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Coco Basile

Full name	Alfredo Rubén Basile
Date of birth	November 1, 1943 (1943-11-01) (age 66)
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Boca Juniors (Coach)
Youth career
	Bella Vista de Bahía Blanca
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964-1970 1971-1975	Racing Club Huracán	163 (19) 097 0(4)
National team
1968-1973	Argentina	00? 0(?)
Teams managed
1975-1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1982 1983 1983 1984-1986 1986-1989 1989-1990 1991-1994 1995 1996-1997 1998 2000-2001 2004 2005-2006 2006-2008 2009-	Chacarita Juniors Rosario Central Racing Club Racing de Córdoba Instituto de Córdoba Racing de Córdoba Huracán Nacional Racing de Córdoba Talleres de Córdoba Vélez Sársfield Racing Club Vélez Sársfield Argentina Atlético de Madrid Racing Club San Lorenzo América Colón de Santa Fe Boca Juniors Argentina Boca Juniors
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Alfredo 'Alfio' Rubén Basile (born 1 November 1943 in Bahía Blanca), known as Coco, is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and former player.

1 Playing career
- 1.1 International
- 1.2 Titles as a player
2 Managerial career
- 2.1 Clubs
- 2.2 Titles as a manager
3 References
4 External links

Playing career

Basile started his playing career at the Bella Vista club in his home city. From 1964 to 1970 he played for Racing Club, and then for Huracán, where he was a mainstay of the 1973 Metropolitano champions under coach Cesar Luis Menotti. As a player, he was most famous for being the steady anchor of the Racing Club and Huracán championship teams.

International

He also played for the Argentina national football team. Basile retired as a player in 1975.

Titles as a player

Season	Club	Title
1966	Racing Club	Primera Division Argentina
1967	Racing Club	Copa Libertadores
1967	Racing Club	Copa Intercontinental
Metropolitano 1973	Huracán	Primera Division Argentina

Managerial career

After retirement as a player, Basile coached a number of Argentine teams, most notably Rosario Central, Racing Club, Huracán, Vélez Sársfield, Uruguayan Nacional, and Atlético Madrid.

His career as a coach reached its first peak in the early 1990s, when he led the Argentina national football team to two Copa America victories. The run-up to the 1994 FIFA World Cup looked smooth until a 5-0 defeat at home to Colombia. Following that traumatic event, Diego Maradona was brought back from retirement to take part in the play-off against Australia.

In the World Cup itself, Argentina opened with two impressive victories over Greece and Nigeria. However, controversy was soon to appear. Maradona was tested for doping after the Nigeria match, and was suspended after ephedrine was found in his sample. Argentina still progressed to the last 16 despite a 2-0 defeat by Bulgaria, but morale was shattered and the team was eliminated after losing to Romania.

After resigning over the World Cup disappointment ^[1], Basile went on to coach San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club América of México and Colón de Santa Fe with varying degrees of success. In July 2005 he assumed the post of coach at Boca Juniors, winning the Recopa Sudamericana 2005 just a month later. He then won his first Argentine league title in the 2005 Apertura tournament. Four days later, Boca won the Copa Sudamericana 2005 against UNAM Pumas of Mexico.

In July 2006, he was once again offered the position of Argentina national football team coach and accepted the job taking over from José Pekerman. Before starting his new job, Basile stayed with Boca Juniors until September 14th 2006, when the team won a second consecutive Recopa Sudamericana 2006 with a victory over São Paulo FC of Brazil.

Vocal about his preference for the Italian Serie A and the Spanish La Liga over the English league, he made waves in England when he called for Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to transfer to Italy, claiming the switch would be better for the latter "even if he would have to play in the second division" with Juventus. ^[2]

On 16 October 2008, amidst the controversy over the historical defeat that Argentina suffered against Chile in the World Cup qualifiers, Basile tended his resignation ^[3]. This eventually paved the road to the first appointment of Diego Maradona as national team coach^[4]. As a coach, Basile had in total two tenures at the helm of the Argentina national football team, 1991-1994 and 2006-2008.

On July 1, 2009 Alfio "Coco" Basile has returned to Boca Juniors after three years, replacing Carlos Ischia.^[5]

Clubs

Titles as a manager

Season	Club	Title
1988	Racing Club	Supercopa Sudamericana
1991	Argentina	Copa América
1992	Argentina	King Fahd Cup
1993	Argentina	Copa América
2005	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
Apertura 2005	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2005	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
Clausura 2006	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2006	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana

References

^ [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/08/sports/world-cup-94-argentine-coach-set-to-resign.html?scp=3&sq=world%20cup%20%2794%20argentina%20rumania&st=cse "The NYTimes - WORLD CUP '94: Argentine Coach Set To Resign"
^ "CNN - Basile Unhappy About West Ham Pair"
^ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7675491.stm "BBC - Basile resigns as Argentina coach"]
^ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7701071.stm "BBC - Maradona named as Argentina coach "]
^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/585/argentina/2009/05/25/1285885/alfio-basile-could-replace-carlos-ischia-at-boca-juniors

External links

(Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)
Terra.com profile

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Luis Alberto Cubilla	South American Coach of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Tele Santana
Preceded by First winner	FIFA Confederations Cup winning manager 1992	Succeeded by Richard Møller Nielsen

Alfio Basile international tournaments

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1991 Copa América Winners (13th title)

1 Goycochea • 2 Vázquez • 3 Enrique • 4 Basualdo • 5 Astrada • 6 Ruggeri • 7 Caniggia • 8 Franco • 9 Batistuta • 10 Simeone • 11 Latorre • 12 Lanari • 13 Gamboa • 14 Craviotto • 15 Altamirano • 16 García • 17 Zapata • 18 Medina Bello • 19 Mohamed • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Giunta • 22 Cancelarich • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (1st Title)

1 Goycochea • 2 Vázquez • 3 Altamirano • 4 Basualdo • 5 Redondo • 6 Ruggeri • 7 Caniggia • 8 Villarreal • 9 Batistuta • 10 Simeone • 11 Cagna • 12 Islas • 14 Acosta • 15 Borelli • 16 García • 18 Craviotto • 20 Cancelarich • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1993 Copa América Winners (14th title)

1 Goycochea • 2 Vázquez • 3 Altamirano • 4 F.Basualdo • 5 Redondo • 6 Ruggeri • 7 Medina Bello • 8 Franco (J.Basualdo) • 9 Batistuta • 10 Simeone • 11 Gorosito • 12 Islas • 13 Cáceres • 14 Craviotto • 15 Borelli • 16 García • 17 Zapata • 18 Acosta • 19 Zamora • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Scoponi • 22 Mancuso • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Goycochea • 2 Vázquez • 3 Chamot • 4 Sensini • 5 Redondo • 6 Ruggeri • 7 Caniggia • 8 Basualdo • 9 Batistuta • 10 Maradona • 11 Medina Bello • 12 Islas • 13 Cáceres • 14 Simeone • 15 Borelli • 16 Díaz • 17 Ortega • 18 Pérez • 19 Balbo • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Mancuso • 22 Scoponi • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina squad – Copa América 2007 Runners-up

1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Díaz • 4 Ibarra • 5 Gago • 6 Heinze • 7 Palacio • 8 Zanetti • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Carrizo • 13 González • 14 Mascherano • 15 G. Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Burdisso • 18 Messi • 19 Cambiasso • 20 Verón • 21 D. Milito • 22 Orión • Coach: Basile

Alfio Basile managerial positions

Racing Club de Avellaneda – Managers

Stábile (1946–53) · Della Torre (1954) · D'Amico (1954) · Ongaro (1955–57) · Della Torre (1958–60) · Ongaro (1961) · Verdeal (1962) · Rossi (1963) · Anido (1964) · Giménez (1964) · Della Torre (1964) · Garczía Pérez (1965) · Pizuti (1965–69) · Santiago (1970) · Sánchez (1970) · Urriolabeitía (1970) · Spinetto (1970) · Maschio (1971) · D'Amico (1971) · Spinetto (1971) · Rodríguez (1972) · Rulli (1973) · Griguol (1973) · Labruna (1973) · Pizzuti (1974) · Santiago (1975) · Zubeldía (1975) · Giménez (1976) · Iturrieta (1976) · Dellacha (1976) · Basile (1977) · Giménez (1977) · Cejas (1977) · Rodríguez (1978) · Cejas (1978) · Urriolabeitía (1978) · Sívori (1979) · Hernández (1979) · Cavagnaro (1979) · Lorenzo (1980) · Cejas (1980) · V.Rodríguez (1980) · Pastoriza (1981) · Collazo (1982) · Cavagnaro (1982) · Domínguez (1982) · Salguiero (1983) · Pizzutti (1983) · Cejas (1984) · Castelli (1984) · Rodríguez (1985) · Giménez (1985) · Basile (1985) · Domínguez (1986) · Rocchia (1986) · Basile (1986–89) · Martínez (1989) · Marchetta (1989–90) · Chabay (1990) · Oleniak (1990) · Perfumo (1991) · Sosa (1991) · Grondona (1992) · Solari (1993) · Pizzuti-Della Pica (1993) · Babington (1993–94) · Della Pica (1994) · Cubilla (1994) · Martínez (1994) · Maradona-Fren (1995) · Martínez (1995) · Marchetta (1995) · Domínguez (1995) · Brindisi (1995–96) · Basile (1996–97) · Babington (1997–98) · Cappa (1998) · Zapata (1998) · Costas-Maschio (1999–2000) · Jorge (2000) · O. López-Cavallero (2000–01) · Merlo (2001–02) · Ardiles (2002–03) · Comisso (2003) · Cappa (2003) · Colombatti (caretaker) (2003) · Fillol (2004) · Rivarola (2004–05) · Quiroz (2005–06) · Fanesi (2005–06) · Simeone (2006) · Merlo (2006–07) · Costas (2007) · Micó (2007–08) · Llop (2008–09) · Caruso Lombardi (2009) · Barbas (caretaker) (2009) · Vivas (2009–)

Club América – Managers

Garza Gutiérez & Cenoz (1917–19) · Garza Gutiérrez (1920–26) · Clifford (1926–29) · Garza Gutiérrez (1929–31) · Salvador Briseño (1931–33) · Garza Gutiérrez (1933–35) · Sota & Pradillo (1935) · Garza Gutiérrez (1935–36) · Pedro Barra (1936–37) · Garza Gutiérrez (1937–42) · Regueiro (1942–46) · Garza Gutiérrez (1946–49) · Vial (1949–50) · Alfredo Sánchez (1950) · Orth (1950–51) · Borbolla (1951–52) · Alonso (1952) · Vial (1952–55) · Iacono (1955–56) · M. Gutiérrez (1956–57) · F. Gutiérrez (1957) · Rubio (1957) · Marcos (1958–61) · Trelles (1961–64) · Moncebáez^(c) (1962) · Scopelli (1964–65) · Moncebáez^(c) (1965) · Scarone (1965–66) · Papadoupolos (1966–67) · Prieto^(c) (1967) · Nájera (1967) · Marinaga (1968) · Ormeño (1968–70) · Scopelli (1970) · Grill (1970–71) · Roca (1971–75) · Hernández^(c) (1975) · Cárdenas (1975–78) · Scopelli (1978–79) · Roca (1979–81) · Reinoso (1981–84) · Pérez^(c) (1985) · López (1985–87) · Rodríguez (1987–88) · R. Rodríguez^(c) (1987) · Vieira (1988–90) · Sekularak (1990–91) · R. Rodríguez^(c) (1991) · Miloc (1991) · R. Rodríguez^(c) (1991) · Falcão (1991–1992) · López (1992–94) · Beenhakker (1994–95) · Ferrara^(c) (1995) · Jozić (1995) · Bielsa (1995–96) · Castelli^(c) (1996) · Lavolpe (1996) · de los Cobos (1996) · Solari (1996–97) · Farfán^(c) (1997) · Reinoso (1998) · Kiesse (1999) · Aldrete (1999) · A. Tena (1999–2000) · Farfán^(c) (2000) · Basile (2000–01) · Lapuente (2001–02) · Carrillo^(c) (2002) · Lapuente (2002–03) · Beenhakker (2003–04) · Ruggeri (2004–04) · Carrillo (2004–05) · Aguado (2006) · Lapuente (2006) · L. F. Tena (2006–07) · Brailovsky (2007–2008) · Romano (2008) · Luna^(c) (2008) · R. Díaz (2008–2009) · Ramírez (2009–)
(c) = Caretaker

Atlético Madrid – Managers

Ansoleaga (1921–22) · Iturbe (1922–23) · Hayes (1923–24) · Olalquiaga (1924–25) · Pentland (1925–26) · Miguel (1926–27) · Ruete (1927) · Pentland (1927–29) · Romo (1929–30) · Jeny (1930–32) · Barroso (1932–33) · Pentland (1933–35) · Samitier (1935–36) · Zamora (1939–40) · Lafuente (1940) · Zamora (1940–46) · Vidal (1946–48) · Traioli (1948–49) · Herrera (1949–53) · Colón (1953) · Díaz (1953–54) · Quincoces (1954–55) · Barrios (1955–57) · Daučík (1957–59) · Villalonga (1959–61) · Rafael García (1961–63) · Escudero (1963) · Barinaga (1963–64) · Bumbel (1964–65) · Balmanya (1965–66) · Glória (1966–68) · González Pérez (1968–69) · Domingo (1969–72) · Merkel (1972–73) · Lorenzo (1973–74) · Aragonés (1974–78) · Núñez (1978) · Aragonés (1978) · Szusza (1978–79) · Aragonés (1979–80) · Jayo (1980) · Domingo (1980) · García Traid (1980–81) · Cid Carriega (1981) · García Traid (1981–82) · Aragonés (1982–86) · Miera (1986) · Jayo (1986–87) · Aragonés (1987) · Menotti (1987–88) · Ufarte (1988) · Briones (1988) · Maguregui (1988) · Briones (1988) · Atkinson (1988–89) · Addison (1989) · Briones (1989) · Clemente (1989–90) · Briones (1990) · Peiró (1990) · Ovejero (1990) · Ivić (1990–91) · Aragonés (1991–93) · Heredia (1993) · Jair Pereira (1993) · Heredia (1993) · Cruz (1993) · Romero (1994) · Ovejero (1994) · D'Alessandro (1994) · Maturana (1994) · D'Alessandro (1994–95) · Basile (1995) · Sánchez Aguiar (1995) · Antić (1995–98) · Sacchi (1998–99) · Antić (1999) · Ranieri (1999–00) · Antić (2000) · Zambrano (2000) · Alonso (2000–01) · Cantarero (2001) · Aragonés (2001–03) · Manzano (2003–04) · Ferrando (2004–05) · Bianchi (2005) · Murcia (2006) · Aguirre (2006–09) · Resino (2009) · Sánchez Flores (2009–)

Club Atlético Boca Juniors – Managers

Fortunato (1930–37) · Tramutola (1938) · de Belvecony (1939) · F.Roca (1939–40) · Sobral (1940) · Coloccero (1941) · Tarrío (1942) · Garassino (1943–45) · Fortunato (1946) · G.Pinto (1947) · Benavídez (1948) · Cesarini (1949) · Platko (1949) · Lazzatti (1950) · Baldonedo (1951–52) · Díaz (1953) · Fortunato (1953) · Lazzatti (1954) · Sarlanga (1955) · Fortunato (1956–57) · Gandulla (1958) · Moreno (1958–59) · Vacca (1959) · Sosa (1960) · D'Amico (1960) · Feola (1961) · D'Amico (1962–63) · Deambrossi (1963–64) · Rossi (1965–66) · Pedernera (1967) · Gandulla (caretaker) (1967) · Silvera (1967–68) · D'Amico (1968) · Di Stéfano (1969) · Silvero (1970–71) · Riera (1970–71) · Varacka (1972) · Domínguez (1973–75) · Lorenzo (1976–79) · Rattín (1980) · Marzolini (1981) · Cap (1982) · Faraone (1982–83) · Seoane (caretaker) (1983) · Grillo (caretaker) (1983) · López (1983–84) · Dino Sani (1984) · Grillo (caretaker) (1984) · Zanabria (caretaker) (1984) · Di Stéfano (1985) · Zanabria (1985–86) · Menotti (1987) · Saporiti (1987) · Lorenzo (1987) · Pastoriza (1988–89) · Aimar (1989–90) · Potente (caretaker) (1990) · Tabarez (1991–93) · Potente (caretaker) (1993) · Habegger (1993) · Hrabina (caretaker) (1993) · Menotti (1993–94) · Hrabina (caretaker) (1994) · Marzolini (1995) · Bilardo (1996) · Sá (caretaker) (1996) · Veira (1997–98) · G.Cambón (1998) · Bianchi (1998–2001) · Tabárez (2002) · Bianchi (2003–04) · Brindisi (2004) · Benítez (2004–05) · Alves (caretaker) (2005) · Basile (2005–06) · Lavolpe (2006) · Russo (2007) · Ischia (2008–09) · Alves (caretaker) (2009) · Basile (2009–)

Argentina national football team – Managers

Vázquez (1924–25) · Lago Millán (1927–28) · Olazar (caretaker) (1928–29) · Olazar & Tramutola (1929–30) · Pascucci (1934) · Seoane (1934–37) · Fernández Roca (1937–39) · Stábile (1939–60) · Spinetto (1960–61) · D'Amico (1961) · Lorenzo (1962) · Rossi (1962) · Lopes (1962) · D'Amico (1963) · Minella (1964–65) · Zubeldía (1965) · Lorenzo (1966) · Lopes (1967) · Faraone (1967) · Cesarini (1967–68) · Minella (1968) · Maschio (1969) · Pedernera (1969) · Pizzuti (1970–72) · Sívori (1972–73) · Cap (1974) · Menotti (1974–82) · Bilardo (1982–90) · Basile (1990–94) · Passarella (1994–98) · Bielsa (1998–2004) · Pekerman (2004-06) · Basile (2006–08) · Maradona (2008–)

Boca Juniors – current squad

1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Cáceres • 3 Morel Rodríguez • 4 Ibarra • 5 S. Battaglia • 6 Bonilla • 7 Mouche • 8 Medel • 9 Palermo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Insúa • 12 García • 14 Noir • 15 Benavídez • 16 Marino • 18 Monzón • 19 Rosada • 20 Krupoviesa • 21 Chávez • 22 Mondaini • 23 Phillippe • 24 Gunino • 26 Sauro • 27 Viatri • 28 Gaitán • 29 Paletta • 30 Barroso • 31 Ayala • 32 Erbes • 33 Pratto • 35 Rossi • 36 Aguirre • 38 Alfonso • 39 Ruiz • 40 Colazo • D'Angelo • Calvo • Muñóz • Manager: Basile

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