Hugo Tocalli

Hugo Tocalli

Tocalli as a Quilmes player
Personal information
Full name	Hugo Daniel Tocalli
Date of birth	(1948-01-21) 21 January 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Monte Buey, Córdoba, Argentina
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Independiente (youth coordinator)
Youth career
	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970	Deportivo Morón	2	(0)
1971–1974	Nueva Chicago	103	(0)
1975–1976	Quilmes	119	(0)
1976–1977	América de Cali	27	(0)
1977	Argentinos Juniors	7	(0)
1978–1983	Quilmes	117	(0)
1984	Unión Santa Fe	35	(0)
1985	Atlanta	19	(0)
Total		429	(0)
Managerial career
1988–1989	Vélez Sarsfield (interim)
1989–1990	Quilmes
1990–1991	Tigre
1992–1993	Deportivo Italiano
1994	Quilmes
2001	Argentina U17
2005–2007	Argentina U20
2007–2009	Vélez Sarsfield
2009–2010	Colo-Colo
2010	Quilmes
2013–2015	Chile U20
2020	San Lorenzo (interim)
2024	Independiente (interim)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina (as manager) FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugo Daniel Tocalli (born 21 January 1948) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He is the current youth coordinator of Independiente.

Tocalli played over 400 games as a goalkeeper, and went on to coach a number of clubs as well as the Argentina under-20 team.

Playing career

Tocalli was with San Lorenzo de Almagro before starting his playing career in 1970 with Deportivo Morón.^[1] In 1971, he joined Nueva Chicago where he played until 1974.^[2]

In 1975, Tocalli started his first spell with Quilmes before moving to Argentinos Juniors in 1977 where he was a teammate of the young Diego Maradona.^[2]

Tocalli returned to Quilmes in 1978 and was part of the team that won the Metropolitano championship in 1978. He stayed with the club until 1983.^[2]

Tocalli had short spells with Unión de Santa Fe and Atlanta before retiring in 1985.^[2]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Tocalli worked with the youth team of Vélez Sarsfield and had a brief stint as caretaker manager during the 1988–1989 season. In 1989, he became the manager of Quilmes. He then had spells in charge at Tigre and Deportivo Italiano before returning to Quilmes in 1994.^[3]

In 1994, Tocalli became involved with the Argentine youth team, alongside José Pékerman.^[4] After Peckerman became the national team coach, Tocalli took over as Under-20 coach, leading the team to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup title.^[3] In October 2007, he resigned as head coach of the U-20 team and, in December 2007, he became the manager of Velez Sarsfield.^[5] On 21 April 2010 the Coach has left Colo-Colo due to family reasons.^[6] Quilmes Atlético Club hired Tocalli as coach on 3 June 2010.^[7] However, he resigned after the 11th fixture of the 2010–11 season, as Quilmes was unable to win any games under his coaching (6 draws, 5 defeats).^[8]

Personal life

His son, Alejandro, was with the Argentinos Juniors youth ranks under José Pékerman,^[3] became a fitness coach and has worked for the Chile under-20 team,^[9] Independiente,^[10] San Lorenzo de Almagro, among others clubs.^[11]

His son, Martín, is a goalkeeping coach who has worked for the Argentine national team under Jorge Sampaoli and Lionel Scaloni.^[12]

References

1. Barrera, Andrés Felipe (16 November 2022). ""Messi es el mejor del mundo": Hugo Tocalli, primer entrenador del astro argentino". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
2. "Revista 5/02 - Hugo Tocalli: "Un formador debe ser creíble; es fundamental el valor del trabajo y de la palabra""". www.utedyc.org.ar (in Spanish). October 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. "Tocalli: "Los títulos de José los viví como propios, pero este Mundial fue el que más disfruté"". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 July 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
4. Vickery, Tim (28 October 2007). "Tim Vickery column". BBC News.
5. Taringa news item (in Spanish)
6. Tocalli: "Tuve la suerte de dirigir a uno de los mejores de Sudamérica"
7. Hugo Tocalli acuerda su vinculación con Quilmes de Argentina Archived 5 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Tocalli: "No creo tener la fuerza suficiente como para revertirlo"". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 16 October 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
9. "Mario Salas revela que discusión con el hijo de Hugo Tocalli gatilló su despido de la Sub 20". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
10. "Con un integrante de la Selección Argentina, así será el cuerpo técnico de Independiente". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
11. "Perfil ALEJANDRO TOCALLI". C. A. San Lorenzo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
12. "¿Quién es Martín Tocalli, el entrenador de arqueros de la Selección Argentina?". Bolavip Argentina (in Spanish). 4 December 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

External links

• Hugo Tocalli at BDFA (in Spanish)