South American Coach of the Year
The South American Coach of the Year () is an annual association football award presented to the best coach of a club or national team in South America over the previous calendar year. The award has been presented by Uruguayan newspaper "El País" since 1986.

The award goes to any coach/manager of a South American club or national team, regardless of the coaches' nationality. With 13 winners, Argentine coaches have won the award the most. With five awards, Argentine Carlos Bianchi is the most decorated awardee. Carlos Bianchi, Carlos Bilardo, Óscar Tabárez and José Pékerman are the only coaches to have won the award consecutively, from 2000 to 2001, 1986 to 1987, 2010 to 2011 and 2012 to 2013 to 2011, respectively. The current winner for 2013 is the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, manager of the Chile national team.
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association football
Concept
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El País
MEDIA
Q449873
Carlos Bianchi
PER
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Carlos Bilardo
PER
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Óscar Tabárez
PER
Q315800
José Pékerman
PER
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Jorge Sampaoli
PER
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Chile national team
ORG
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South American Coach of the Year
EVE
1986-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1986
DATE
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2000
DATE
2001-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2001
DATE
1986-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1986
DATE
1987-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1987
DATE
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2010
DATE
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2011
DATE
2012-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2012
DATE
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2013
DATE
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2011
DATE
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2013
DATE
+13^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
13
NUMBER
sport