Ricardo La Volpe
Ricardo La Volpe (2008)
Ricardo Antonio La Volpe Quarchione ( born February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former football player and current coach. From 2002 to 2006 he was head coach of the Mexican national team.
Career as a player
His professional career denied La Volpe 1970-1983 in Argentina and most recently in Mexico. At the 1978 World Cup coach César Luis Menotti, he was appointed as the third goalkeeper in the Argentine national team that won the tournament.
Career as a coach
In Mexico, La Volpe was employed prior to his commitment to the association in numerous clubs; he started as coach at Oaxtepec 1983-84, his subsequent stations in Mexico were Ángeles ( 1984-1986 ), Guadalajara (1989 to 1990), Querétaro (1990 to 1991), Atlante ( 1991-1996 ), América ( In season 1996/97), Atlas (1997 to 2001) and Toluca ( 2001-2002 ). With Atlante he won the Mexican championship in the 1992/93 season. Through his coaching positions, he was very knowledgeable in Mexican soccer and was committed by the Mexican federation on 4 February 2003. The dark-haired man with a bushy mustache was the successor to the Soccer World Cup 2002 by the off in the second round against the United States disgraced Javier Aguirre Onaindia.
Born in Buenos Aires Argentine who lived for many years in Mexico and is married to a Mexican woman, was at the beginning of its activity is not very popular. Firstly, because Argentines in Central and South America are not just popular and also because La Volpe could bring as a former third goalkeeper no great reputation as a player. He started his debut as coach of all against his native Argentina and lost almost 0:1.
In the two years of service he had made the Mexican team to a technically part brilliant, tactically trained and athletic powerful unit. Until the defeat in the Confederations Cup semi-final against Argentina in 2005 ( on penalties ) his team was 20 games unbeaten, losing to Brazil in the Copa América was also the last stayed so. The other four games of the past five meetings with the Brazilians were obtained, eg 1-0 in the second match of the Confederations Cup in 2005.
With the Football World Cup in 2006 has made it to the second round in Mexico, then failed, however, against Argentina with a 1:2 after extra time. With this defeat, La Volpe was unable to improve his public image.
After the World Cup he was in his home coach of Boca Juniors, but resigned after only a few months back, after his team had surprisingly lost the decider for the championship in 2006 against Estudiantes de La Plata. From 2006 to 2010 it was not possible La Volpe to stay longer than one calendar year at one of his clubs. After leaving Boca Juniors, he trained in quick succession in 2007 Velez Sarsfield ( signing the contract in late December 2006 ), 2008 CF Monterrey, 2009 and 2010 CF Atlas Nacional Montevideo. In September 2010 he was appointed head coach of the Costa Rican national team, gave this post but because of disagreements with the players already in August 2011 again. On 28 August, he became the successor to the sacked the day before Sebastián Méndez as coach of the Argentine first division club Banfield, 2011 he took over as the Table of the Apertura. End of December 2011 he became replaced by Jorge da Silva and triggered early January 2012 his contract at the Argentines on. Then he was from May 2012 until the end of January 2013 coach of the Mexican club Atlante. From this post he resigned for health reasons because of a back due to an aneurysm to be performed on the abdominal aorta surgery.
Trivia
La Volpe is known to be an avid chain smoker. In the German media, he is therefore often referred to in the German-speaking area " El fag ", as it is otherwise provided, due to its eye-catching mustache also nicknamed Bigoton.