Gregorio Bundio

Gregorio Bundio

Personal information
Full name	Gregorio Bundio Nuñez
Date of birth	(1928-05-14)14 May 1928
Place of birth	Avellaneda, Argentina
Date of death	7 March 2015(2015-03-07) (aged 86)
Place of death	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1951	Independiente
1951–1952	Palermo de Guatemala
1952–1953	Atlético Marte
1954–1955	Dragón
Managerial career
1955–1956	Dragón
1956–1957	Águila
1959–1960	Alianza
1961–1962	El Salvador
1965–1968	UES
1968–1970	El Salvador
	Atlético Marte
	Pulgarcito de América
1974	Negocios Internacionales
1970–1972	Adler
1974	Atlante San Alejo
	FAS
1979–1980	Sonsonate
1980–1981	Juventud Retalteca
1982–1983	Sacachispas
	Huinca Renancó
	Ralicó
1979	Fuerte Aguilares
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bundio and the second or maternal family name is Nuñez.

Gregorio Bundio Nuñez (14 May 1928 − 7 March 2015) was a football player and manager.

Nicknamed Goyo, Bundio coached El Salvador from 1968 to 1970 and qualified them for their first ever FIFA World Cup Finals in 1970.^[1]

Alianza

Gregorio Bundio was the first coach appointed by the newly formed club Alianza F.C. between 1959 and 1960. ^{[citation needed]}

In January 2011 he was given a pension for life by the National Assembly for his contribution to Salvadoran football.^[2]

Personal

Gregorio Bundio son, Roberto Bundio, also was a footballer who played for Fuerte Aguilares and Águila in the Primera División, and Deportivo Armenio in Argentina.

Death

On 7 March 2015, Bundio died at the age of 86 Hospital of San Rafael in Santa Tecla.^[3]

References

1. Zelada Uceda, Víctor (8 September 2008). "El día que se tocó el cielo". El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
2. Asamblea concede pensiones vitalicias a Gregorio Bundio y a “Maquinita” Merlos - El Salvador Noticias.net (in Spanish)
3. "Hasta siempre, don Goyo". La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links

• "Goyo", con estadio en Santa Ana - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
• ¿QuÉ PASÓ con... "Goyo" Bundio ?Su perfil y triunfos (Profile) - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
• Cañadas, Manuel (7 March 2016). "Un año sin don Gregorio Bundio". Noticias de El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
• [1] - EDH Deportes (in Spanish)
• [2] Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine - El Grafico (in Spanish)