gustavo augusto poyet domínguez (spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡus poˈʝet]; born 15 november 1967) is a uruguayan professional football manager and former footballer.he is currently the head coach of the greece national football team.poyet played as a midfielder and began his career with short spells at grenoble and river plate.he then spent seven years at real zaragoza, with whom he won the copa del rey and the uefa cup winners' cup.in 1997, poyet moved to chelsea on a free transfer and helped the club win the fa cup and the uefa cup winners' cup.in 2001, he moved to tottenham hotspur, where he saw out the remainder of his career.he was also part of the uruguay side which won the 1995 copa américa.after his playing career ended, poyet moved into coaching.he served as assistant manager to dennis wise at swindon town and leeds united, and juande ramos at tottenham hotspur.in november 2009, poyet was appointed manager of brighton & hove albion and in his first full season led the club to promotion as league one champions, for which he was named league one manager of the year by the lma.in october 2013 he was hired by premier league team sunderland and guided them to the league cup final in his first season, but was sacked in march 2015 after a poor run of results.he later had spells at superleague greece side aek athens, la liga club real betis, chinese super league team shanghai shenhua, bordeaux of ligue 1, and universidad católica in chile, before being appointed as coach of greece in 2022.poyet moved to real zaragoza in 1990; winning the copa del rey in 1994 and the cup winners' cup a year later, beating arsenal in the final.he became zaragoza's longest-serving foreign player, and scored 60 goals in 240 games for the club.poyet joined chelsea on a free transfer in june 1997.not long into his first season at the london club, he suffered cruciate ligament damage, this meant he missed the victorious 1998 football league cup final but recovered to play in the team's successful cup winners' cup final against vfb stuttgart.the following year, he contributed 14 goals – making him the club's second highest scorer – to help chelsea finish third in the premiership, including a crucial headed goal in 1–0 win against leeds united.he also scored the winner for chelsea in the 1998 uefa super cup against real madrid.in 1999–2000, he scored 18 goals (which again made him chelsea's second highest scorer), with a scissors-kick volley against sunderland, a long range strike against lazio, and both of chelsea's goals in the fa cup semi-final against newcastle united, among the most memorable, as the team won the fa cup and reached the uefa champions league quarter-finals.with the arrival of new manager claudio ranieri in september 2000, chelsea was a team in transition.with ranieri seeking to reduce the average age of the squad, poyet became surplus to requirements and requested a transfer.in 145 appearances for chelsea, poyet scored 49 goals.poyet joined tottenham hotspur in may 2001 for around £2.2 million.he scored 14 goals in his debut season for spurs and helped his team reach the league cup final, but they lost 2–1 to blackburn rovers.his time at the club was blighted by injuries, and he again sustained cruciate ligament damage in august 2002, but still managed to score 23 goals in 98 games.after 67 minutes, he was substituted by carlos aguilera.poyet helped his country win the copa américa in 1995.in doing so, he was voted as the best player in his position at the tournament.he won 26 caps in total, scoring three goals.
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