Alfio Basile

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Alfio Basile
Personal information
Full name	Alfio Basile
Date of birth	November 1, 1943 (1943-11-01) (age 64)
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Playing position	defender
Youth clubs
	Bella Vista de Bahía Blanca
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964-1970 1971-1975	Racing Club Huracán
National team
	Argentina	? (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Alfio Rubén Basile (born November 1, 1943 in Bahía Blanca), known as Coco, is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and former player. In September 2006, he became coach of the Argentina national football team, replacing José Pekerman.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Titles as a player 2 Managerial career 2.1 Clubs 2.2 Titles as a manager 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Basile started his playing career at the Bella Vista club in his home city. From 1964 to 1970 he played for Racing Club, and then for Huracán, where he was a mainstay of the 1973 Metropolitano champions under coach Cesar Luis Menotti. He also played for the Argentina national football team. Basile retired as a player in 1975.

[edit] Titles as a player

Season	Club	Title
1966	Racing Club	Primera Division Argentina
1967	Racing Club	Copa Libertadores
1967	Racing Club	Copa Intercontinental
Metropolitano 1973	Huracán	Primera Division Argentina

[edit] Managerial career

After retirement as a player, Basile coached a number of Argentine teams, most notably Rosario Central, Racing Club, Huracán and Vélez Sársfield and Uruguayan Nacional, and Atlético Madrid.

His career as a coach reached its first peak in the early 1990s, when he led the Argentine national football team to two Copa America victories. The run-up to the 1994 FIFA World Cup looked smooth until a 5-0 defeat at home to Colombia. Following that traumatic event, Diego Maradona was brought back from retirement to take part in the play-off against Australia.

In the World Cup itself, Argentina opened with two impressive victories over Greece and Nigeria. However, controversy was soon to appear. Maradona was tested for doping after the Nigeria match, and was suspended after ephedrine was found in his sample. Argentina still progressed to the last 16 despite a 2-0 defeat by Bulgaria, but morale was shattered and the team was eliminated after losing to Romania.

Basile went on to coach San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club América of México and Colón de Santa Fe with varying degrees of success. In July 2005 he assumed the post of coach at Boca Juniors, winning the Recopa Sudamericana 2005 just a month later. He then won his first Argentine league title in the 2005 Apertura tournament. Four days later, Boca won the Copa Sudamericana 2005 against UNAM Pumas of Mexico.

In July 2006, he was once again offered the position of Argentina national football team coach and accepted the job. Basile stayed with Boca Juniors until September 14th 2006, when the team won a second consecutive Recopa Sudamericana 2006 with a victory over São Paulo FC of Brazil.

Vocal about his preference for the Italian Serie A and the Spanish La Liga over the English league, he made waves in England when he called for Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to transfer to Italy, claiming the switch would be better for the latter "even if he would have to play in the second division" with Juventus. ^[1]

[edit] Clubs

Chacarita Juniors Racing de Córdoba Instituto Rosario Central Racing Club Huracán Vélez Sársfield Talleres

Nacional Atlético Madrid Argentina San Lorenzo Club América Colón Boca Juniors Argentina

[edit] Titles as a manager

Season	Club	Title
1988	Racing Club	Supercopa Sudamericana
1991	Argentina	Copa América
1993	Argentina	Copa América
2005	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
Apertura 2005	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2005	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
Clausura 2006	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina

Awards
Preceded by Luis Alberto Cubilla	South American Coach of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Tele Santana

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Goycochea • 2 Vázquez • 3 Chamot • 4 Sensini • 5 Redondo • 6 Ruggeri • 7 Caniggia • 8 Basualdo • 9 Batistuta • 10 Maradona • 11 Medina Bello • 12 Islas • 13 Cáceres • 14 Simeone • 15 Borelli • 16 Díaz • 17 Ortega • 18 Pérez • 19 Balbo • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Mancuso • 22 Scoponi • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2007 Copa América 1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Díaz • 4 Ibarra • 5 Gago • 6 Heinze • 7 Palacio • 8 Zanetti • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Carrizo • 13 González • 14 Mascherano • 15 G.Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Burdisso • 18 Messi • 19 Cambiasso • 20 Verón • 21 D.Milito • 22 Orión • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina national football team – Managers Vázquez (1924–25) • Lago Millán (1927–28) • Olazar (caretaker) (1928–29) • Tramutola (1929–30) • Pascucci (1934) • Seoane (1934–37) • Fernández Roca (1937–39) • Stábile (1939–58) • Spinetto (1959) • Moreno (1959) • Stábile (1960) • Spinetto (1960–61) • D'Amico (1961) • Lorenzo (1962) • Rossi (1962) • Lopes (1962) • Torres (1963) • D'Amico (1963) • Minella (1964–65) • Zubeldía (1965) • Lorenzo (1966) • Lopes (1967) • Faraone (1967) • Cesarini (1967–68) • Minella (1968) • Maschio (1969) • Pedernera (1969) • Pizzuti (1970–72) • Sívori (1972–73) • Ignomiriello (1973) • Cap (1974) • Menotti (1974–83) • Bilardo (1983–90) • Basile (1991–94) • Passarella (1994–98) • Bielsa (1998–2004) • Pekerman (2004-06) • Basile (2006–)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Terre.com profile