Alberto José Márcico (born 13 May 1960) is an Argentine former professional

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. He played club football with

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Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

, and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). e represented the

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on 15 occasions between 1983 and 1992, including at the

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. In 2003, he coached Nueva Chicago for five games.

Career

Márcico made his professional debut in 1980 with

under manager Carlos Timoteo Griguol. In 1982, he was part of the team that won the Nacional championship without losing a single game. In 1984, he helped Ferro to win their second Nacional and was awarded the 1984

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title. Márcico was sold to French club

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where he played for six years before returning to Argentina in 1992 to play for

where he won three titles with the club, but his career was interrupted several times with injuries. One of the highlights of his time with Boca came on 18 June 1995, when he scored a goal in a 4–2 win against fierce rivals River Plate in the superclásico derby at Estadio Monumental. In 1996, he was offered a chance to return to Ferro, but he chose instead to rejoin former manager Griguol, who was then in charge of Gimnasia de La Plata. Márcico started his time at Gimnasia in fine form scoring 10 goals in 14 games, but then the injuries returned, eventually forcing him to quit the game in 1998. After retirement Márcico went into coaching, he returned to Boca in 2002 as field assistant to

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. He was also head coach of Nueva Chicago for a short spell. He now runs a football school in the French city of

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Honours

Ferro Carril Oeste * Primera División: 1982 Nacional, 1984 Nacional Boca Juniors * Primera División: 1992 Apertura * Copa Master:

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Copa de Oro The Copa de Oro (English: ''Gold Cup'', Portuguese: ''Copa Ouro''), or Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz, was a football cup winners' cup competition contested on three occasions by the most recent winners of all CONMEBOL continental competitions. These i ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Individual

Footballer of the Year of Argentina The Footballer of the Year of Argentina (in Spanish: ''Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista'', that literally translates to "Silver Olimpia to the Best Footballer) is a yearly award given by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle (''Círculo de ...

: 1984

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