Gino Valentini

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Gino Valentini
Personal information
Full name Gino Alberto Valentini Cuadra
Date of birth (1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 (age 64)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Universidad Católica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 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

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]

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Playing career

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.

Managerial career

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]

Controversies

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]

Honours

As player

Universidad Católica

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  9. 1 2 GINO VALENTINI Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
  10. "Todos Toros!!: PLANTEL 1999". Todos Toros!! (in Spanish). 25 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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  13. 1 2 "Video: Ex dirigente de Melipilla que denunció irregularidades en el club fue agredido por el máximo accionista de los "Potros"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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