Víctor Hugo Andrada Canalis (born 25 December 1958 in Santa Fe), nicknamed Copito, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Nueva Santa Cruz.

Víctor Hugo Andrada
Personal information
Full name Víctor Hugo Andrada Canalis
Date of birth (1958-12-25) 25 December 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
Nueva Santa Cruz (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Colón 41 (7)
1984–1986 Gimnasia de La Plata 87 (7)
1986–1989 Blooming 109 (25)
1990 Unión Española 0 (0)
1990–1992 Racing Club 38 (1)
1993–1994 Unión 58 (3)
1995 The Strongest 17 (4)
1996 San José 31 (7)
1997–1998 Destroyers 68 (6)
1999–2001 Real Potosí 77 (6)
Total 526 (66)
Managerial career
2001 Real Potosí (interim)
2003 Independiente Petrolero
2004 Nacional Potosí
2005 Real Potosí
2006–2009 Nacional Potosí
2009–2010 Blooming
2010 Real Potosí
2011 San José
2011–2012 Nacional Potosí
2013 Jorge Wilstermann
2013 Blooming
2014 Real Potosí
2015 Ciclón
2016 Mushuc Runa
2017 Nacional Potosí
2018–2019 Sportivo Desamparados
2019–2021 Guabirá
2021 Atlético Palmaflor
2022 Real Tomayapo
2022 Royal Pari
2023 Nacional Potosí
2023– Nueva Santa Cruz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

In his native country he played professional football for Colón de Santa Fe, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Unión de Santa Fe, but the neighbouring country of Bolivia is where he spent most of his extensive career, playing for teams such as, Blooming, The Strongest, San José, Destroyers and Real Potosí. He also made a short spell in the Liga Chilena de Fútbol with Unión Española.

Managerial career edit

Following his retirement, "Copito" pursued a career as a football manager in Bolivia. In 2005, he took over club Real Potosí, but he was sacked due to poor results. In 2007, he made his comeback with Nacional Potosí, but the team fell short from winning the promotion after losing in a two-game series to Guabirá. Nevertheless, Andrada got his recognition in 2008 as he took the team back to the Copa Simón Bolivar finals; only this time, his team came victorious. Therefore, gained promotion to the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano for the first time in the club's history.[1] The next year Andrada had an explosive start in first division with Nacional, leading the standings during the first ten weeks; however, the team began to stagger and eventually fell behind. On June 14, 2009, after 18 games into the season, Andrada resigned from his job in protest to constant intrusion of the board of directors in team affairs.[2] On July 6, 2009, he assumed his managerial duties with Blooming,[3] where he won the national league title of Clausura 2009, defeating Bolívar in the final match.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Nacional emerge en la Villa Imperial la-razon.com (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Renunció ‘Copito’ Andrada eldeber.com.bo (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Blooming ya tiene DT eldeber.com.bo (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El ‘penta’ es una realidad eldeber.com.bo (in Spanish)

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