Marcelo Fabián Grioni (born 27 July 1966) is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Grioni was born in

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, and was a

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youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1987, he appeared rarely and moved to

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for a short spell, but never played. Back to his home country in 1989, Grioni featured regularly for Almirante Brown before joining top-tier side Platense in 1992. He returned to Brown in the following year, but failed to settle for a team for the remainder of his career, and went on to represent Almirante Brown,

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and

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. He retired with the latter in 2000, aged 34.

Managerial career

Grioni started his career in 2004, as

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's assistant at

. He then followed Marini to

in 2007, before joining

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's staff at

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in 2008. Grioni continued to work with Sensini at Newell's and Colón before being named manager of Douglas Haig on 15 September 2013. He resigned on 26 November, and returned to work with Sensini at

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after a brief spell at Racing Teodelina. In 2016, Grioni moved to Peru, after being named manager of

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's reserve sides. He was named interim manager in February, before being appointed permanent manager in the following month. On 20 May 2017, Grioni was sacked from Municipal, and took over

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on 1 June. On 12 December, after his contract was due to expire, he was named in charge of

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. Grioni was relieved from his duties on 26 March 2019, and was appointed in charge of

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on 11 June. He achieved promotion to the top tier with the club as champions in his first season, and after narrowly missing out qualification to the

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in his second, he renewed his contract until 2022 on 14 July 2020. Grioni resigned from Cusco on 6 April 2022, andwas presented at UTC late in the month. He left the latter club on a mutual agreement on 14 May 2023.

Honours

Manager

Cienciano *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grioni, Marcelo 1966 births Living people Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Club Almirante Brown footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Gimnasia y Tiro footballers Deportivo Morón footballers Argentino de Rosario footballers Club Atlético Douglas Haig players Correcaminos UAT footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate football managers in Mexico Argentine football managers Peruvian Primera División managers Deportivo Municipal managers Sport Huancayo managers Cienciano managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Peru Cusco FC managers Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca managers