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Biography
Rubén Cousillas Fuse (born 9 May 1957 in Roque Pérez) is an Argentinian football assistant manager and former player, who was most recently assistant manager at Manchester City to the now former manager Manuel Pellegrini.
Playing career
Cousillas started his career at San Lorenzo de Almagro with whom he won promotion to Primera División del Fútbol Argentino in the year 1982. In addition, he also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club in Bogota, with which he won three Colombian titles. He also played for Vélez Sársfield, Club Deportivo Mandiyú and Argentinos Juniors as well as Huachipato, where he ended his playing career.
Management and coaching career
Cousillas began his career as a coach for Talleres de Córdoba, before moving on to Argentinos Juniors, where he worked under Chiche Sosa.
In 1998, Cousillas returned to his former playing club San Lorenzo, to become assistant to Oscar Ruggeri. When Ruggeri was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini, Cousillas struck a great working partnership with the Chilean, and followed him to River Plate, Villareal, Real Madrid and Málaga.
On 14 June 2013, it was announced that Cousillas would be joining Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City as co-assistant, alongside Brian Kidd.
Ruben took caretaker charge of Manchester City in their 2-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to FC Barcelona due to manager Manuel Pellegrini having a 3 match UEFA ban for criticizing the referee in the first leg.
When Pellegrini left Manchester City in June 2016 on the expiry of his contract, Ruben also left along with the remainder of Pellegrini's staff (not including Brian Kidd).
Personal life
Cousillas' son, Agustín, is also a footballer and a goalkeeper. Kusin till Pellegrini.
Honours
Playing
Primera División B. 1987 & 1988
Coaching
Primera B Nacional 1997/98 with Talleres de Córdoba.
Argentine Primera División Clausura 2001 with San Lorenzo de Almagro. 2001 Copa Mercosur with San Lorenzo de Almagro
Argentine Primera División Clausura 2003 with River Plate. 2003 Copa Sudamericana Runner-Up with River Plate.
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup Joint-Winners with Villarreal CF. 2005–06 UEFA Champions League Semi-Finalist with Villarreal CF. 2007–08 La Liga Runner-Up with Villarreal CF.