Carlos Bianchi

Carlos Bianchi
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Arcecio Bianchi
Date of birth	26 April 1949 (age 62)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Unión de Paz
	Ciclón de Jonte
1960–1967	Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1985–1988	Stade de Reims
1989–1990	OGC Nice
1990–1991	Paris FC
1993–1996	Vélez Sársfield
1996	Roma
1998–2001	Boca Juniors
2003–2004	Boca Juniors
2005–2006	Atlético Madrid
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

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Carlos Arcecio Bianchi (born 26 April 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), popularly known as El Virrey ("The Viceroy"), is a prolific Argentine football forward turned manager. Although he had a bright career as a goalscorer in Argentina and France, Bianchi is best known as one of the most successful coaches of all time managing Vélez Sársfield and Boca Juniors to a great number of titles each. Bianchi is the only coach to win four Copa Libertadores.

[edit] Biography

Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bianchi was raised in a middle class family. In 1972 he married Margaret Mary Pilla and they had two children: Mauro Carlos and Brenda. Now has four grandchildren: Paul, Carlos and Matthew (who are sons of Mauro) and Mateo (son of Brenda and Hurricane defender Eduardo Dominguez). His father worked in a sales position in which Carlos regularly helped until he made his debut as a player in first division football for Velez Sarsfield , the club which he was a fan of.

During his tenure as coach of Velez Sarsfield he was known as the "Virrey", named by sports writer Victor Hugo Morales . The reason is based on footballing and historical grounds as Bianchi obtained several titles as a player and coach with Velez Sarsfield. The club is located in the neighborhood of Liniers alluding to the Virrey Liniers, who was in command of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata by early 1800.

[edit] Playing career

Carlos Bianchi debuted with Velez Sarsfield at the age of 18 in a 1-1 tie against Boca Juniors. He joined the professional staff that won the 1968 Torneo Nacional and was consecrated as the top scorer of 1970 with 18 goals and the Metropolitan Championship of 1971 with 36.

In 1973 Bianchi was signed by Stade de Reims, a French team of Ligue 1. He showed his scoring touch scoring 107 goals in four seasons and being the top scorer in the French championship in 1974, 1976 and 1977 marking 30, 34 and 28 goals, respectively. In 1977 he joined Paris Saint-Germain in which Bianchi was again the top scorer of the league in two seasons spent in the club.

In the 1979-80 season he played for Racing Club de Strasbourg, without success, scoring only eight goals. Bianchi returned to his country in 1980 to play for Vélez Sarsfield where he became top scorer in the 1981 with 15 goals. He would return to Stade de Reims where he would retire in 1984.

Bianchi is the top scorer in the history of Velez Sarsfield with 206 goals and 9th overall in Argentine football. He is also the 9th top scorer in the history of the French League with his 179 goals. After his retirement, Bianchi is recognized by FIFA as Argentina's top scorer in the history of first division tournaments of the world scoring a total of 385 goals (206 in Argentina and 179 in France) surpassing Alfredo Di Stefano (377 goals) and Delio Onnis (352 goals, 53 in Argentina and 299 in France), a great merit not recognized by many due to his coaching career greatly overshadowing his days as a player. Carlos Bianchi is the 8th top scorer in the history of first division football.