by Miguel Jerez in 2008.

After that, he replaced Miguel Micó as manager for Racing Club de Avellaneda. The team finished last in the tournament but saved itself from relegation by beating Belgrano de Córdoba in Promoción. In 2009 he was sacked by Racing following a 2-0 defeat in the Avellaneda derby.

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera managerial statistics