Bernardo José Gandulla, better known as Bernardo Gandulla (March 1, 1916 – July 7, 1999) was an
Argentine football forward
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and head coach.
He died in Buenos Aires from respiratory problems.
Career
Playing career
Born in
Buenos Aires
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,
Bernardo Gandulla defended
Ferro Carril Oeste
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from 1934 to 1939.
He moved to Brazilian club
Vasco in 1939, but played few games for the team.
Gandulla returned to Argentina in 1940 to play for
Boca Juniors
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.
He played 57
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
games and scored 26 goals for the club, winning the competition in 1940 and 1943.
He returned to Ferro Carril Oeste in 1944, leaving the club in 1946.
Gandulla played for
Atlanta
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from 1947 to 1948.
Coaching career
Gandulla was
Defensores de Belgrano
Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...
's head coach in 1953, winning the
Primera División C in that season.
He was
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 ...
' head coach from 1957 to 1958.
Ball boy
He is well known in Brazil as his surname originated the term used in the country for the
ball boy
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, which is gandula.
Gandulla was part of
Vasco's squad, but as he spent most of his time on the bench, he retrieved the balls during the games of his club.
Titles
Player
;
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 ...
*
Primera División:
1940,
1943
Head coach
;
Defensores de Belgrano
Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...
*
Primera C
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: 1953
References
External links
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1916 births
1999 deaths
Argentine footballers
Argentine people of Italian descent
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Association football forwards
Argentine expatriate footballers
Argentina international footballers
Argentine football managers
Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
CR Vasco da Gama players
Boca Juniors footballers
Club Atlético Atlanta footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Defensores de Belgrano managers
Boca Juniors managers
Expatriate footballers in Brazil
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery