Carlos Timoteo Griguol

Carlos Timoteo Griguol
	Griguol in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Timoteo Griguol
Date of birth	4 September 1936
Place of birth	Las Palmas, Córdoba, Argentina
Date of death	6 May 2021 (aged 84)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1965	Atlanta
1966–1969	Rosario Central
International career
1959–1963	Argentina
Managerial career
1971	Rosario Central
1973–1975	Rosario Central
1975	Tecos de Guadalajara
1977–1978	Rosario Central
1979	Kimberley
1979–1987	Ferro Carril Oeste
1987–1988	River Plate
1988–1993	Ferro Carril Oeste
1994–1999	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1999–2000	Real Betis
2000–2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
2002	Unión de Santa Fe
2003–2004	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Timoteo Griguol (4 September 1934 – 6 May 2021)^[1] was an Argentine football coach and player, who played as a midfielder.

Life

His playing career was spent with Atlanta and Rosario Central. As a coach, after winning the championship with Rosario Central in 1973. He had three spells and a successful career in the Rosario's club. In the 1980s he soared to the top ranks of Argentine football by guiding Ferro Carril Oeste to two championships, in 1982 and 1984, featuring players such as Adolfino Cañete, Héctor Cúper, Gerónimo Saccardi, Juan Domingo Rocchia, Julio Cesar Jiménez, Oscar Garré and Alberto Márcico.^[2]

During his Ferrocarril Oeste days, Griguol would videotape the basketball team, and basketball coach Leon Najnudel would return the favor.

His conservative style made Griguol a non-contender for the job of national coach. He did get a chance to coach River Plate in the mid-1980s, but despite winning the Copa Interamericana in 1987 he was swiftly dismissed when results were not forthcoming and the team's style did not please the fans.

In the 1990s, Griguol took Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata under his wing, propelling it to its best harvest ever: two second-place finishes. He would return to Gimnasia twice.

He has also worked in Spain as the manager of Real Betis. His trademark was a most unusual token of encouragement: he would slap each player in the face before the team entered the pitch. TV cameras caught this ritual more than once.

Timoteo was known mostly by his middle name, or as el viejo ("the old man").

Death

Griguol was hospitalized in late April 2021, after contracting COVID-19, which derived in pulmonary complications. He also had Alzheimer's disease. He died at Sanatorio Los Arcos in Buenos Aires on 6 May 2021, at the age of 86.^[3]

Honours

Player

Club Atlético Atlanta

Copa Suecia: 1960

Argentina

Copa América: 1959

Manager

Rosario Central

Primera División: 1973 Nacional

Ferro Carril Oeste

Primera División: 1982 Nacional, 1984 Nacional

River Plate

Copa Interamericana: 1986

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Argentine Primera División runner-up: 1995 Clausura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Apertura

References

^ Olé (6 May 2021). "Murió Griguol". www.ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Ferro homenajeó a Griguol" (in Spanish). El Grafico. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ Marañón, Marta; Cannataro, Micaela (6 May 2021). "Muere Carlos Timoteo Griguol, histórico técnico argentino" [Carlos Timoteo Griguol, historic Argentine coach, dies]. AS Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2021.

External links

Media related to Carlos Griguol at Wikimedia Commons
Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
Ferro Carril Oeste biography (in Spanish)
Vende Humo biography (in Spanish)

[1] Olé (6 May 2021). "Murió Griguol". www.ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[2] "Ferro homenajeó a Griguol" (in Spanish). El Grafico. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[3] Marañón, Marta; Cannataro, Micaela (6 May 2021). "Muere Carlos Timoteo Griguol, histórico técnico argentino" [Carlos Timoteo Griguol, historic Argentine coach, dies]. AS Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2021.

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