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Fernando Cavalleri (footballer)

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Fernando Cavalleri
Personal information
Full name Fernando Oscar Cavalleri Guerrero
Date of birth (1949-09-08)8 September 1949
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Date of death 3 October 2017(2017-10-03) (aged 68)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964 Morning Star
1965–1970 Gimnasia LP
1971 Antofagasta Portuario 26 (6)
1972 Jorge Wilstermann
1972 Stormers
1973 Antofagasta Portuario 27 (9)
1974–1976 Palestino 25 (3)
1974Unión San Felipe (loan) 31 (10)
1975Deportes Concepción (loan) 35 (11)
1977 Universidad Católica 18 (2)
1978–1980 Deportes Concepción 82 (24)
1981 Everton 15 (1)
1982–1983 Deportes Concepción
1984 Lota Schwager
Managerial career
1986 Atlético Paraná
1986 Quilmes
1987–1988 Provincial Osorno
1989–1990 Deportes Concepción
1991–1992 Cobreloa
1992 Palestino
1993 Unión Española (assistant)
1993–1996 Deportes Concepción
1998–1999 Deportivo Italchacao
1999–2000 Coquimbo Unido
2001 Deportes Concepción
2002–2003 Chile U20 (assistant)
2003 Chile U20
2005–2007 Deportes Puerto Montt
2007 Deportes Concepción
2009–2010 Deportes Concepción
2010 Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Oscar Cavalleri Guerrero (8 September 1949 – 3 October 2017) was an Argentine naturalized Chilean football player and manager.

Playing career

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Born in Rosario, Argentina, Cavalleri made his professional debut with Morning Star in his city of birth and then played for Gimnasia La Plata from 1965 to 1970,[1] where he coincided with players such as Jorge Spedaletti, Hugo Gatti and Delio Onnis. In 1970 he emigrated to Chile to join Universidad de Chile, but he finally signed with Antofagasta Portuario in the Chilean Primera División.[2]

After a stint in Bolivia with Jorge Wilstermann and Stormers [es], he returned to Antofagasta Portuario in 1973 and played in Chile until his retirement in 1984,[3] becoming a historical player of Deportes Concepción.[1]

Managerial career

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Cavalleri began his career in his country of birth with Atlético Paraná and Quilmes.[1] Then he returned to Chile where he worked until 2010, with a stint in Venezuela with Deportivo Italchacao in the 1998–99 season, winning the league title.[3]

He also was the assistant of both Nelson Acosta in Unión Española (1993) and César Vaccia in the Chile national under-20 team (2002–03).[3] He led Chile U20 in the 2003 South American Championship since Vaccia was in charge of Chile at under-17 level.[4]

He stood out as manager of Deportes Concepción by coaching them in 313 matches in total and having won the 1994 Segunda División de Chile.[1]

Personal life

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Cavalleri naturalized Chilean by residence in 1980 and made his home in Chile.[1]

In Argentina, he was nicknamed Petete, like a comics character, by their teams,[3] but he was better known as Palito Cavalleri (Thin Stick) due to his thinness.[5]

Cavalleri was the uncle of the professional footballer Matías Cavalleri.[6]

Honours

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Deportes Concepción

Deportivo Italchacao

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "El hombre más relevante en la historia de Deportes Concepción". enelcamarin.cl (in Spanish). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Murió Fernando Cavalleri, ex jugador y técnico argentino radicado en Chile". Baires POST (in Spanish). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Chomsky (9 October 2017). "Adiós al Palo Cavalleri" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Fernando Cavalleri dirigirá a la sub 20 en Sudamericano de Uruguay". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. ^ Sepúlveda, E. (4 October 2017). "Cavalleri, el Palito de la zurda elegante" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. ^ Ortega, Pablo (16 April 2019). "¿Quién es Cavalleri, el último convocado por Rueda a la Roja?" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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