 After spending only one year in Spain and leading Sevilla to fourth spot in La Liga, and ensuring Champions League football the following season, Sampaoli left the club to coach the Argentina national team, where he left by mutual consent, after a disappointing run in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.He eventually agreed to coach Brazilian club Santos in 2019, staying one year and leading the club to the second position in the league.Sampaoli was born in Casilda, a small town located in Caseros Department of the Santa Fe Province in Argentina.