Carlos Timoteo Griguol
, historical coach of
Ferro Carril Oeste
,
Rosario Central
and
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
, and who directed
Betis
for half a season in 1999-2000, died this Thursday at the
age of 86
in the clinic in
Buenos Aires
where He had been hospitalized for several weeks, for respiratory complications and after having tested positive for
coronavirus
. "Timo left us. Thanks for everything, Old Man, impossible not to have you present minute by minute. I'm going to miss you. RIP," former soccer player and current coach
Víctor Marchesini
, son-in-law of the late coach
, wrote on Twitter
.
Griguol, who also directed
River Plate
, among other teams, had been admitted to a private clinic for a
pulmonary deficiency
, with fever and respiratory difficulties, according to the local press. Shortly after, they reported that the coach, who had been vaccinated against the coronavirus in late February, tested positive for covid-19. Griguol was the
Rosario Central
coach
who won in
1973
the National Championship (the local League). With Ferro Carril Oeste, a club from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito that currently plays in the Second Division, he won the National Championship in 1982 and in 1984. In Gymnastics and Fencing, La Plata did not win titles, but was runner-up in the Clausuras (local league) 1995 and 1996 and the Apertura of 1998. He directed almost
300 games
and the team from
La
Plata named him "
honorary member
". He was also on the
River Plate
bench
and won the
1987 Inter-American Cup
. Kimberley, Unión, Tecos de Guadalajara and Betis are the other clubs he directed.
Griguol, who was highly respected in the southern country for his career and knowledge, retired from technical direction in
2004
and a few years ago it was learned that he suffered from
Alzheimer's
. Several local soccer clubs, coaches and footballers had dedicated messages to him in recent weeks after learning that he had been admitted. "
Don't loosen up, Gran Timoteo,
" published Juan Sebastián "la Brujita"
Verón
, emblem and vice president of Estudiantes de La Plata, on his Instagram account. "Strength, dear Master! Los Triperos and Triperas are with you", was the message that Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata uploaded to the social networks. Ferro also joined with the phrase: "Force Master!".
As a footballer,
Griguol played in Atlanta from 1957 to 1965
and in
Rosario Central between 1966 and 1969
.
With Atlanta he won the 1958 Sweden Cup and with the Argentine national team he won the 1959 South American Championship (predecessor of the Copa América). In 2016, Ferro inaugurated a monument in his honor at the club's facilities.
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