Carlos Trucco

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Trucco and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Carlos Trucco
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Leonel Trucco Medina
Date of birth8 August 1957
Place of birthCórdoba, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1977–1981Unión de Santa Fe55(0)
1981–1984Vélez Sársfield3(0)
1984–1985Unión de Santa Fe4(0)
1985Estudiantes de Río Cuarto9(0)
1986–1988Destroyers
1989–1990Oriente Petrolero
1990–1991Deportivo Cali[1]45(0)
1991–1996Bolívar
1996–1997Pachuca
National team
1989–1997Bolivia51(0)
Teams managed
2000Veracruz
2001–2002Bolivia
2002Celaya
2003Pachuca
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Carlos Leonel Trucco Medina (born August 8, 1957 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine-Bolivian former football goalkeeper who played 51 games for the Bolivian national team between 1989 and 1997.[2]

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 Argentina where he played for Unión de Santa Fe, 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 Deportivo Cali in Colombia and Pachuca in Mexico.

After he retired from playing, Trucco became a football coach. He has managed Veracruz and San Luis in Mexico and Wilstermann in Bolivia, and was appointed manager of the Bolivia national football team in 2001.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cali statistics @ 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.

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