Patricio Alejandro Camps (born January 22, 1972, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football player. He is of Ukrainian descent.[1]

Patricio Camps
Personal information
Full name Patricio Alejandro Camps
Date of birth (1972-01-22) January 22, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Youth career
1986–1991 Velez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Velez Sarsfield 36 (7)
1994–1995 Banfield 29 (4)
1995–2000 Velez Sarsfield 165 (63)
2000 PAOK 9 (2)
2001–2002 Velez Sarsfield 7 (0)
2002–2003 Tecos UAG 33 (5)
2003–2004 Quilmes 15 (0)
2004 Olimpia 11 (3)
International career
1992–1998 Argentina 2 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Santa Fe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Camps joined Velez as a 14 years old in 1986, he made his breakthrough into the first team in 1991. He was part of four Argentine league championship campaigns and also won three international championships.

Camps also played for Banfield and Quilmes in Argentina, PAOK Thessaloniki FC in Greece, Tecos UAG in Mexico and Olimpia of Paraguay.

He played over 250 times for Velez Sarsfield in all competitions, winning seven major titles during the club's golden era in the 1990s.

Coaching career

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After retiring, Camps joined the technical staff of José Pékerman at the Argentina national football team. The duo was there from 2004 to 2006. He followed Pékerman to Deportivo Toluca in July 2007 still as a part of his technical staff, until the next year. Camps continued alongside Pékerman to Tigres UANL in February 2008, but left already at the end of the season just four months later. In January 2012, Camps once again joined the technical staff of José Pékerman at the Colombia national football team.[2]

With 12 years of experience as part of a technical team, Camps got his first ever manager job on 12 April 2019, when he was appointed as the manager of Santa Fe with Martín Posse as his assistant.[3]

Titles

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Season Team Title
Clausura 1993 Velez Sarsfield Argentine Primera
Apertura 1995 Velez Sarsfield Argentine Primera
1995 Velez Sarsfield Copa Interamericana
Clausura 1996 Velez Sarsfield Argentine Primera
1996 Velez Sarsfield Supercopa Sudamericana
1997 Velez Sarsfield Recopa Sudamericana
Clausura 1998 Velez Sarsfield Argentine Primera

References

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  1. ^ Argentinean Ukrainians, part 2
  2. ^ Directivas ofrecen su respaldo "total" a Pekerman en la selección colombiana Archived 2020-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, lainformacion.com, 19 January 2012
  3. ^ "Comienza una nueva era, con Patricio Camps, en Independiente Santa Fe" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 12 April 2019.
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