| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Fabián Grioni | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-07-27)27 July 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Marcos Juárez, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ADA (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Newell's Old Boys | 5 | (0) |
| 1989 | Correcaminos UAT | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1992 | Almirante Brown | ||
| 1992–1993 | Platense | 32 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Almirante Brown | ||
| 1994–1995 | Atlético Tucumán | 30 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 30 | (5) |
| 1996–1997 | Deportivo Morón | 34 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | Argentino de Rosario | 26 | (6) |
| 1998–2000 | Douglas Haig | 35 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Argentino de Rosario (assistant) | ||
| 2007 | Newell's Old Boys (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Estudiantes LP (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Newell's Old Boys (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Colón (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Douglas Haig | ||
| 2014 | Racing Teodelina | ||
| 2014–2015 | Atlético Rafaela (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Deportivo Municipal (youth) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 2017 | Real Garcilaso | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sport Huancayo | ||
| 2019–2021 | Cienciano | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cusco | ||
| 2022–2023 | UTC | ||
| 2024– | ADA | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marcelo Fabián Grioni (born 27 July 1966) is an Argentine footballmanager and former player who played as amidfielder. He is the current manager of Peruvian clubADA.
Grioni was born inMarcos Juárez, and was aNewell's Old Boys youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1987, he appeared rarely and moved toCorrecaminos UAT for a short spell, but never played.[1]
Back to his home country in 1989, Grioni featured regularly forAlmirante Brown before joining top-tier sidePlatense in 1992. He returned to Brown in the following year, but failed to settle for a team for the remainder of his career, and went on to representAlmirante Brown,Atlético Tucumán,Gimnasia y Tiro,Deportivo Morón,Argentino de Rosario andDouglas Haig. He retired with the latter in 2000, aged 34.[1]
Grioni started his career in 2004, asPablo Marini's assistant atArgentino de Rosario. He then followed Marini toNewell's Old Boys in 2007, before joiningRoberto Sensini's staff atEstudiantes de La Plata in 2008.[1]
Grioni continued to work with Sensini at Newell's andColón[1] before being named manager of Douglas Haig on 15 September 2013.[2] He resigned on 26 November,[3] and returned to work with Sensini atAtlético de Rafaela after a brief spell atRacing Teodelina.[1]
In 2016, Grioni moved to Peru, after being named manager ofDeportivo Municipal's reserve sides. He was named interim manager in February, before being appointed permanent manager in the following month.[4]
On 20 May 2017, Grioni was sacked from Municipal,[5] and took overReal Garcilaso on 1 June.[6] On 12 December, after his contract was due to expire, he was named in charge ofSport Huancayo.[7]
Grioni was relieved from his duties on 26 March 2019,[8] and was appointed in charge ofCienciano on 11 June.[9] He achieved promotion to the top tier with the club as champions in his first season, and after narrowly missing out qualification to theCopa Sudamericana in his second, he renewed his contract until 2022 on 14 July 2020.[10]
Grioni resigned from Cusco on 6 April 2022, and was presented atUTC late in the month.[11] He left the latter club on a mutual agreement on 14 May 2023.[12]
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