Miguel Ángel Gamondi
Miguel Ángel Gamondi (born 1 December 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Gamondi | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Olavarría, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1987 | Ferrocarril Sud | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–1999 | Racing Club de Avellaneda | ||
| 2000 | Al-Ahly (Tripoli) (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Burkina Faso (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Wydad AC (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Espérance Sportive de Tunis (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2007 | Hassania Agadir | ||
| 2007–2009 | Platinum Stars | ||
| 2010–2011 | CR Belouizdad | ||
| 2011–2012 | Ittihad Kalba | ||
| 2012 | USM Alger | ||
| 2013–2014 | CR Belouizdad | ||
| 2014 | Al Urooba | ||
| 2015–2017 | Hassania Agadir (technical director) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Hassania Agadir | ||
| 2020 | Wydad AC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Born in Olavarría, Gamondi played football for local side Club Ferrocarril Sud.[1]
After he retired from playing, Gamondi managed several clubs in Argentina, including Ferro Carril Sud, Racing, El Fortín, San Martín de Tucumán and Racing Club de Avellaneda.[2]
In 2000, Gamondi moved to Africa to be join Oscar Fulloné as an assistant coach to the Libyan side Al-Ahly. He also became an assistant coach to Oscar Fulloné at the Burkina Faso national football team in December 2001,[1] and would later become an assistant coach at ASEC Mimosas, Wydad Casablanca, Espérance Sportive de Tunis and Étoile du Sahel.[3]
He was appointed assistant manager to Ángel Cappa at South African side Mamelodi Sundowns in 2005.[4] Then he was appointed manager of Platinum Stars in December 2007,[5] and led Stars into the final 16 of the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup, its first foray into continental competition.[6]
Later on, he managed CR Belouizdad and USM Alger in Algeria, Ittihad Kalba and Al Urooba in the United Arab Emirates, then Hassania Agadir and Wydad AC in Morocco.[7]
References
- Lovano, Daniel (1 December 2009). "Miguel Gamondi es el preparador físico de la selección de Burkina Faso" [Miguel Gamondi is the trainer of the Burkina Faso national team] (in Spanish). El Popular. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- "Presentaron el programa municipal de verano" [Presentation of the city's summer program] (in Spanish). Infoeme. Archived from the original on 2012-12-30.
- "Another Angel beefs up Sundowns technical team". Mamelodisundowns.co.za. 4 January 2005.
- Orlandini, Marcelo. "Había una vez un bru" [There was a witch] (in Spanish) (19 ed.). Revista Un Caño. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- "Gamondi set to lead Stars". The Sowetan. 13 December 2007.
- "Can Gamondi succeed where others have failed?". Kickoff magazine. 11 July 2008.
- "Ex-Downs coach lands Wydad job". kickoff.com. 10 September 2020.