Miguel Ángel Gamondi (born 1 December 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Miguel Ángel Gamondi
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Gamondi
Date of birth (1963-12-01) 1 December 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Olavarría, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Team information
Current team
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Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1987 Ferrocarril Sud
Managerial career
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
2021–2022 IR Tanger
2023–2024 Young Africans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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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 join Oscar Fulloné as an assistant coach to the Libyan side Al-Ahly. He also became an assistant coach to 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] 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 he managed CR Belouizdad and USM Alger in Algeria, Ittihad Kalba and Al Urooba in the United Arab Emirates, then Hassania Agadir, Wydad AC and Ittihad Tanger in Morocco.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Presentaron el programa municipal de verano" [Presentation of the city's summer program] (in Spanish). Infoeme. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Another Angel beefs up Sundowns technical team". Mamelodisundowns.co.za. 4 January 2005.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Gamondi set to lead Stars". The Sowetan. 13 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Can Gamondi succeed where others have failed?". Kickoff magazine. 11 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Ex-Downs coach lands Wydad job". kickoff.com. 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Botola Inwi D1 : Miguel Angel Gamondi nouvel entraîneur de l'IRT". LeMatin.ma. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.