Osvaldo Daniel Batocletti Ronco (January 22, 1950 – May 17, 2019), known by audience and fans as ''Bato'', was an Argentine football manager and player, who played as a defender. Batocletti coached

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...

and Querétaro F.C. He resided in

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from 1974–2019 and held Mexican citizenship. He died on May 17, 2019 after a battle with cancer.

Career

Player

Batocletti started his career playing with

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in 1970. In 1973, he moved to

Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentine sports club from the Lanús district of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera Divis ...

, and then in 1974 he moved to

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. In 1974, he moved to Mexico to play with

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of the Mexican Primera División, now Liga MX. In 1977, he was transferred to

Tigres de la UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...

. For his transfer to Tigres, Batocletti sacrificed part of his salary so that Tigres could pay León. With Tigres, he scored 12 goals and was League champion twice, in 1978 and in 1982. Along with

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and coach Carlos Miloc, he is considered an icon of Tigres' first golden age of success. After playing 7 seasons with Tigres, he retired as a player in 1984. Since retirement, he was attached to Tigres, mostly in administrative positions. He was labeled by Monterrey daily, '' El Norte'', as the "El Tigre más Tigre" (most Tiger of all Tigers), because his extensive career with Tigres and his affection to the team.http://www.elnorte.com/cancha/articulo/736583/ El Tigre más Tigre

Coach

As a coach of

, in quarter-finals of play-offs of the Apertura 2005 season, Tigres played the historical "Aztecazo", a way to describe a difficult victory over Club América or the Mexico national football team in their venue, the Estadio Azteca. In the first game, Tigres lost in the Estadio Universitario by a 1–3 score. Against all odds, however, they defeated América in the second game 4–1 for an aggregate scoreline of 5–4, leaving América out of the postseason. In the semi-finals, Tigres drew rival CF Monterrey after 1–0 and 1–2 (2–2) scorelines, although Monterrey progressed to the next round because of the points in the tournament. Batocletti also coached Querétaro F.C. without success. He also coached the female section of

where he led them to the Clausura 2018 title.

Honours

Player

;UANL * Mexican Primera División: 1977–78, 1981–82

Manager

;UANL Women *

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: Clausura 2018

References

Sources

* This article relies heavily on an article published by '' El Norte'' on 19 April 2007
El Tigre más Tigre

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