Andrés Guglielminpietro (born 10 April 1974 in San Nicolas,

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), nicknamed Guly, is an

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, agent and former player. A

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, he has been capped for the

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, and represented his country at the

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Club career

Guglielminpietro's club career reached its peak at the Italian club

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, where he shared the limelight with some of the game's most notable stars, such as

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and

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. On the final matchday of the season, Guly scored the opening goal in a 2–1 away win against

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that won Milan the 1998–99 ''

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''. His play declined during the following seasons due to injuries, and he was transferred to different clubs around the globe, never recovering his top ability. His first port of call after leaving Milan was at rivals

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whom he joined in 2001. He scored his first and what turned out to be his only goal for the club in a

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tie against FC Brașov on 27 September 2001. In 2004, he won the

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with

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. After a short spell back in his youth club Gimnasia in 2005, he retired.

International career

At the international level, Guly was capped 6 times for

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, although he was unable to score a goal. He was a remember of Argentina's

squad that reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, losing out to eventual champions and South-American rivals

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Style of play

Although he lacked pace as a winger, Guly was known, however, for his accurate crossing ability from the flank. Although he usually played as a wide midfielder, he was also capable of playing as an

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Coaching career

In June 2007, Guly was added to the coaching staff of cross-town rivals

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, under coach

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, with a third former Argentine international,

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, as assistant coach.

left

in December 2007 claiming a supposed lack of the club's commitment to sign appropriate reinforcements for the 2008

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and

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. Guly also took up the same position with the same coaching staff at River Plate in 2008 and

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in April 2009, where he also was the manager of the club's reserve team. Simeone and his staff, including Guly, resigned in April 2010. In June 2013, he was the assistant manager of

, who Guly formerly had worked together with in the coaching staff of Diego Simeone. On 27 February 2014, Guly was appointed manager for first time, replacing

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. Guly decided to resign on 21 July 2015. On 27 November 2015, he was appointed manager for newly relegated

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club Nueva Chicago. On April 3, 2016 after a 2-1 defeat against

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he decided to resign, leaving the team in fourteenth place, after just ten games with a total of 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Later in April 2015, he was appointed manager of Central Córdoba. He left the position already two months later. On 15 March 2017, he returned to

Post-playing career

In 2017, Guglielminpietro started working as a football agent, together with the former business team of Jorge Cyterszpiler,

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's first agent.

Honours

Club

;Milan *

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: 1998–99 ;Boca Juniors *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

References

External links

Internazionale profile
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