Showing posts with label Quilmes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quilmes. Show all posts
Martín Palermo golazo contra Quilmes, Clausura 2011
On 5 June 2011 Argentine giants Boca Juniors found themselves two goals down to relegation favourites Quilmes in the 17th round of the Clausura 2011 tournament. Their iconic all time top scorer Martín Palermo bagged his 6th goal in 7 games with this stunning strike to pull one back and Cristian Chávez equalised four minutes later to earn the 2-2 draw. Palermo's goal made him the joint 4th highest goalscorers in the Argentine Primera División since the professionalisation of the game back in 1931 with 227 league goals.
Miguel Caneo backheel caño vs Argentinos Juniors, Apertura 2011
On 25 March 2011 Argentinos Juniors (the only unbeaten side) played Quilmes (the only side without a win) in round seven of the Apertura 2011 tournament in Argentina. The game ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw meaning that both sides kept their records. The highlight of the match was this backheel-nutmeg from Miguel Caneo of Quilmes which illustrates that even players from the worst team in the Argentine Primera know a good trick or two.
Emanuel Tripodi blooper vs Huracán, Clausura 2011
On 14 March 2011 Under new manager Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Argentine side Quilmes played in a classic relegation six-pointer against Huracán in the fifth round of the Clausura. Both sides were in the relegation zone, Quilmes hopelessly adrift at the bottom of the promedios relegation table and bottom of the Clausura 2011 table having lost all of their first four games. The game did not go well for Quilmes, they conceded two sloppy goals and lost the game 2-1. Veteral goalkeeper Emanuel Tripodi was badly at fault for the first one.
For more crazy South American football check out the rest of the Cosas locas series.
Golazo: Juan Manuel Iturbe vs Brazil, Sudamericano Sub-20
After he scored this excellent individual goal against Brazil in the 2011 South American Youth Championships on 6 February 2011 the amount of speculation about 17 year old Argentine sensation Juan Manuel Iturbe has balooned with a lot of rumours linking him with a move to Manchester United.
It is an impressive goal and he has played well during the Sudamericano sub-20 championship but the reality is that most Argentines don't know a lot about him. He was born in Argentina to Paraguayan immigrants and began his professional playing career with Cerro Porteño in Paraguay.
In 2010 he was signed by newly promoted Primera División side Quilmes however Cerro Porteño have contested the transfer and because of this his registration has not been passed to the Argentine club. He missed the entire Apertura tournament and there is still some doubt as to whether he will be allowed to play in the forthcoming Clausura tournament.
It was a big surprise when he signed for Quilmes who were expected to be embroiled in a big relegation fight and the problems with his registration must have been a big blow to both the player and his club. After standing out as one of the stars of Argentina's sub-20 team in Peru it would be useful for him to keep the momentum by playing regular club football and his presence in the side could be the boost that Quilmes need to spur them on in their battle to avoid relegation.
Nicolás Cambiasso goalkeeper mistake
To be fair to him, Nicolás Cambiasso could never have been expecting such a long range backpass, however it is still no excuse for what happened next in this game between divisional new boys Quilmes and All Boys in the 16th round of the Apertura 2010 tournament in the Argentine Primera Division 2010-11 season.
For more crazy South American football check out the rest of the Cosas locas series.
What ever happened to? Nelson Vivas
Vivas who was born in the small town of Granadero Baigorria on 18 October 1969 began his career with Quilmes in 1990 before joining Argentine giants Boca Juniors in 1994. After a loan spell with Swiss side Lugano in 1997-98 he got his chance to play for the champions of one of the biggest leagues in Europe.
Vivas never really established himself as a regular player in the Arsenal team, but he did make 69 appearances for the club in all competitions during his three years in north London. 40 of his appearances were as a substitute, he was often used to replace more attacking players once Arsenal had established a lead or to cover injuries in the defensive line. His only goal came in a League Cup game against Derby County in a team almost completely made up of fringe players, his was the decisive goal in a 1-2 win.
In early 2000 he was loaned out to Spanish side Celta Vigo, who at the time were one of the top sides in La Liga. After only a handful of appearance in Spain he returned to Arsenal, but he only made sporadic appearances for the club until the end of his contract in 2001.
After leaving Arsenal, Vivas joined Italian giants Inter Milan where he fulfilled the same kind of bit part role that he had at Arsenal. Despite only making occasional appearances for his European clubs between 1998 and 2003 he made the majority of his appearances for the Argentina national team during this period, including appearances at the Copa América 1999 while an Arsenal player. His 39th and last cap came in a 3-0 away win against Venezuela in a World Cup qualifier in 2003.
In 2003 he returned to Argentina to play for River Plate making him one of a select band of players to have worn the shirts of both sides of the famous Superclásico rivalry. He only made a few appearances for River Plate before returning to his first club Quilmes in 2004.
The 2004-05 season turned out to be Vivas' last on the football field, he played for the club in the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana and at the end of the season retired from the game at the age of 35.
Following his retirement he obtained his coaching licences and in 2006 he became former Argentina team mate Diego Simeone's assistant at Estudiantes de la Plata. Under the leadership of this rookie coaching team and their onfield leader Juan Sebastían Verón Estudiantes won the Apertura 2007 championship, their first trophy in 23 years.
This success attracted the attention of other major clubs and in 2007 when Simeone was given the job as River Plate manager he brought Vivas back to his former club as his assistant. In their first season they led the club to the Clausura 2008 championship but Simeone resigned the following season after River were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores and had gone 11 games without a win in the Primera División. Vivas was also sacked and River went on to finish bottom of the league for the first time in their 107 year history.
He worked with Simeone once again at San Lorenzo beginning in April 2009, but after less than a year into the job Simeone resigned and Vivas was out of work again. Vivas has stated his desire to work as a football manager in his own right, but as of October 2010 he has not found the opportunity.
Vivas was a fairly decent player despite his lack of regular first team football. One Arsenal fan even selected Vivas in an all-time Arsenal worst XI (obviously a pretty young one judging by the lack of pre-Premier League Arsenal flops in his team).
It would be fair to say that Vivas never really fitted in at Arsenal and his penalty miss against Middlesbrough in the 1999-00 League Cup and his penchant for wearing gloves on the pitch did him no favours, but to call him one of the worst Arsenal players ever is something I believe most Arsenal fans who had actually seen him play would disagree with.
Part of the What ever happened to? series.
What ever happened to? Federico Arias
The Southampton team were full of praise for Arias, manager Gordon Strachan said "he looks a useful player and is very quick and hopefully he will make us stronger" while chief scout terry Cooper said "He has two excellent feet. I watched him three times and could not tell which was his best. He is a great crosser of the ball, too. His nickname is the Torpedo and it is easy to see why - he is explosive over 20 metres. The Argentinians I have seen usually have good technique on the ball but not many have this kind of pace."
It may have been wise for Southampton fans to be wary of such enthusiasm about new South American signings given the situation with the Ecuadorian pair Agustín Delgado and Cleber Chalá. Cynics amongst the Saints faithful were proven right fairly soon. Within six months of joining Southanpton and without ever taking to the field in a competitive game for them, Arias was back in Argentina. He continued to play for Vélez Sársfield until 2005, but was used sparsely only making 19 appearances for the club over the space of the entire two and a half years he was with them. He was part of the Vélez Sársfield squad that won the Argentine Primera Division in Clausura 2005, but played in few of the games.
It was clear from his lack of game time that Arias was no longer part of Vélez Sársfield's long term plans and later in 2005 he joined Quilmes. After a poor season in which Quilmes finished in 17th place and Arias only made six appearances he joined Argentine 2nd division side Belgrano de Córdoba in 2006, who then finished 2nd in the Clausura tournament earning them the chance to play in a promotion/relegation playoff against Olimpo de Bahía Blanca. Arias featured in the playoff games which were both won 2-1 by Belgrano earning them promotion to the Primera División.
Unfortunately for Arias, he never got the chance to return to the Primera División, as he was offloaded to Peruvian side side Sporting Cristal as part of Belgrano's extensive rebuilding process aimed at securing survival in the top flight.
Sporting Cristal had a poor Clausura, falling back from their 2nd place finish the previous season to end up in mid table. Arias only contributed 2 league goals in the campaign, not nearly enough to justify his wages so he was offloaded to another Peruvian side; Coronel Bolognesi at the beginning of 2007. Arias had a worse time at his new club, they finished bottom of the table in Apertura 2007 and Arias did not score a single goal for them.
During the European summer transfer window Arias put his Italian passport to good use by joining Italian Serie C1/B side Martina Franca. For the first time in several years he managed to complete a full season with a club, however at the end of the season he was not kept on.
Arias returned to South America to join Melipilla of the Chilean Primera Division but in September 2008 his contract was terminated by mutual agreement mainly because he had failed to score a single goal for the club. At the end of the season Melipilla were relegated, but by then he was long gone.
Arias next showed up back in the Argentine 2nd division playing for a small team in his home town called Tiro Federal in 2009. He did not stay with them for long, they tried to offload him onto Australian side Newcastle Jets in July 2009, but despite positive first impressions they didn't sign him on a permanent basis.
In August 2009 his career took him to his 7th different country when he joined Yaracuyanos FC of the Venezuelan 2nd division where he played until December 2009. In March 2010 he signed for Aldosivi back in the Argentine 2nd division alongside another international journeyman footballer familiar to many English football fans; one time "new Maradona", ex-Middlesbrough player Carlos Marinelli.
According to one of the most reliable sources of Argentine football statistics he now plays in the regionalised 3rd division for Los Andes, but on closer inspection it turns out to be a completely different Federico Arias, who was born in 1988 and would only have been 10 years old when our Federico Arias made his professional debut for Rosario Central on 21 November 1998 in a 2-3 home defeat to Boca Juniors.
So what can I say? If the Argentine football statisticians don't even know what happened to him and have resorted to just making it up, I'm at a loss. The only answer to the question of what happened to Federico Arias is that after many years as an international journeyman footballer he completely disappeared into obscurity.
Part of the What ever happened to? series.
Biography: José Yudica
José Yudica is a former Argentine football manager who was the first manager ever to win the Primera División with three different clubs. What is even more impressive is the fact that none of the teams he turned into championship winners were from the traditional big five.
Yudica was born in Rosario on 7 December 1936, he made his debut for his local team; Newell's Old Boys at the age of 17. He enjoyed a 16 year playing career with the likes of Boca Juniors, Vélez Sársfield, Estudiantes de La Plata, Quilmes and Platense, he also played four games for the Argentina national team. Yudica won his only silverware as a player with Colombian side Deportivo Cali in the late 1960s before returning to Argentina to play for 2nd division side San Telmo where he ended his playing career.
Yudica's first great success as a manager came in 1978 when he led Buenos Aires minnows Quilmes to their first and only championship; the Metropolitano 1978 only 3 years after they had been promoted from the 2nd level. In 1980 Yudica left Quilmes to take over at Estudiantes de La Plata, in his absence Quilmes struggled and were relegated to the 2nd division only 2 seasons after winning the Metropolitano championship.
Yudica returned to Quilmes in 1981 and secured their promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt with a 2nd place finish. Instead of continuing with Quilmes in the Primera División he was persuaded to take over at San Lorenzo who had been relegated from the Primera for the first time in their history the previous season. Yudica led them back to the Primera División as champions at the first attempt. He remained in charge of the club until 1985 when he took over at first time champions Argentinos Juniors after their previous manager Roberto Saporiti had left to take over at Colombian side Atlético Junior.
Yudica kept faith with most of Saporiti's championship winning players and helped them to win their 2nd consecutive league championship before leading them to triumph in the Copa Libertadores in 1985, beating América de Cali in the final. Argentinos Juniors became only the 2nd club to win South America's premier club competition at the first attempt after Brazilian side Flamengo in 1981.
Yudica also led Argentinos Juniors to victory in the now defunct Copa Interamericana in 1986 and a defeat on penalties after a 2-2 draw against Juventus in the 1985 Intercontinental Cup.
In 1987 Yudica returned to his boyhood club Newell's Old Boys as their manager and led them to the Primera Division championship in the 1987-88 season making him the first manager to win the Argentine league with three separate teams, the only other manager to achieve this feat since then is Américo Gallego who did it with River Plate, Independiente and Newell's Old Boys.
In 1990 Yudica took over at Colombian side Deportivo Cali before returning to Argentinos Juniors in 1992 where he had an infamous confrontation with the Barras Bravas (ultras) who accosted him after a practice session about why the team were performing badly in the league. He replied "I am the manager and you belong in the stands". This did not go down well and the irate fans attacked his son, who was his assistant kicking and punching him. Yudica eventually broke up the confrontation by firing a gun in the air, he immediately resigned as manager and severed all connections with the club where he had achieved some of his greatest managerial triumphs, having led them to national and international glory.
Yudica had a stint in charge of another of his former clubs in 1993 when he was manager of Platense and he returned as manager of Newell's once again in 1995. He won yet another league championship in 1996, but this time in Mexico with Pachuca. His last managerial appointment was back at Quilmes in 1997. He has not worked as a manager since then and has spoken of how he felt that he had been frozen out of the game. He is now an old man and a virtually forgotten figure in Argentine football, which is a real shame because in terms of managerial achievement he is the Brian Clough of Argentine football.
See also
José Yudica - el exilado del fútbol (in Spanish)
What ever happened to? Facundo Sava
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| Facundo Sava celebrating a goal with his mask. |
Sava bagged his first goal in English football on 25 August 2002 scoring the equaliser in an unlikely last minute comeback from 2-0 down against Middlesbrough at the Riverside stadium. He got his second goal for the club in a 1-0 win against Charlton on 7 October 2002, this time he played his party piece, pulling a zorro mask from his sock to celebrate the goal. He later said that the only reason he didn't do it against Boro was that he had left his collection of 250 masks back in Argentina.
One of the highlights of his time in England was netting two goals in a 3-2 win against Liverpool to end a 6 game winless streak back in November 2002.
In 2003 big spending manager Jean Tigana parted company with Fulham, his replacement Chris Coleman decided to rebuild the team in his own style and Sava was soon loaned out to Spanish 2nd division side Celta Vigo.
Sava helped Celta win promotion to La Liga, but his loan spell was not renewed for the following season and he was loaned out to Lorca Deportiva, another Spanish 2nd division side.
Fulham and Sava finally parted company in 2006 after his contract expired, in his time with the club he scored a total of 6 league goals for Fulham in 26 games although he only started half of them. Overall he played 42 games in all competitions, but apart from his 6 league goals, he only netted one other in an FA Cup game against Birmingham on 5 January 2003.
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| Sava had a great two year spell with Racing Club after returning to Argentina. |
In the summer of 2008 he was surprisingly sold to Arsenal de Sarandí where he fared less well, only netting 3 goals in 21 appearances. The following season he joined Quilmes of the Argentine 2nd division where he endured another hard season, scoring only 4 times in 21 games.
In 2010 he returned to his first club Ferro Carril Oeste, as many Argentine players do as a closing point for their career. After 14 years away from Ferro he scored 2 goals in 6 games for his boyhood team before calling it a day in September 2010 at the age of 36.
Sava is a qualified social psychologist and is looking to use his knowledge in that area to help him become a successful manager.
Sava will be remembered by Fulham fans for his goals, but for most people and football writers he will be remembered for inventing the silly mask celebration long before Newcastle's Jonás Gutiérrez spiderman celebration.
See also
- Top 10 memorable goal celebrations - Telegraph
- Top 10 memorable goal celebrations - Mirror
- El psicologo del futbol - Article about Sava (In Spanish)
- Facundo Sava tribute video
Part of the What ever happened to? series.
Great goals: Guillermo Marino, NEWELL'S vs Quilmes, Apertura 2004 - Un Obra de arte.
In 2004 Américo Gallego led Newell's Old Boys to their first championship in 12 years, making him only the 2nd manager to win the league championship with 3 different teams alongside legendary manager José Yudica. One of the highlights of this campaign was this classic counter attack goal against Quilmes. The move started when Guillermo Marino intercepted posession on the edge of the Newell's penalty area, 12 seconds and 5 passes later he finished the move with a strike from the edge of the Quilmes area. It was described by the commentator as "un obra de arte" (a work of art).
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