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 Giúdice on the cover ofEl Gráfico 2383 in 1965 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Ernesto Giúdice | ||
| Date of birth | (1918-07-15)15 July 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 27 June 1983(1983-06-27) (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1945 | Huracán | ||
| 1945–1947 | River Plate | ||
| 1947–1949 | Platense | ||
| 1949–1951 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963 | Huracán | ||
| 1963–1966 | Independiente | ||
| 1966 | Rosario Central | ||
| 1968 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| 1969 | San Lorenzo | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel Giúdice (15 July 1918 – 27 June 1983) was anArgentinefootball player and manager. He is mainly known for his successful managing spell at the helm of the Argentine powerhouseClub Atlético Independiente in the mid-1960s.
Born inCórdoba, Giúdice first started playing at several clubs in his home town. In 1939 he transferred to theBuenos Aires–basedClub Atlético Huracán and joined a team that featuredEmilio Baldonedo,Herminio Masantonio, andCarlos Marinelli and that finished third in the1939 Argentine top level season. The same team won theCopa Adrián C. Escobar in 1942 and 1943 and the George VI British Competition Cup in 1944.
In 1945 Giúdice joinedRiver Plate, with players such as Aristóbulo Deambrosi,Alfredo Di Stéfano,José Manuel Moreno, andÁngel Labruna. River Plate won the Argentine championship in 1945.
In 1947 he left River Plate to joinClub Atlético Platense, but following a 1948 players' strike, which forced many of the great figures of Argentine football to emigrate to other countries, Giúdice moved on to Colombia and signed forDeportivo Cali in 1949. He ended his playing career in 1951.
He then turned to coaching and successfully managedIndependiente, leading them national league titles in 1963 and 1970. In 1968, he ledVélez Sarsfield to the Argentine championship; it was the club's first national title.[1] His greatest success was winning the1964 and1965 Copa Libertadores cups, also finishing as runners-up in the1964 and1964 Intercontinental Cups, losing both times toInter Milan, at the time coached by fellow ArgentineHelenio Herrera.
In his later years he coachedNueva Chicago andAtlético Tucumán in the Argentine second level.