OLYMPIACOS F.C. is pleased to announce that the Argentine Armando Mario Husillos will join us as the club’s new sports director.
Armando Mario Husillos was the sports director of Málaga CF for three years and in the past he led the coaching team of AlIttihad and Real Murcia. He has experience as a coach and as a player in various clubs in Argentina (Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo de Almagro) and Spain (Málaga, Tenerife).
As the sports director of Málaga, Armando Mario Husillos achieved great distinctions at sports level, since Málaga reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League.
At the same time, he has been greatly successful in scouting, with the acquisition of players that then developedinto world-class football stars (Isco, Monreal, Juanmi, Jesús Gámez, Caballero, Toulalan, Apoño, Antúnez), and he has worked with renowned coaches such as Manuel Pellegrini, Bernd Schuster and Javi Gracia.
He has always paid special attention to the development of the academies and to the largest possible use of academy players, while through his network of relations with major football clubs and personalities, he managed to bring over to Málaga a series of great playersthat continued their successful careers at top level, such as Isco (Real Madrid), Monreal (Arsenal), Caballero (Manchester City), Joaquín (Fiorentina), Jesús Gámez (Atlético Madrid), Toulalan (Monaco), Samu García and Samuel Castillejo (Villareal) and Juanmi (Southampton) from the academy of Málaga.
Armando Mario Husillos will be joined by his collaborators Claudio Eloy Carsi, who will lead the scouting department, as well as Fernando González Núñez and Mario Husillos Jr.
