Former Argentina manager and player Edgardo Bauza agreed to terms this week to replace Mahdi Ali as the manager of the UAE national football team.
Bauza takes over a team hanging on by a thread in their hopes to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. He has signed on to manage the national team through at least to the conclusion of the 2019 Asian Cup, which takes place in the UAE.
Here is a look at the career of the UAE’s new man in charge.
Born: January 26, 1958 (age 59)
Place of birth: Granadero Baigorria, Rosario, Argentina
Playing career
Position: Defender
1977-1982: Rosario Central (ARG)
1983-1985: Atletico Junior (COL)
1985-1986: Independiente (ARG)
1986-1989: Rosario Central (ARG)
1990-1991: Veracruz (MEX)
1981-1990: Argentina (3 caps)
Managerial career
1998-2001: Rosario Central (ARG)
2001-2002: Velez Sarsfield (ARG)
2002-2003: Colon (ARG)
2004-2005: Sporting Cristal (PER)
2005-2006: Colon (ARG)
2006-2008: LDU Quito (ECU)
2009: Al Nassr (KSA)
2010-2013: LDU Quito (ECU)
2014-2015: San Lorenzo (ARG)
2016: Sao Paulo (BRA)
2016-2017: Argentina
Honours (manager)
2005 Primera Division (Sporting Cristal)
2007 Serie A (LDU Quito)
2008 Copa Libertadores (LDU Quito)
2010 Serie A (LDU Quito)
2010 Recopa Sudamericana (LDU Quito)
2014 Copa Libertadores (San Lorenzo)
Record as Argentina manager
Played 8 – 3W, 2D, 3L
Did you know?
Bauza, nicknamed ‘El Paton’ (‘Big Footed’) during his playing career, was an unused member of the Argentina squad that finished runners-up at the 1990 World Cup. At the time he was aged 32, and playing in Mexico with Veracruz.
jmcauley@thenational.ae
Follow us on Twitter @NatSportUAE
Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/TheNationalSport
What drives subscription retailing?
Once the domain of newspaper home deliveries, subscription model retailing has combined with e-commerce to permeate myriad products and services.
The concept has grown tremendously around the world and is forecast to thrive further, according to UnivDatos Market Insights’ report on recent and predicted trends in the sector.
The global subscription e-commerce market was valued at $13.2 billion (Dh48.5bn) in 2018. It is forecast to touch $478.2bn in 2025, and include the entertainment, fitness, food, cosmetics, baby care and fashion sectors.
The report says subscription-based services currently constitute “a small trend within e-commerce”. The US hosts almost 70 per cent of recurring plan firms, including leaders Dollar Shave Club, Hello Fresh and Netflix. Walmart and Sephora are among longer established retailers entering the space.
UnivDatos cites younger and affluent urbanites as prime subscription targets, with women currently the largest share of end-users.
That’s expected to remain unchanged until 2025, when women will represent a $246.6bn market share, owing to increasing numbers of start-ups targeting women.
Personal care and beauty occupy the largest chunk of the worldwide subscription e-commerce market, with changing lifestyles, work schedules, customisation and convenience among the chief future drivers.
If you go...
Fly from Dubai or Abu Dhabi to Chiang Mai in Thailand, via Bangkok, before taking a five-hour bus ride across the Laos border to Huay Xai. The land border crossing at Huay Xai is a well-trodden route, meaning entry is swift, though travellers should be aware of visa requirements for both countries.
Flights from Dubai start at Dh4,000 return with Emirates, while Etihad flights from Abu Dhabi start at Dh2,000. Local buses can be booked in Chiang Mai from around Dh50
Lampedusa: Gateway to Europe
Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta
Quercus
Formula Middle East Calendar (Formula Regional and Formula 4)
Round 1: January 17-19, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 3: February 7-9, Dubai Autodrome – Dubai
Round 4: February 14-16, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 5: February 25-27, Jeddah Corniche Circuit – Saudi Arabia
