10/10/2024 16:29hs. Updated on 10/10/2024 4:47 p.m.
The arrival of Fernando Gago a Boca It’s a fact. Pintita will fulfill his dream of directing Xeneize, but he will also enter the club’s history books. And not only because he will be another former player who will now wear the coach’s jersey. But also, he would become the second youngest Xeneize coach in the last 55 years.
As time goes by, football is different, it changes. And among the aspects that have changed the most over the decades is the importance of DT. Before, from the beginning to the middle of the last century, it was not given the same relevance. Therefore, in many cases, The technicians were unison players, so their age was much lower than the average age of coaches today.
Now, in that ranking of the club’s youngest coaches, what position would Gago be in now? When he takes office on Monday, Pintita will be 38 years and six months old and would become the 11th youngest coach in Xeneize history.
While it doesn’t make the top 10, there is another really shocking statistic: Of the ten coaches younger than Gago who coached Boca, nine of them did so more than 55 years ago. That is, it would become the second youngest coach in the last five decades.
Fernando Gago, the 11th youngest coach in Boca history.
The last youngest
Mario Nicasio Zanabria is the one who occupies that place. He took over as coach in Boca in 1984, when he was only 35 years old. His position lasted just over two years, having directed a total of 69 games, in which he accumulated 27 wins, 21 draws and 21 losses. Although he did not win any titles, he did leave his golden mark as a player. In his time as a footballer, Zanabria won two Libertadores Cups and an Intercontinental Cup with Xeneize, in addition to a First Division championship. In addition, he also coached Atlas de Guadalajara, precisely the classic rival of Chivas, Gago’s team.
The truth is that Zanabria is the youngest coach in the last 55 years, but not in the entire history of Boca. In fact, it is quite far from it. Exactly 57 years ago, Alcides Vicente Silveira took over as coach of Xeneize. It was in October 1967, when he was only 29 years old. What is unprecedented is that he assumed his position as coach while he was still a professional player in Boca, that is, he worked for the club as a footballer and technical director at the same time.
In any case, the Uruguayan’s mandate lasted less than six months, having directed a total of 14 games. Likewise, Alcides is not the youngest coach in Boca’s history either, he is the second…
The top of a list that includes Gago
Mario Francisco Fortunato He holds the record of being the youngest coach in the history of Xeneize. He was born on March 19, 1905 in Buenos Aires, and directed his first game in Boca on March 1, 1930. at only 24 years old. But that is not the only record he has, since in addition, Fortunato was the first professional coach, the one who remained in charge at the club the longest, and even the one who had the most cycles. There were four, and his last game as coach in Boca was in December 1956, 26 years after the first.
The list with the first 11: 1st Mario Francisco Fortunato: 24 years (1930) – 2nd Alcides Vicente Silveira: 29 years (1967) – 3rd Oscar Tarrío: 31 years (1942) – 4th Roberto Cherro: 32 years (1939) – 5th Ángel Fernández Roca: 34 years and 6 months (1939) – 6° Juan José Tramutola: 34 years and 7 months (1937) – 7th Ernesto Lazzatti: 34 years and 7 months (1950) – 8th Emilio Baldonedo: 35 years (1951) – 9° Mario Zanabria: 37 years (1984) – 10th Carlos Calocero: 38 years (1941) – 11° Fernando Gago: 38 years (2024).
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