Bernardo Cueva
Bernardo Cueva (born 1987) is a Mexican football manager who is a First Team Coach at Chelsea.
Early life
[edit]Born in 1987, Cueva is originally from the Providencia neighborhood and played street football as a child.[1]
Career
[edit]Cueva was the Head of Sports Intelligence of Mexican side Chivas from 2017 to 2020.[2] He was part of Chivas when they won the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League and participated in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.[3] In 2020, he was appointed as a First Team Coach of English second-tier side Brentford.[4] He was part of Brentford when they achieved promotion to the English Premier League.[5] He became the first Mexican to ever be part of the coaching staff of an English Premier League team.[6]
In 2021, he was appointed Senior Men's First Team Coach of the Norway national football team.[7][8][9] He only worked with them during the international breaks, so he was able to work for the Norway national football team and Brentford simultaneously.[10]
He joined Chelsea as a First Team Coach at the start of the 2024–25 season.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Un tapatío en la Premier League". informador.mx.
- ^ "QUIÉN ES BERNARDO CUEVA, EL MEXICANO EN LA PREMIER LEAGUE CON EL BRENTFORD". futboltotal.com.mx.
- ^ "Bernardo Cueva, el mexicano que dejó a Chivas y ahora triunfa con el Brentford de Inglaterra". elfinanciero.com.mx.
- ^ "¿Quién es Bernardo Cueva, el mexicano que está en la Premier League?". goal.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Bernardo Cueva: "El Brentford tiene bien vistos a los jugadores mexicanos"". foxsports.com.mx.
- ^ "Quién es Bernardo Cueva, el mexicano detrás del éxito del Brentford en la Premier League". infobae.com.
- ^ "Solbakken gir talknusar makt: – Kan ikkje bli dårlegare". nrk.no.
- ^ "Landslagets hemmelige våpen: – Han får all makt". tv2.no.
- ^ "– Hver gang vi får dødball har vi tro på at vi kan straffe motstanderen". tv2.no.
- ^ "Bernardo Cueva, de ser rechazado en Chivas a trabajar como auxiliar en Premier League y asesor de Noruega". espn.com.
- ^ Kinsella, Nizaar (2024-03-14). "Chelsea poach Brentford specialist Cueva to build set-piece department". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Ornstein, David. "Chelsea to hire Brentford's Cueva as set-piece coach". The Athletic. Retrieved 2024-04-09.