Carlos Trucco

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Carlos Trucco
Personal information
Full name Carlos Leonel Trucco Medina
Date of birth (1957-08-11) 11 August 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 Unión de Santa Fe 55 (0)
1981–1984
Vélez Sársfield
3 (0)
1984–1985 Unión de Santa Fe 4 (0)
1985 Estudiantes de Río Cuarto 9 (0)
1986–1988 Destroyers
1989–1990 Oriente Petrolero
1990–1991 Deportivo Cali[1] 45 (0)
1991–1994 Bolívar
1994–1995
Pachuca
1995–1996 Bolívar
1996–1997 Cruz Azul
International career
1989–1997 Bolivia 51 (0)
Managerial career
2000
Veracruz
2001–2002 Bolivia
2002 Celaya
2003 Pachuca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Leonel Trucco Medina (born 11 August 1957) is a former football goalkeeper who played 51 games for the Bolivia national team between 1989 and 1997.[2]

Despite being born in Argentina, Trucco was the starting goalkeeper of Bolivia national football team during 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played all 3 group games and conceded 4 goals.

Trucco started his club career in

Vélez Sársfield and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto
.

In 1985, he moved to Bolivia where he played for Club Destroyers and Bolívar.

He also played for

Pachuca in Mexico
.

After he retired from playing, Trucco became a football coach. He has managed

Wilstermann in Bolivia, and was appointed manager of the Bolivia national football team in 2001.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cali statistics Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine @ Golgolgol.net
  2. ^ rsssf: Bolivia record international footballers
  3. ^ "Bolivia contratará al ex portero Trucco como nuevo técnico" [Bolivia signs former goalkeeper Trucco as new manager] (in Spanish). Caracol. 16 October 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

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