 Spinetto in 1937 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victorio Luis Spinetto | ||
| Date of birth | (1911-06-11)11 June 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 28 August 1990(1990-08-28) (aged 79) | ||
| Position | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932 | Platense | ||
| 1932–1937 | Vélez Sársfield | 210 | (44) |
| 1938 | Independiente | ||
| 1939–1940 | Vélez Sársfield | above | (above) |
| Total | 233[1] | (49[1]) | |
| International career | |||
| 1934–1936 | Argentina | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1942–1956 | Vélez Sársfield | ||
| 1956–1959 | Atlanta | ||
| 1959 | Argentina | ||
| 1960–1961 | Argentina | ||
| 1962–1963 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| 1970 | Racing Club | ||
| 1971 | Racing Club | ||
| 1972–1973 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| 1973–1976 | Ferro Carril Oeste | ||
| 1978 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Victorio Luis Spinetto (3 June 1911 – 28 August 1990) was an Argentinefootball player and manager. He played as acentre half, mostly forVélez Sársfield in theArgentine Primera División, debuting with the club in 1932 and retiring in 1940. After retiring, Spinetto took managerial duties in the team, and held the position for 14 years.
Apart from his career in Vélez, Spinetto played briefly forPlatense andIndependiente, and managed several other teams, most notably theArgentina national football team (in a three-men staff during 1959, and alone in the period 1960–1961).
Victorio was born on 3 June 1911 inBuenos Aires to Juan Bautista Luis Spinetto and Margarita María Batigne.[2] He studied in theColegio Nacional de Buenos Aires.[2]
Spinetto started his career inPlatense in 1932. That same year,Vélez Sársfield's executiveJosé Amalfitani offered him to join the club for a salary of $30 Argentine pesos per match.[2] The defender accepted, and debuted with the first team after only one game with the reserves. Spinetto's success was so quick that the club raised his salary to $250 monthly, and $30 for every point won by the team.[2]
Despite playing in the defensive position ofcentre half, Spinetto was a prolific goalscorer. He made a total 44 goals for Vélez, including four in a game againstChacarita Juniors in 1937, when he helped his team come back from a 0–2 to win 5–2.[2][3]
During his career, the defender rejected offers fromBoca Juniors and ItalianAS Roma, finally joiningIndependiente in 1938 for a $12,000 Argentine pesos transfer fee, plus the loan of a player.[2] He played one year in Independiente, being part of the team that played againstRiver Plate the first game in theEstadio Monumental's history.
Upon his return to Vélez, in 1940 Spinetto was part of the team that wasrelegated from the Argentine first division for the first (and to date only) time in the club's history. Unable to recover from an injury, the defender retired subsequent to the relegation.
Spinetto played for theArgentina national football team between 1934 and 1936.[2]
After his retirement, Spinetto took up themanager position in Vélez Sársfield, helping the team return to the first division in 1943.[2] He also coached the team that was runner-up in the1953 Argentine Primera División season.[2]
In 1959, he coached alongJosé Della Torre and José Barreiro theArgentina national football team that won the1959 South American Championship.[2]
Spinetto also coachedArgentinos Juniors in three periods (1962–1963, 1972–1973 and 1978), totaling 155 games.[4] He then went on to coach in Vélez Sársfield's youth divisions until his death in 1990.
