Gabriel Milito is new Chivas coach | OneFootball

Club Deportivo Guadalajara informs the entire Rojiblanca Nation that Gabriel Milito will be the new coach of Chivas for the 2025 Liga MX Apertura Tournament and the Leagues Cup.

Who is Gabriel Milito?- He is 44 years old and was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 7, 1980. - His foray as a DT was in 2013 at Independiente's academy. Subsequently, he coached Estudiantes, O'Higgins, Argentinos Juniors and recently Atlético Mineiro of Brazil.- As a player, he also had an outstanding career, as he was a central defender who wore traditional jerseys worldwide, such as those of Zaragoza and Futbol Club Barcelona.

His achievements as a coach- In 2024 he won the Mineiro Championship title in Brazil. - That same year he was runner-up in the Copa Libertadores with Atlético Mineiro.

What will Gabriel Milito offer Guadalajara?During his time as coach of Argentinos, Milito used to use a line of 3, 4 inside midfielders and 3 attackers. One of his main characteristics was the creativity he showed when designing outlets with the ball, as he gives freedom to his defenders to drive and gain meters in the field.

His teams usually look for short partnerships, thanks to the formation of his players on the inside. In phases without the ball he has also shown good things, as his teams press 1-on-1 and from this they try to generate steals in the first offensive actions of the rival.

Gabriel Milito encourages the construction of teams that are aggressive with the ball, that propose the games and that manage to maintain an extremely high rhythm when they lose the ball in order to make the rival uncomfortable and recover as quickly as possible.

Gabriel Milito's numbers as coach

- 306 games coached- 127 wins- 84 draws- 50.65% of effectiveness