José Vicente Grecco
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Vicente Grecco Robles | ||
Date of birth | June 20, 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||
Date of death | August 24, 2008 | (aged 79)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Boca Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948 | Boca Juniors | 1 | (0) |
1949–1953 | Unión de Santa Fe | 107 | (55) |
- | Newell's Old Boys | ||
- | River Plate de Montevideo | ||
1956–1958 | Independiente Medellín | ||
1958 | Santa Fe | 34 | (26) |
1958–1959 | Málaga | ||
1959–1960 | Real Murcia | ||
1961–1962 | Independiente Medellín | ||
Managerial career | |||
1964–1965 | Independiente Medellín | ||
1975 | Deportes Quindío | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Vicente Grecco (*Bahía Blanca 20 June 1929, †Medellín 24 August 2008) was an Argentine football player and manager.[1]
Club career
Grecco began his playing career in 1948 with Boca Juniors, he only played one game for the club a 3-1 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata on 14 November 1948.[2] He then went on to play for Unión de Santa Fe and Newell's Old Boys in the Primera División Argentina. Grecco scored 55 goals in 107 matches for Unión.[3]
He also enjoyed success in Colombia with Independiente Medellín and Santa Fe.[4] Grecco is Independiente Medellín's all-time leading goal scorer with 92 goals in 166 games, and he was the top goal scorer in the 1957 Fútbol Profesional Colombiano with 30 goals.[5]
Personal
Grecco died 24 August 2008 in Medellín.[5]
References
- ^ Ortiz Jiménez, Juan Diego (2008-08-26). "Murió José Vicente Grecco, goleador histórico del Medellín". Futbol Red. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ Statistics at Historia de Boca Template:Es icon
- ^ "El buen fútbol está de luto por Greco". Uno de Santa Fe. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2009-03-06. [dead link ]
- ^ "Ficha de JOSE GRECCO". BDFA. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ a b "Murió Grecco, uno de los mejores "10" de Unión en 101 años de vida". Diario El Litoral. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2008 deaths
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine football managers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- River Plate Montevideo players
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Málaga CF players
- Real Murcia players
- Independiente Medellín managers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriates in Colombia
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