Carlos Timoteo Griguol
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Carlos Timoteo Griguol is an Argentine
football (soccer)
coach and former player.
His playing career was spent with Atlanta
and Rosario Central
. As a coach, after winning the championship with Rosario Central in 1973. He had 3 spells and a successful career in the Rosario's club. In the 1980s he soared to the top ranks of Argentine football
by guiding Ferro Carril Oeste
to two championships
, in 1982 and 1984, featuring players such as Adolfino Cañete
, Héctor Cúper
, Gerónimo Saccardi, Juan Domingo Rocchia
, Julio Cesar Jiménez
, Oscar Garré
and Alberto Márcico
.
During his Ferrocarril Oeste days, Griguol would videotape the basketball team, and basketball coach Leon Najnudel
would return the favor.
His conservative style made Griguol a non-contender for the job of national coach. He did get a chance to coach River Plate
in the mid-1980s, but despite winning the Copa Interamericana
in 1987 he was swiftly dismissed when results were not forthcoming and the team's style did not please the fans.
In the 1990s, Griguol took Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata under his wing, propelling it to its best harvest ever: two second-place finishes. He would return to Gimnasia twice.
He has also worked in Spain as the manager of Real Betis
.
His trademark was a most unusual token of encouragement: he would slap each player in the face before the team entered the pitch. TV cameras caught this ritual more than once.
Timoteo is known mostly by his middle name, or as el viejo ("the old man").
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
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coach and former player.
His playing career was spent with Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...
and Rosario Central
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....
. As a coach, after winning the championship with Rosario Central in 1973. He had 3 spells and a successful career in the Rosario's club. In the 1980s he soared to the top ranks of Argentine football
Football in Argentina
Football in Argentina is the most popular sport, the one with the most players and is the most popular recreational sport, played from childhood into old age...
by guiding Ferro Carril Oeste
Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
to two championships
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
, in 1982 and 1984, featuring players such as Adolfino Cañete
Adolfino Cañete
Adolfino Cañete Azcurra is a retired professional Paraguayan years1 = |footballer. He was part of the 1986 Paraguayan national team that played in the World Cup that year at Mexico. Cañete was credited with three assists during that World Cup. He played for many in the Mexican league, including...
, Héctor Cúper
Héctor Cúper
Héctor Raúl Cúper is an Argentinean former football defender and a current manager.-Coach:...
, Gerónimo Saccardi, Juan Domingo Rocchia
Juan Domingo Rocchia
Juan Domingo Rocchia is a retired professional footballer. He played for Racing Club and Ferro Carril Oeste in the Argentine Primera.He played in central defence and he formed a famous partnership with Héctor Cúper in his time at Ferro Carril Oeste...
, Julio Cesar Jiménez
Julio César Jiménez
Julio César Jiménez was a professional footballer with Uruguayan club C.A. Peñarol and was part of the Uruguayan Squad at the World Cup in Germany in 1974. He played as a midfielder.-References:...
, Oscar Garré
Oscar Garré
Oscar Alfredo Garré is a former Argentine football defender.He played most of his career as a defender for Ferro Carril Oeste, and was part of the team that won the Nacional championships of 1982 and 1984...
and Alberto Márcico
Alberto Márcico
Alberto José Márcico is a former Argentine football striker. He played club football in Argentina and France as well as representing the Argentina national football team....
.
During his Ferrocarril Oeste days, Griguol would videotape the basketball team, and basketball coach Leon Najnudel
León Najnudel
León David Najnudel was an Argentine basketball player and coach, and the main driving force in the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the first nationwide yearly professional basketball league in Argentina....
would return the favor.
His conservative style made Griguol a non-contender for the job of national coach. He did get a chance to coach River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
in the mid-1980s, but despite winning the Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...
in 1987 he was swiftly dismissed when results were not forthcoming and the team's style did not please the fans.
In the 1990s, Griguol took Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata under his wing, propelling it to its best harvest ever: two second-place finishes. He would return to Gimnasia twice.
He has also worked in Spain as the manager of Real Betis
Real Betis
Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín....
.
His trademark was a most unusual token of encouragement: he would slap each player in the face before the team entered the pitch. TV cameras caught this ritual more than once.
Timoteo is known mostly by his middle name, or as el viejo ("the old man").