Néstor Gorosito

Néstor Gorosito

Personal information
Full name	Néstor Raúl Gorosito
Date of birth	14 May 1964
Place of birth	San Fernando, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Almería (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1982–1988	River Plate	109	(8)
1988–1994	San Lorenzo	110	(36)
1989–1992	→ Swarovski Tirol (loan)	56	(16)
1994–1995	Universidad Católica	58	(12)
1996	Yokohama Marinos	6	(3)
1997–1999	San Lorenzo	99	(29)
1999–2000	Universidad Católica	39	(1)
Total		477	(105)
National team
1989–1997	Argentina	19	(1)
Teams managed
2002–2003	Nueva Chicago
2003–2004	San Lorenzo
2005	Lanús
2006–2007	Rosario Central
2007–2008	Argentinos Juniors
2009	River Plate
2010	Xerez
2011–2012	Argentinos Juniors
2012–2013	Tigre
2015	Argentinos Juniors
2015–	Almería
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Néstor Raúl Gorosito (born 14 May 1964) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of UD Almería.

Playing career

Néstor Pipo Gorosito began his playing career at River Plate, and subsequently had 3 spells at San Lorenzo where he scored 72 goals in 241 appearances. His other main club was Chile's Universidad Católica, where he contributed with 149 appearances and retired with the side in 2000.

Gorosito had a spell playing for Swarovski Tirol in Austria between 1989 and 1991, and in Japan with Yokohama Marinos in 1996. He also made 19 appearances for Argentina national team between 1989 and 1997.^[1]

Managerial history

Gorosito started his managerial career at Nueva Chicago in 2003, avoiding relegation with the side in the play-offs. He was subsequently appointed at San Lorenzo de Almagro, but was sacked in 2004 after a poor run of results.

In 2005 Gorosito was named Lanús manager, but his reign only lasted two months. He was appointed at the helm of Rosario Central in the following year, being relieved from his duties in March 2007.

In 2008 Gorosito guided Argentinos Juniors to a qualification for that year's Copa Sudamericana, the club's first international tournament since 1996 Supercopa Sudamericana. Appointed by River Plate on 8 December 2008, he resigned on 4 October 2009 after underachieving in both Copa Libertadores and Primera División.^[2]

On 19 January 2010, Gorosito was named Xerez CD manager, with the side being dead last in La Liga.^[3] Despite suffering relegation, he achieved seven wins out of 19 matches, but left the club in July after failing to agree a new deal.^[4]

In September 2011 Gorosito returned to Argentinos Juniors, but resigned on 28 February of the following year, after suffering intestinal damage and a fractured vertebra in a car crash hours before his team lost against San Lorenzo.^[5] On 23 October 2012 he was appointed manager of Tigre.

Gorosito took Tigre to the final of 2012 Copa Sudamericana, but stepped down from his role on 6 July 2013 after having altercations with the club's board. In October 2014 he returned to Argentinos, taking the club back to the first division at first attempt.

On 23 December 2015 Gorosito was appointed manager of UD Almería, ranked last in Segunda División.^[6]

Personal life

Gorosito has also worked in TV, as a consultant manager during 2005, on Fox Sports Latin America.

Career statistics

Club

^[7]

Club	Season	Competition	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	1983	Primera División	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	1984		9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	1985		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	1985–86		31	2	—		—		—		31	2
	1986–87		32	5	—		—		—		32	5
	1987–88		16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	1988–89		4	1	—		—		—		4	1
	Total		109	8	—		—		—		109	8
San Lorenzo	1988–89	Primera División	37	21	—		—		—		37	21
	1989–90		6	4	—		—		—		6	4
	1991–92		14	1	—		—		—		14	1
	1992–93		34	6	—		—		—		34	6
	1993–94		19	4	—		—		—		19	4
	Total		110	36	—		—		—		110	36
Swarovski Tirol	1989–90	Austrian Bundesliga	26	11	—		3	0	1	0	30	11
	1990–91		30	5	—		4	1	—		34	6
	1991–92		21	6	—		4	1	—		25	7
	Total		77	22	0	0	11	2	1	0	89	24
Universidad Católica	1994	Primera División	30	7	—		—		—		30	7
	1995		28	5	—		—		—		28	5
	Total		58	12	—		—		—		58	12
Yokohama Marinos	1996	J. League	6	3	—		—		—		6	3
San Lorenzo	1996–97	Primera División	31	7	—		—		—		31	7
	1997–98		36	8	—		—		—		36	8
	1998–99		32	14	—		—		—		32	14
	Total		99	29	—		—		—		99	29
Universidad Católica	1999	Primera División	29	1	—		—		—		29	1
	2000		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Total		39	1	—		—		—		39	1
Career totals			498	111	0	0	11	2	1	0	510	113

International

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1989	5	0
1990	2	0
1992	2	0
1993	8	0
1997	2	1
Total	19	1

Honours

Player

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: 1985–86
• Copa Libertadores: 1986
• Intercontinental Cup: 1986

Swarovski Tirol

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1989–90, 1990–91

Universidad Católica

• Copa Interamericana: 1994
• Copa Chile: 1995

Argentina

• Copa América: 1993

Individual

• Argentine Primera División Top scorer: 1988–89

References

1. rsssf: Argentina international footballers
2. "Gorosito dimite como técnico de River tras perder contra San Lorenzo" [Gorosito quits as River manager after losing against San Lorenzo] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
3. "El 'Pipo' Gorosito se hace cargo del Xerez" ['Pipo' Gorosito takes charge of Xerez] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
4. "No hay acuerdo Xerez-Gorosito" [No deal between Xerez-Gorosito] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
5. "Néstor Gorosito resigns from Argentinos after car crash". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
6. "Néstor Gorosito se convierte en el nuevo entrenador del Almería" [Néstor Gorosito becomes the new manager of Almería] (in Spanish). Almería's official website. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
7. Néstor Gorosito at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Néstor Gorosito at National-Football-Teams.com
• Néstor Gorosito manager profile at BDFutbol
• Soccerway profile