Patricio Andrés Graff (; born 18 November 1975) is an Argentine former

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who played as a left back, and currently the

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of Spanish club Elche CF Ilicitano.

Playing career

Graff was born in Rosario, Santa Fe. He represented

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...

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, FC Den Bosch,

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, ...

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

, Hércules CF and

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasi ...

, in a 15-year senior career. From 2002 to 2005, while in Spain, Graff experienced two relegations from

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

(one with Rayo, another with Numancia). In that country, in which he played nearly one decade, he appeared in 235 official matches, 94 of those in the top division; he scored his only goal in the competition on 2 March 2005, as Numancia held hosts Levante UD to a 1–1 draw.

Coaching career

Graff began working as a manager with former club Rosario Central's youth academy. Subsequently, he acted as assistant to his compatriot Pablo Sánchez at

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and O'Higgins FC. Remanining in Chile, Graff then helped

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso ...

promote from the Primera B to the Primera División in

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. The following season, he led the team to the fifth place with the subsequent qualification for the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana. In December 2019, even though he had renewed his contract shortly after, Graff signed a two-year deal with O'Higgins and was officially presented late in the month, being received at the Monasterio Celeste by 16 fans (in reference to the Tomé Tragedy) and the board of directors.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Argentine League statistics
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graff, Patricio 1975 births Living people Argentine people of German descent Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Rosario Central footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Eredivisie players Feyenoord players FC Den Bosch players La Liga players Segunda División players Sporting de Gijón players Rayo Vallecano players CD Numancia players Hércules CF players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine football managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers Coquimbo Unido managers O'Higgins F.C. managers Club Deportivo Palestino managers Elche CF Ilicitano managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile