Gustavo Coleoni
Argentine football manager
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Gustavo Iván Coleoni (born 16 August 1968) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Iván Coleoni | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Right midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1985 | Talleres | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986 | Boca de Bariloche | ||
| 1987 | Bella Vista de Córdoba | ||
| 1989 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1990 | San Agustín | ||
| 1991 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| Magallanes | |||
| Central Río Segundo | |||
| Bella Vista de Córdoba | |||
| Matienzo | |||
| Independiente Dolores | |||
| Atlético Rio Tercero | |||
| Belgrano La Para | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Talleres (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Racing de Córdoba (youth) | ||
| 2006 | Racing de Córdoba | ||
| 2007 | Gimnasia de Mendoza | ||
| 2007 | Juventud Antoniana | ||
| 2008–2010 | Juventud Antoniana | ||
| 2010 | Central Norte | ||
| 2011 | Talleres | ||
| 2011–2012 | Racing de Córdoba | ||
| 2012–2013 | Santamarina | ||
| 2013–2014 | Central Norte | ||
| 2014 | Guillermo Brown | ||
| 2014 | Sportivo Patria | ||
| 2015–2016 | Santamarina | ||
| 2016 | Ferro Carril Oeste | ||
| 2017–2020 | Central Córdoba | ||
| 2021 | Central Córdoba | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coleoni is nicknamed Sapito (Little Frog) due to his small height and his jumps to avoid his opponents.[1]
Playing career
Born in Córdoba, Coleoni was a Talleres youth graduate. During his youth, due to his low height, the club paid a growth hormone treatment similar as to Lionel Messi's, but it never fully worked.[2][3]
After only playing two friendlies in the first team, Coleoni resumed his career with Peru's San Agustín and Chile's Magallanes, aside from lower league sides in his native region.[4]
Managerial career
After retiring Coleoni took up coaching in 1997, being initially a coordinator of his first club Talleres' youth sides and later being their manager. In 2003 he moved to Racing de Córdoba; initially a general coordinator, he was manager of the club's youth categories in 2004, and subsequently became their first team manager in 2006.[5]
On 17 December 2006, Coleoni was named manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza,[6] but was subsequently replaced by Ricardo Dillon. He was subsequently in charge of Juventud Antoniana also in the 2007 season, but resigned.
On 3 June 2008, Coleoni returned to Juventud Antoniana.[7] He narrowly missed out promotion to Primera B Nacional in his two seasons in charge, and later moved to Juventud Unida Universitario in July 2010 as a general coordinator.
In September 2010, Coleoni was named at the helm of Central Norte.[8] The following 21 February, he was named in charge of former side Talleres, with the club in the Torneo Argentino A.[9]
In June 2011, Coleoni returned to Racing de Córdoba as first team manager.[10] Roughly one year later, he was appointed at the helm of Santamarina,[11] before returning to Central Norte in 2013.[12]
In January 2015, after short periods in charge of Guillermo Brown[13] and Sportivo Patria,[14] Coleoni returned to Santamarina.[15] He left the club in June 2016 to take over Ferro Carril Oeste in the second division.[16]
Coleoni was sacked by Ferro on 15 December 2016,[17] and took over Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero the following January.[18] Despite suffering relegation in his first season, the club won the 2017–18 Torneo Federal A and subsequently achieved promotion to the Primera División and reached the finals of the Copa Argentina in 2018–19.[2]
On 17 March 2020, Coleoni resigned from the Ferroviarios.[19] On 30 December, the club announced his return, effective as after the ending of the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional.[20]