Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti born 16 September 1953 is a Chilean football manager and former footballer, who is the manager of Premier League side Manchester City. As a coach, he has managed teams mostly in Spain, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. A qualified civil engineer and former footballer, after retiring as a player, he moved into coaching in his native Chile and subsequently Argentina. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four different countries.Pellegrini moved to Europe in 2004 to take the manager’s post at Villarreal, a club near Valencia.