Catalina Gorostidi She was one of the women who entered the TV show and there were several who remembered that last name. The reasons? One of the members of the reality show is the daughter of a former soccer player known in the ball scene as “Crazy”which was born in one of the clubs with the greatest tradition of Argentine promotion and which remained in the history of Columbus of Santa Fe for an unforgettable goal for his fans.
Adrián Gorostidi is the father of one of the new faces of Big Brother and this Thursday he gave his daughter a surprise, as he entered the house to share a special dinner with her, winner of this special benefit. “I’m ready,” said the Fool, who brought him a particular gift and it was “a giant Santa Fe alfajor.”
The former forward was born on February 11, 1973, the left-hander began his sporting career at Sportivo Italiano, and then joined Gimnasia de Jujuy at a crucial moment in the club’s return to the First Division. But his most memorable mark in football was left at Sabalero: the former left-footed striker He made history by scoring the first goal for the Santa Fe team in an international tournament during the 1997 Conmebol Cup.somewhat in a duel against the U of Chile, that fans will never forget.
Some time ago, in an interview, Gorostidi recalled that indelible achievement for the Sabaleros. “The “circus dwarf” who saved at the U of Chile, who was very good, saved a penalty against Saralegui and then I scored and thus scored the first goal in that Conmebol. And we qualified for the Libertadores, which at that time was a miracle that a team like Colón played the Libertadores. I was injured because I had undergone knee ligament surgery, but the atmosphere in the stadiums was totally different from that of the local tournament. That’s why I say that Colón is becoming a cup-bearing club,” El Loco recalled in an interview with the Santa Fe newspaper El Litoral.
After his time in Colón (1996-2002), Gorostidi’s career crossed the country’s borders. He joined the ranks of the University of Peru, and also went through other foreign experiences in Ecuador and Italy. In 2003 he went through Espoli of Ecuadorian football and, after that, he moved to Calcio where he wore the shirts of Cosenza FC and Caratense, place of his retirement in 2008. Before, in Argentine soccer, he played for Belgrano and Atlético Tucumán.
When the former left-handed striker decided to hang up his boots, he decided to start his path as a coach, an experience that led him to direct teams such as Unión de Aconquija and Güemes de Santiago del Estero in the Federal tournaments. Recently, in 2023, he became coach of Juventud Antoniana de Saltaa position he held until October of that year, when he said goodbye in a complicated sporting scenario for the Salta team that, at the end of the season, managed to save itself from relegation.
As often happens with the lives of soccer players, his daughter Catalina, who will now be on everyone’s lips for her participation in GH, was born in the middle of his career. This doctor, who in her introductory letter on the TV program, said that she is a pediatrician and is in charge of the on-call leadership at the Santa Fe Children’s Hospital.
She was born in 1992, when her father was still a player for Italiano en Ascenso. During her first appearance on the television series, the young woman introduced herself and was forceful in her message: “Injustice bothers me a lot. I am very fair and I don’t hold anything back. What bothers me, I say it. If it has to be done I will go for the jugular, I don’t care at all,” she said.
In relation to her origins, Cata said that due to her father’s sports career, he was always traveling from one place to another. “Throughout my childhood we were nomads because of my dad’s work, who is a professional soccer player. “New school, new life”he explained.
