Cristian Alejandro La Grottería (born 25 July 1974) is a retired Argentine footballer. He also has Italian citizenship.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Alejandro La Grottería | ||
| Date of birth | July 25, 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Second striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cittadella (academy manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Gimnasia LP | ||
| 1989–1995 | Estudiantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Estudiantes | 21 | (1) |
| 1995 | → Estación Quequén (loan) | 14 | (11) |
| 1997 | San Martín (SJ) | 8 | (4) |
| 1998 | → San Martín (M) (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Ancona | 33 | (12) |
| 2000–2003 | Palermo | 80 | (17) |
| 2003–2007 | Padova | 88 | (22) |
| 2007–2009 | SPAL 1907 | 49 | (13) |
| 2009–2011 | Bassano Virtus | 52 | (10) |
| Total | 358 | (92) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Bassano Virtus (technical director) | ||
| 2012 | Bassano Virtus (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2016 | Bassano Virtus (head of youth development) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Bassano Virtus (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Catania (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Bassano Virtus (academy coordinator) | ||
| 2018– | Cittadella (academy manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editLa Grottería began his career playing professionally at Estudiantes de La Plata. He also had short spells with Argentine lower division club Club Atlético San Martín (San Juan) and San Martín de Mendoza. His previous clubs in Italy include Padova, Palermo and Ancona. He retired in June 2011 after two seasons with Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Bassano Virtus.
Post-playing and coaching career
editAfter retirement, La Grottería agreed to stay at Bassano Virtus in a non-playing role as a technical area coordinator.[1] He then also served as assistant coach [2] on a couple different stints before leaving the club in February 2017 to become Mario Petrone's assistant at Catania.[3][4] He left the club just a few weeks later, on 8 March 2017, following Petrone's resignations.[5]
Palermo
- Serie C: 2000-01
References
edit- ^ "UFFICIALE: Bassano, La Grotteria coordinatore dell'area tecnica" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Annunciato lo staff tecnico" (in Italian). Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Bassano, il saluto a La Grotteria. "Ho ricevuto tanto. Tornerò presto"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Il Catania esonera Rigoli, al suo posto Petrone e La Grotteria" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Lega Pro Catania, si è dimesso Petrone" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
External links
edit- Argentine Primera statistics[usurped] (in Spanish) [dead link]
- "Player profile on calciatori.com" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
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