José Antonio Chamot (born 17 May 1969) is a retired Argentine

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and current manager who played as a full-back, mainly on the left flank but occasionally also on the right and, very rarely, as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Chamot began his career with Rosario Central in his native Argentina, and then moved to Italy, where he played for

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(1991–93),

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(1993–94) and

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(1994–98). His spell at Lazio cemented him as one of the top full-backs in the

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; during his last season with the Roman club, he won the

1997–98 Coppa Italia The 1997–98 Coppa Italia, the 51st Coppa Italia was an Italian Football Federation domestic cup competition won by Lazio it, Laziale , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type ...

. While playing for Lazio, he deliberately shook referee Pierluigi Collina's hand too firmly post match, and earned a one-game ban for dissent. Chamot then moved to Spain, where he spent one and a half seasons with

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, before returning to Italy (in the January 2000 transfer window) in order to join giants A.C. Milan, for whom he played until 2003, winning the

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and the

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. He left Milan during the summer of 2003 (by that time he had lost his place in the starting eleven) and signed for Spanish side Leganés. After an injury-plagued season there, Chamot returned to Argentina to spend the final years of his career (2004–06) with Rosario Central, the club where he had started as a professional footballer; again, however, he was troubled by injuries, and announced his retirement at the end of 2006.

International career

Chamot earned 43 caps for

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over the course of 9 years (1993–2002), and played in three

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s (

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and

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). He was Argentina's starting left-back during both the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, and also played one match in 2002 against

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, where he was employed as right-back. He was also part of the Argentina Argentina under-23 squad that won the

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at the

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, as one of the three overage players (older than 23) allowed for every squad.

Coaching career

From July 2009 to March 2010, Chamot was the assistant manager of Rosario Central. In June 2011, be was appointed as assistant manager under

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at River Plate. The left in November 2012 after 18 months. At the end of December 2015, he was appointed as coordinator for the youth sector of Rosario Central. One year later it was reported, that Chamot couldn't agree with the club on a new contract, and decided to leave his position. He returned to the club on 19 December 2017, where he was appointed as manager for the reserve team of Rosario. He held the position until 7 March 2019, where he was appointed as manager of

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. Chamot was released on 12 December 2019.El entrenador argentino José Chamot no continuará en Libertad de Paraguay
telam.com.ar, 12 December 2019

Honours

;

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: 1997–98 ;

Copa del Rey 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 ...

runner-up: 1998-99, 1999-2000 ; A.C. Milan *

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: 2002–03 *

: 2002–03 ;

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Silver Medal:

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References

External links

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Chamot's matches & goals
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