Carlos Albert Cavagnaro (born 9 April 1946 in Necochea, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager. He became the youngest football manager in the history of the Argentine Primera when he took charge of Argentinos Juniors in 1969 aged 22.[1]

Carlos Cavagnaro
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Cavagnaro
Date of birth 9 April 1946
Place of birth Necochea, Argentina
Youth career
Years Team
Vélez Sársfield
Managerial career
1969 Argentinos Juniors
1969 Vélez Sársfield
1970–1971 UNAM Pumas
1972 Ferro Carril Oeste
1973–1974 Circulo Italiano Atletico Regina
1975 Atlante
1976 Guatemala
1977–1978 Vélez Sársfield
1979–1980 Racing Club
1981 Unión de Santa Fe
1982 Racing Club
1983 Guatemala
1984 Panama
1985 Platense
1986–1987 Grenada
1988 St Kitts and Nevis
1989 Philippines
Defensores de Belgrano
El Porvenir
1988 Chacarita Juniors
1987–1988 Universidad
2005–2006 El Salvador
2007 V.B. Sport

Career

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Playing

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Cavagnaro was a youth player with Vélez Sársfield in his native Argentina, but suffered an injury that forced him to retire.[2]

Coaching

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Cavagnaro has coached ten Argentine teams, including Argentinos Juniors, Vélez Sársfield, Ferro Carril Oeste, Racing Club, Unión de Santa Fe and Platense in the Argentine Primera. He has also worked in Mexico where he was coach of UNAM Pumas and Atlante.

He has also coached many national teams in the CONCACAF region, these include Guatemala (twice), Panama, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and El Salvador.

Cavagnaro has also worked in Asia. He became the head coach of the Philippines national team in 1989,[3] and in 2007 he worked as the coach of VB Sports Club of the Maldives.

References

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  1. ^ Carlos Cavagnaro curriculum Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Carlos Cavagnaro - El trotamundos del fútbol". 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. ^ "Philippine Football Federation certification to Carlos Cavagnaro". CarlosCavagnaro.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
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