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Chilean footballer and manager (born 1958) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gino Alberto Valentini Cuadra (born 10 October 1958) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile, Spain and Mexico.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gino Alberto Valentini Cuadra | ||
Date of birth | October 10, 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Universidad Católica | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1984 | Universidad Católica | 82 | (8) |
1984 | Real Oviedo | ||
1985–1986 | Tampico Madero | ||
1987 | Unión San Felipe | ||
1988 | Deportes Arica | ||
1989–1990 | Irapuato | ||
Managerial career | |||
Universidad Católica (youth) | |||
1996 | Regional Atacama | ||
1997–1998 | Municipal Las Condes | ||
1999–2000 | Provincial Osorno | ||
2003–2004 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
2012 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
2013 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
2018 | Deportes Melipilla | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A product of Universidad Católica youth system, Valentini is well remembered for scoring the winning goal in the Clásico Universitario played in 1984, where his team broke a stint of 13 years with no defeating Universidad de Chile.[2]
In his homeland, he also played for Unión San Felipe (1987)[1] and Deportes Arica (1988)[3] in the Chilean Segunda División.
In Spain, he played for Real Oviedo in the second level, where he came alongside his fellow Óscar Meneses.[4]
In Mexico, he played for Tampico Madero[5] and Irapuato[6] in the top division.
Valentini worked as both manager and coach in the Universidad Católica youth system, where he trained players such as Jorge Kike Acuña.[7] As an anecdote, he met and could join Lionel Scaloni to the club when the Argentine was fourteen years old.[8]
As head coach, he has led Regional Atacama, Municipal Las Condes,[9] Provincial Osorno,[10] with whom he got promotion to the top division in the 1999 season,[11] Deportes Puerto Montt[12] and Deportes Melipilla.[9]
He also served as sport manager of Deportes Melipilla.[13]
In the context of the relegation of Deportes Melipilla to the Primera B de Chile in the 2021 season, Valentini reported irregulatities and contract issues with the players while he was the sport manager.[14] So, he has had public quarrels with the then coach, Carlos Encinas.[13]
His daughter, Camila, is an influencer and kinesiologist who lost her left forearm after she was hit by a bus.[15][16]
Universidad Católica
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