Jorge Bernardo Griffa Monferoni (born 7 May 1935) is a retired
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. He played most of his career in
Spain, playing mostly for
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...
, but after retiring, he decided to go back home to
Newell's Old Boys and he began coaching its youth teams.
Griffa was part of the
Argentina squad that won the
Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
in
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
Honours
; Atlético Madrid
*
Copa del Generalísimo
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
:
1959-60,
1960-61,
1964-65
*
Cup Winners' Cup:
1961-62
*
Spanish League:
1965-66
; Argentina
*
South American Championship:
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
References
External links
LFP*
Statistics at once-once.narod.ru
1935 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
Newell's Old Boys footballers
La Liga players
Atlético Madrid footballers
RCD Espanyol footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Men's association football defenders
People from Casilda
Footballers from Santa Fe Province
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
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