 Trobbiani while playing for Boca Juniors in the 1970s | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani Ughetto | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1955-02-17)17 February 1955 (age 70) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casilda,Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Boca Juniors | 107 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 1976–1980 | Elche | 159 | (38) | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Real Zaragoza | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Boca Juniors | 28 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Estudiantes | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Millonarios | 41 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1986 | Elche | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Estudiantes | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Cobreloa | 54 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Barcelona SC | 29 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Talleres de Córdoba | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1986 | Argentina | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Universitario | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Provincial Osorno | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Boca Juniors (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Cobreloa | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cienciano | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Cienciano | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Argentina U-20 | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sport Huancayo | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Cobreloa | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 July 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani Ughetto (born 17 February 1955 inCasilda,Santa Fe) is anArgentinefootball coach and a former player, who played as anattacking midfielder. He currently works as the manager of River Ecuador inEcuador.
Anattacking midfielder, Trobbiani was one of the promising young stars to rise in Boca Juniors during the early 1970s.[1] As a juvenile, he debuted in 1973 with thenational team whenOmar Sivori drafted him for the "phantom squad" that had to playBolivia for a ticket to the1974 World Cup. Following the exit ofReinaldo Merlo, he wore the national colours, before Boca's then coachRogelio Domínguez was aware of his existence.
In 1975, Trobbiani shared Boca's midfield with Benítez, Suñé and Potente, and was criticized for hogging the ball, to the point that fans called himcalesita (merry-go-round). After the 1976 season, Trobbiani was sold toSpain in 1976. Boca used the money to buy many players in the local market, starting a major winning streak with coachJuan Carlos Lorenzo.
Trobbiani played for Spanish sidesElche andReal Zaragoza, and acquiredEuropean discipline and tactical depth. Trobbiani arrived at Elche with the club playing inLa Liga, but after narrowly avoiding relegation in his first season the club was relegated after his second season. He clashed with Elche coachesRoque Olsen andHeriberto Herrera while the club struggled to gain promotion back to La Liga.[2] After Elche missed out on promotion in the last match of the 1979–80 season, Trobbiani left for Real Zaragoza.[1] When he returned to play for Boca in 1981 alongsideDiego Maradona, fans saw a more effective player. The team won the 1981Metropolitano.[3]
In mid-1982, Trobbiani was transferred toEstudiantes de La Plata. CoachCarlos Bilardo made Trobbiani play as a deep-lying centre-forward linking the strong midfield (Russo,Ponce andSabella) to strikersTrama andGottardi. The team won two back-to-back championships.[4]
After the1986 World Cup in Mexico, Trobbiani was again playing forElche CF. National coach Bilardo called Trobbiani for the tournament, making it clear that he would mainly be used for tactical practice games. He worked tirelessly during the month-long stay inMexico, where he wasJorge Valdano's roommate, and was rewarded with exactly two minutes of play—the last two minutes of the final match againstGermany. His only touch of the ball was a back-heel pass.
Before retirement, Trobbiani showed his class atChilean sideCobreloa,Ecuadorian sideBarcelona SC (with whom he reached the Copa Libertadores finals in 1990) and back in Argentina withTalleres de Córdoba.[5]
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Trobbiani went on to coach several teams in South America, with little success. He was sacked fromUniversitario de Deportes fromPeru at the end of 2004. Between 2006 and 2008, he worked as Russo's assistant coach at Boca Juniors, together with former teammate Gottardi.
Between 2008 and 2009 he returned to Chilean football to work as the manager ofCobreloa, where he had played in the late 1980s. In 2009, he was appointed as the manager of Peruvian sideCienciano. On March 20, 2011, he was involved in a bitter dispute with fellow Argentine managerGuillermo Rivarola ofSporting Cristal after the ex-River player complained to the referee in order to get Trobbiani sent off.[6]
Trobbiani managed theArgentina national under-20 football team at the2013 South American Youth Football Championship, where the team failed to progress from the group stage.[7]
On September 18, 2013, as coach ofSport Huancayo, he was accused of racism and discrimination by three Brazilian players, Rafael Da Silva, Andrey Nunes y Kleyr Vieira, who played in the team.[8]
