 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Sampaoli akawana kurumbidzwa semurairidzi mukuru weUniversidad de Chile, achikunda mazita matatu eligi uye mukwikwidzi weCopa Sudamericana. Kubudirira uku kwakamuita kuti adzidzise chikwata chenyika chevarume veChilean muna 2012, achitsiva Claudio Borghi. Akatungamirira chikwata chenyika chebhora reChile kuti chiwane mukombe wavo wekutanga weCopa América, mushure mekukunda Argentina mufainari.mumutambo wa2015 muChile. Iye anozivikanwa kwazvo nokuda kwemaitiro ake ekurwisa ayo akafanana neavo vaMarcelo Bielsa, maererano nevatori venhau uye vateveri zvakafanana. 