Alberto José Márcico (born 13 May 1960) is an Argentine former professional

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. He played club football with

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Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). e represented the

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on 15 occasions between 1983 and 1992, including at the

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. In 2003, he coached Nueva Chicago for five games.

Career

Márcico made his professional debut in 1980 with

under manager

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. In 1982, he was part of the team that won the Nacional championship without losing a single game. In 1984, he helped Ferro to win their second Nacional and was awarded the 1984

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title. Márcico was sold to French club

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where he played for six years before returning to Argentina in 1992 to play for

where he won three titles with the club, but his career was interrupted several times with injuries. One of the highlights of his time with Boca came on 18 June 1995, when he scored a goal in a 4–2 win against fierce rivals River Plate in the superclásico derby at Estadio Monumental. In 1996, he was offered a chance to return to Ferro, but he chose instead to rejoin former manager Griguol, who was then in charge of Gimnasia de La Plata. Márcico started his time at Gimnasia in fine form scoring 10 goals in 14 games, but then the injuries returned, eventually forcing him to quit the game in 1998. After retirement Márcico went into coaching, he returned to Boca in 2002 as field assistant to Oscar Tabárez. He was also head coach of Nueva Chicago for a short spell. He now runs a football school in the French city of

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Honours

Ferro Carril Oeste * Primera División: 1982 Nacional, 1984 Nacional Boca Juniors * Primera División: 1992 Apertura * Copa Master:

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Individual

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: 1984

References

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Argentine Primera statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcico, Alberto 1960 births Living people People from Corrientes Argentine footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1983 Copa América players Men's association football midfielders Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Toulouse FC players Boca Juniors footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Argentine football managers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Sportspeople from Corrientes Province