José Omar Pastoriza was a football player and manager. A midfielder, he played for Independiente, AS Monaco, and the Argentina national team. As a manager, he managed the Venezuela national team among other teams.
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the most important football teams of South America by FIFA. It is one of the eight Argentine first division teams that have won the Copa Libertadores. The continental trophy was won in the club's first entry to the contest, in 1985. The most remarkable sign of this team is the power of its youth teams, which unveiled some of the most talented footballers in Argentine football history, with Diego Maradona as the greatest example of all. As a result, it has been described as "one of Argentina's most distinctive football clubs".
Carlos Salvador Bilardo Digiano is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager.
Jorge Luis Burruchaga, nicknamed Burru, is an Argentine association football coach and former professional football player. He played both as an attacking midfielder and forward and scored the winning goal in the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Ricardo Enrique Bochini is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is nicknamed El Bocha. He spent his nearly twenty-year professional career at club Independiente, becoming one of the most emblematic players and the greatest idol in the history of the club. Bochini was a childhood idol of Argentine footballer Diego Maradona.
Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani Ughetto is an Argentine football coach and a former player, who played as an attacking midfielder. He currently works as the manager of River Ecuador in Ecuador.
Norberto Osvaldo "Beto" Alonso is a former Argentine football midfielder who spent most of his career at River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of their most notable players. Alonso was regularly regarded as one of the best South American players in the world during the 1970s.
Ubaldo Matildo Fillol, nicknamed el Pato, is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper. He took part in the 1974, 1978 and 1982 World Cups representing the Argentina national team. He also played in the South American qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup, but he was finally not chosen for the final team that played in Mexico. He is usually considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers and usually regarded as the best Argentine goalkeeper ever.
Pedro Antonio Troglio is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Honduran club CD Olimpia
Alejandro Javier Sabella was an Argentine football player and manager. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his playing career with River Plate in his home country before moving to England in 1978 to play for Sheffield United. He then had a spell with another English side, Leeds United, before returning to South America and representing Estudiantes, Grêmio, Ferro Carril Oeste and Irapuato.
Pedro Damián Monzón is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current interim manager of Independiente.
Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista is an Argentine football manager and former international player.
Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine naturalized Chilean football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Jorge Mario Olguín is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a defender. He played for Argentina when the team won 1978 World Cup.
Miguel Ángel Oviedo is an Argentine former football midfielder who was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Miguel Ángel Brindisi de Marco is an Argentine football coach and former player. An attacking midfielder, he played for the Argentina national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
The Avellaneda derby is the second-most important rivalry in Argentine football. It is contested between Independiente and Racing Club.
Juan José "J. J." López, is an Argentine football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. López spent the most part of his career in River Plate, where he won 7 titles. With Argentinos Juniors, where he played in the 1980s, López won four titles, including one Copa Libertadores.
Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi, nicknamed el Tigre and el Flaco, is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Chile national team.
Carlos Oscar Pachamé is an Argentine former football player and coach, who played as a midfielder.
