Juan Carlos Lorenzo
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Juan Carlos Lorenzo | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Juan Carlos Lorenzo | |
Date of birth | October 22, 1922 | |
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Playing position | Midfielder/Striker | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1940-1945 1945-1947 1947-1952 1952-1953 1954-1957 1957-1958 1958 |
Chacarita Juniors Boca Juniors Sampdoria F.C. Nancy Atlético Madrid Rayo Vallecano RCD Mallorca |
79 (20) 25 (8) |
Teams managed | ||
1958-1960 1961 1962 1962-1964 1964-1965 1966 1966 1967 1967-1971 1972 1973-1975 1975-1976 1976-1979 1980 1981 1982 1982-1983 1983 1984 1987 |
RCD Mallorca San Lorenzo Argentina Lazio Roma Argentina River Plate RCD Mallorca Lazio San Lorenzo Atlético Madrid Unión de Santa Fe Boca Juniors Racing Club Argentinos Juniors San Lorenzo Vélez Sársfield Atlanta Lazio Boca Juniors |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Juan Carlos ("Toto") Lorenzo (October 22, 1922, Buenos Aires – November 14, 2001, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine football player and coach. He is an icon for Boca Juniors fans, as he coached the club to its first two Copa Libertadores titles.
[edit] Biography
In his teens, Lorenzo played for Chacarita Juniors, and made his professional debut in 1940. He was transferred to Boca Juniors in 1945, and after two years he joined Italian side Sampdoria team, where he remained until 1952. His next clubs would be now-defunct French F.C. Nancy, and Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, and RCD Mallorca, where in 1958 he was coach and player. Then, he quit play but remained as coach.
In the next two seasons, Lorenzo achieved a rare feat: Mallorca was promoted from third to second division and to first division in consecutive years. Mallorca fans still cherish Lorenzo's achievement.
Influenced by Argentine-Italian Helenio Herrera and riding the wave of his success in Spain, Lorenzo coached Argentina's San Lorenzo in 1961, and coached the Argentina national football team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Back to Europe, he coached Lazio to Italian first division, and coached AS Roma in 1964. After coaching again the Argentine team for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he would then return to Mallorca, then returned Lazio to first division, and won his first Argentine title with San Lorenzo in 1972.
In 1973 Lorenzo went to Atlético Madrid, who went on to win the league title and lose the 1974 European Cup final to Bayern Munich. Back in Argentina, he coached recently-promoted Unión de Santa Fe in 1975. The next year, he returned to Boca Juniors amid great pressure (rivals River Plate had just won back-to-back titles), and started one of the most successful periods in the history of the club. In his four-year tenure, Lorenzo and Boca took two local and three international titles, including the Intercontinental Cup 1977 (played in 1978).
Lorenzo's Boca was anchored by goalkeeper Hugo Gatti, a longtime Boca fan who fulfilled his dream of playing for Boca, and went on to become the player with most appearances in Argentine football history. In the defense, Vicente Pernía in the right and Alberto Tarantini in the left complemented centrals Francisco Sá and Roberto Mouzo. In the center field, reinforcements such as Jorge Ribolzi and Mario Zanabria played alongside veteran Boca players like Benítez and Suñé. The attacking line was based on the speed of Ernesto Mastrángelo and Luis Darío Felman.
After that cycle, Lorenzo coached a number of different clubs with less success, including Racing Club, Argentinos Juniors, San Lorenzo, Vélez Sársfield, Atlanta, and Lazio, to return to Boca Juniors in 1987. But his second stint with Boca was brief, and Lorenzo finally retired from coaching.
[edit] Managerial Titles
- 1959 Spanish third division (Mallorca)
- 1960 Spanish second division (Mallorca)
- 1972 Argentine Metropolitano ( San Lorenzo)
- 1972 Argentine Nacional ( San Lorenzo - unbeaten)
- 1973-1974 UEFA Champions League runner-up (Atlético Madrid)
- 1976 Argentine Metropolitano (Boca Juniors)
- 1976 Argentine Nacional (Boca Juniors)
- 1977 Copa Libertadores(Boca Juniors)
- 1978 Intercontinental Cup (Boca Juniors)
- 1978 Copa Libertadores(Boca Juniors)
- 1983 Argentine second division (Atlanta - coached the first 12 matches)
[edit] External links
- Toto Lorenzo at Mallorca (Spanish)
- Lorenzo's Biography Informe Xeneize (Spanish)
- Lazio Ultras biography (Italian)
- El Toto in Unión (Spanish)
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