Marcelo Fabián Grioni (born 27 July 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Peruvian club ADA.

Marcelo Grioni
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Fabián Grioni
Date of birth (1966-07-27) 27 July 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Marcos Juárez, Argentina
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
ADA (manager)
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Newell's Old Boys 5 (0)
1989 Correcaminos UAT 0 (0)
1989–1992 Almirante Brown
1992–1993 Platense 32 (1)
1993–1994 Almirante Brown
1994–1995 Atlético Tucumán 30 (3)
1995–1996 Gimnasia y Tiro 30 (5)
1996–1997 Deportivo Morón 34 (2)
1997–1998 Argentino de Rosario 26 (6)
1998–2000 Douglas Haig 35 (4)
Managerial career
2004 Argentino de Rosario (assistant)
2007 Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2008 Estudiantes LP (assistant)
2009–2011 Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2012–2013 Colón (assistant)
2013 Douglas Haig
2014 Racing Teodelina
2014–2015 Atlético Rafaela (assistant)
2016 Deportivo Municipal (youth)
2016–2017 Deportivo Municipal
2017 Real Garcilaso
2018–2019 Sport Huancayo
2019–2021 Cienciano
2021–2022 Cusco
2022–2023 UTC
2024– ADA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Grioni was born in Marcos Juárez, and was a Newell's Old Boys youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1987, he appeared rarely and moved to Correcaminos UAT for a short spell, but never played.[1]

Back to his home country in 1989, Grioni featured regularly for Almirante Brown before joining top-tier side Platense in 1992. He returned to Brown in the following year, but failed to settle for a team for the remainder of his career, and went on to represent Almirante Brown, Atlético Tucumán, Gimnasia y Tiro, Deportivo Morón, Argentino de Rosario and Douglas Haig. He retired with the latter in 2000, aged 34.[1]

Managerial career

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Grioni started his career in 2004, as Pablo Marini's assistant at Argentino de Rosario. He then followed Marini to Newell's Old Boys in 2007, before joining Roberto Sensini's staff at Estudiantes de La Plata in 2008.[1]

Grioni continued to work with Sensini at Newell's and Colón[1] before being named manager of Douglas Haig on 15 September 2013.[2] He resigned on 26 November,[3] and returned to work with Sensini at Atlético de Rafaela after a brief spell at Racing Teodelina.[1]

In 2016, Grioni moved to Peru, after being named manager of Deportivo Municipal's reserve sides. He was named interim manager in February, before being appointed permanent manager in the following month.[4]

On 20 May 2017, Grioni was sacked from Municipal,[5] and took over Real Garcilaso on 1 June.[6] On 12 December, after his contract was due to expire, he was named in charge of Sport Huancayo.[7]

Grioni was relieved from his duties on 26 March 2019,[8] and was appointed in charge of Cienciano on 11 June.[9] He achieved promotion to the top tier with the club as champions in his first season, and after narrowly missing out qualification to the Copa Sudamericana in his second, he renewed his contract until 2022 on 14 July 2020.[10]

Grioni resigned from Cusco on 6 April 2022, andwas presented at UTC late in the month.[11] He left the latter club on a mutual agreement on 14 May 2023.[12]

Honours

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Manager

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Cienciano

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Marcelo Grioni: La talla del Pitu" [Marcelo Grioni: Pitu's size] (in Spanish). De Chalaca. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Douglas Haig: Se fue "Mostaza" Merlo y llega Marcelo "Pitufo" Grioni" ["Mostaza" Merlo leaves and Marcelo "Pitufo" Grioni arrives] (in Spanish). Ascenso del Interior. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Renunció Grioni y Douglas busca DT" [Grioni resigned and Douglas search for manager] (in Spanish). Ascenso del Interior. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Municipal: Marcelo Grioni seguirá como DT hasta el final del Apertura" [Municipal: Marcelo Grioni will continue as manager until the end of the Apertura] (in Spanish). América Televisión. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Deportivo Municipal: Marcelo Grioni dejó de ser el técnico del cuadro 'edil'" [Deportivo Municipal: Marcelo Grioni is no longer manager of the 'council' outfit] (in Spanish). El Bocón. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Real Garcilaso ya tiene técnico: Marcelo Grioni llegó a un acuerdo con los cusqueños" [Real Garcilaso already have a manager: Marcelo Grioni reached an agreement with the cusqueños] (in Spanish). Líbero. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Fichajes 2018: Marcelo Grioni se queda a dirigir en el Perú" [Signings 2018: Marcelo Grioni stays managing in Peru] (in Spanish). Depor. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ^ "¡Marcelo Grioni dejó de ser entrenador de Sport Huancayo!" [Marcelo Grioni left as manager of Sport Huancayo!] (in Spanish). Ovación. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Cienciano confirmó a Marcelo Grioni como su nuevo DT" [Cienciano confirmed Marcelo Grioni as their manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Cienciano renovó contrato de Marcelo Grioni hasta el 2022" [Cristiano renewed the contract of Marcelo Grioni until 2022] (in Spanish). Ovación. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Es oficial: Marcelo Grioni fue presentado como nuevo director técnico de UTC" [It's official: Marcelo Grioni was presented as new manager of UTC] (in Spanish). Depor. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  12. ^ "No va más: UTC anunció la salida de Marcelo Grioni" [He's no more: UTC announced the departure of Marcelo Grioni] (in Spanish). Ovación. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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