Ricardo Gareca

Ricardo Gareca
Personnel
Surname	Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi
birthday	February 10, 1958
place of birth	Tapiales ,  Argentina
size	186 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1977	Boca Juniors
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1978-1984	Boca Juniors	130 (66)
1981	→  CA Sarmiento  (loan)
1985	CA River Plate	12 0(4)
1985-1989	America de Cali
1989-1992	CA Vélez Sarsfield	at least 75 (19)
1993-1994	CA Independiente	41 (11)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1981-1986	Argentina	24 0(4)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1996-1997	CA Talleres
1997	CA Independiente
1997-2000	CA Talleres
2000	CA Colón
2001	CA Talleres
2002	Quilmes AC
2003	Argentinos Juniors
2005	America de Cali
2006	Independiente Santa Fe
2006	CA Talleres
2007-2008	Universitario de Deportes
2009-2013	CA Vélez Sarsfield
2014	Palmeiras São Paulo
2015–	Peru
1 Only league games are given.

Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi (born February 10, 1958 in Tapiales ) is a former Argentine football player and current coach . He has been the coach of the Peruvian national team since 2015 .

Player career

During his playing days Gareca played for Boca Juniors , CA River Plate , América de Cali , Vélez Sarsfield and CA Independiente, among others .

For the national team of Argentina he ran from 1981 to 1986. Among other things, he scored on the last day of the qualification for the Soccer World Cup 1986 to equalize to 2-2 against Peru, which meant direct qualification for Argentina. At the World Cup he finally became world champion with Argentina.

Coaching career

After his playing career Gareca struck a career as a coach. From 1997 he first coached the Argentine clubs CA Talleres and CA Independiente . In 1998 he returned to Talleres and won the Copa Conmebol with the team in 1999 . Gareca then worked as a trainer for Colón Santa Fe , again CA Talleres and the Colombian clubs CD América and Independiente Santa Fe . In September 2007 Gareca went to Peru for the first time to Universitario Deportes and won the Apertura 2008 with the team.

At the end of 2008 Gareca returned to Argentina and took over the first division club Vélez Sarsfield . Here he won the Clausura in 2009 and 2011 as well as the Inicial 2012. At the end of 2013 he left the club. In 2014 he coached the Brazilian first division club Palmeiras São Paulo for a few months .

In February 2015 Gareca became the coach of the Peruvian national team . At the Copa America 2015 he reached third place with the team, at the Copa America 2016 the team failed in the quarter-finals. In 2017 the team qualified for the 2018 World Cup .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ricardo Gareca (trainer profile) in the database of transfermarkt.de