South America goes full Albiceleste - Brazil and Uruguay are the only ones without an Argentine coach

Argentina has been widely praised for its out-of-this-world football magicians Diego Armando Maradona and Lionel Messi. And many others, to be honest.

But this new football order has made the Albiceleste a major force in terms of coaching, too.

After Colombia announced that the coach of Argentine origins, Nestor Lorenzo, would be their new national team coach, it became visible the domination of Messi's compatriots in the dugouts of the South American national sides.

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At this moment, besides Lionel Scaloni, who's in charge of the very Albiceleste, Argentine coaches are in charge of six more teams in the CONMEBOL region and two of their gaffers are the candidates for a vacant job in Bolivia.

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The list looks like this:

Lionel Scaloni - Argentina

Jose Nestor Pekerman - Venezuela

Guillermo Barros Schelotto - Paraguay

Nestor Lorenzo - Colombia

Ricardo Gareca - Peru

Gustavo Alfaro - Ecuador

Juan Antonio Pizzi/Sergio Batista - Bolivia.

Quite a list, huh?

Well, it's easier and much quicker, for sure, to name those relevant football countries that don't stick to Argentine coaches. And it's, of course, two greats of South American football - Brazil and Uruguay. The Selecao manager is Tite (Adenor Leonardo Bacchi), while La Celeste is led by their former player Diego Alonso.

One of the non-footballing reasons behind this domination probably lies in Argentinians speaking Spanish, just like most of South America. But this language virtue probably isn't the crucial pros for this sort of "occupation".

Argentina has more than 300 registered clubs which tells a story of its own. That sort of depth produces many new coaching faces almost every year, and they obviously seize the opportunity to export the knowledge to the neighbouring countries.