Iván Esperón

Gregorio Juan Esperón

Personal information
Full name	Grégorio Juan Esperón
Date of birth	August 15, 1912
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	September 30, 2000
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1937–1946	Platense	244	(24)
1946–1947	Roma	7	(0)
1948	Tigre	5	(0)
National team
	Argentina	10	(1)
Teams managed
1948	Platense
1950	Barcelona
1951–1953	Emelec
1953	Ecuador
1956	Platense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Grégorio Juan Esperón (known in different sources as Iván Esperón or Gregorio Esperón) (August 15, 1912 – September 30, 2000) was an Argentine professional football player and coach.

He was a very good right back, probably, the best defensive player in the history of Platense. In 1938, he refused a transfer to a bigger club, because he did not want his team, Platense, to be weakened. As a player, at the end of his career, he played 7 games for A.S. Roma in the Serie A in the 1946/47 season, where he also coached the youth teams.

Between 1940 and 1942, he played 10 games for the Argentine national team, scoring one goal against Uruguay. In 1941, he was part of the national team that won the Copa América (Campeonato Sudamericano). He also coached the national team of Ecuador.

External links

• Murió Gregorio Esperón by La Nación