Hugo Tocalli

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Hugo Tocalli
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Tocalli as a Quilmes player
Personal information
Full name Hugo Daniel Tocalli
Date of birth (1948-01-21) 21 January 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Monte Buey, Córdoba, Argentina
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Independiente (youth coordinator)
Youth career
San Lorenzo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970 Deportivo Morón 2 (0)
1971–1974 Nueva Chicago 103 (0)
1975–1976 Quilmes 119 (0)
1976–1977 América de Cali 27 (0)
1977 Argentinos Juniors 7 (0)
1978–1983 Quilmes 117 (0)
1984 Unión Santa Fe 35 (0)
1985 Atlanta 19 (0)
Total429(0)
Managerial career
1988–1989 Vélez Sarsfield (interim)
1989–1990 Quilmes
1990–1991 Tigre
1992–1993 Deportivo Italiano
1994 Quilmes
2001 Argentina U17
2005–2007 Argentina U20
2007–2009 Vélez Sarsfield
2009–2010 Colo-Colo
2010 Quilmes
2013–2015 Chile U20
2020 San Lorenzo (interim)
2024 Independiente (interim)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (as manager)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugo Daniel Tocalli (born 21 January 1948) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He is the current youth coordinator of Independiente.

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Tocalli played over 400 games as a goalkeeper, and went on to coach a number of clubs as well as the Argentina under-20 team.

Playing career

Tocalli was with San Lorenzo de Almagro before starting his playing career in 1970 with Deportivo Morón. [1] In 1971, he joined Nueva Chicago where he played until 1974. [2]

In 1975, Tocalli started his first spell with Quilmes before moving to Argentinos Juniors in 1977 where he was a teammate of the young Diego Maradona. [2]

Tocalli returned to Quilmes in 1978 and was part of the team that won the Metropolitano championship in 1978. He stayed with the club until 1983. [2]

Tocalli had short spells with Unión de Santa Fe and Atlanta before retiring in 1985. [2]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Tocalli worked with the youth team of Vélez Sarsfield and had a brief stint as caretaker manager during the 1988–1989 season. In 1989, he became the manager of Quilmes. He then had spells in charge at Tigre and Deportivo Italiano before returning to Quilmes in 1994. [3]

In 1994, Tocalli became involved with the Argentine youth team, alongside José Pékerman. [4] After Peckerman became the national team coach, Tocalli took over as Under-20 coach, leading the team to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup title. [3] In October 2007, he resigned as head coach of the U-20 team and, in December 2007, he became the manager of Velez Sarsfield. [5] On 21 April 2010 the Coach has left Colo-Colo due to family reasons. [6] Quilmes Atlético Club hired Tocalli as coach on 3 June 2010. [7] However, he resigned after the 11th fixture of the 2010–11 season, as Quilmes was unable to win any games under his coaching (6 draws, 5 defeats). [8]

Personal life

His son, Alejandro, was with the Argentinos Juniors youth ranks under José Pékerman, [3] became a fitness coach and has worked for the Chile under-20 team, [9] Independiente, [10] San Lorenzo de Almagro, among others clubs. [11]

His son, Martín, is a goalkeeping coach who has worked for the Argentine national team under Jorge Sampaoli and Lionel Scaloni. [12]

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  5. Taringa news item (in Spanish)
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