Miguel Ángel D'Agostino (; born 1 January 1972) is a former professional

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player and current coach. He played as a defender. He was most recently a first team coach at Chelsea.

Club career

Born in Paraná, Argentina in 1972, D'Agostino began his playing career at local side Patronato, before moving to

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

in 1990. D'Agostino played alongside

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in Newell's defence before moving to Spain in 1994. Miguel then had a spell playing with Gimnasia Jujuy before moving to Ecuadorian club

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. From there, he joined Chilean club

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, before following in Pochettino's footsteps and heading to play in Spain with Compostela. The duo moved to France in 2000, with Pochettino joining

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and D'Agostino joining

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Coaching career

In the summer 2002, D'Agostino went on to play for Canet-en-Rousillon and then joined

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as a player-assistant. Between 2003 and 2007, he worked as an assistant manager for Brest. Next, D'Agostino spent the 2007–08 season as an assistant coach at

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in the

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, before returning to Brest as chief scout. Following Pochettino's appointment at

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in January 2009, D'Agostino also did some scouting on behalf of his former teammate,

, before moving to Spain on a permanent basis in 2011. The duo left Espanyol in January 2013 and were hired by

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. In May 2014, Pochettino was appointed manager of

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and took his staff with him, including D'Agostino. On 19 November 2019, Pochettino and his staff were fired. On 2 January 2021, Mauricio Pochettino was appointed as the head coach of

, D'Agostino joined him as assistant. On 29 May 2023, Mauricio Pochettino was appointed as the head coach of Chelsea, D'Agostino joined him as assistant. On 21 May 2024, Chelsea announced he was leaving the club.

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Miguel D'Agostino profile
at chamoisfc79.fr 1972 births Living people Footballers from Paraná, Entre Ríos Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Club Atlético Patronato footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers SD Compostela footballers Chamois Niortais FC players Canet Roussillon FC players Angoulême Charente FC players Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Ligue 2 players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in France Argentine football coaches Southampton F.C. non-playing staff Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff Paris Saint-Germain FC non-playing staff Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Argentine expatriate sportspeople in England 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1970s-stub