Manuel Giúdice (15 July 1918 – 27 June 1983) was an

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player and manager. He is mainly known for his successful managing spell at the helm of the Argentine powerhouse

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in the mid-1960s.

Career

Born in Córdoba, Giúdice first started playing at several clubs in his home town. In 1939 he transferred to the

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based

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and joined a team that featured Emilio Baldonedo,

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, and Carlos Marinelli and that finished third in the 1939 Argentine top level season. The same team won the

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in 1942 and 1943 and the George VI British Competition Cup in 1944. In 1945 Giúdice joined River Plate, with players such as Aristóbulo Deambrosi,

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, and

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. River Plate won the Argentine championship in 1945. In 1947 he left River Plate to join

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, but following a 1948 players' strike, which forced many of the great figures of Argentine football to emigrate to other countries, Giúdice moved on to Colombia and signed for

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in 1949. He ended his playing career in 1951. He then turned to coaching and successfully managed Independiente, leading them national league titles in 1963 and 1970. In 1968, he led Vélez Sarsfield to the Argentine championship; it was the club's first national title. His greatest success was winning the

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and

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cups, also finishing as runners-up in the

and

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s, losing both times to

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, at the time coached by fellow Argentine

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. In his later years he coached Nueva Chicago and

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in the Argentine second level.

Honours

As a player

River Plate *

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As a manager

Independiente *

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Vélez Sarsfield *

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References

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