José Antonio Chamot (born 17 May 1969) is an Argentine

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manager and former player. He played as a full-back, mainly on the left flank but occasionally also on the right and, very rarely, as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Chamot began his career with

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in his native Argentina, and then moved to Italy, where he played for

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(1991–93),

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(1993–94) and

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(1994–98). His spell at Lazio cemented him as one of the top full-backs in the

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; during his last season with the Roman club, he won the

1997–98 Coppa Italia The 1997–98 Coppa Italia, the 51st Coppa Italia was an Italian Football Federation domestic cup competition won by Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative ...

. While playing for Lazio, he deliberately shook referee

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's hand too firmly post match, and earned a one-game ban for dissent. Chamot then moved to Spain, where he spent one and a half seasons with

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, before returning to Italy (in the January 2000 transfer window) in order to join giants

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, for whom he played until 2003, winning the

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and the

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. He left Milan during the summer of 2003 (by that time he had lost his place in the starting eleven) and signed for Spanish side

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. After an injury-plagued season there, Chamot returned to Argentina to spend the final years of his career (2004–06) with Rosario Central, the club where he had started as a professional footballer; again, however, he was troubled by injuries, and announced his retirement at the end of 2006.

International career

Chamot earned 43 caps for

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over the course of 9 years (1993–2002), and played in three

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s (

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

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). He was Argentina's starting left-back during both the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, and also played one match in 2002 against

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, where he was employed as right-back. He was also part of the Argentina Argentina under-23 squad that won the

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at the

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, as one of the three overage players (older than 23) allowed for every squad.

Coaching career

From July 2009 to March 2010, Chamot was the assistant manager of

. In June 2011, be was appointed as assistant manager under

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at River Plate. The left in November 2012 after 18 months. At the end of December 2015, he was appointed as coordinator for the youth sector of

. One year later it was reported, that Chamot couldn't agree with the club on a new contract, and decided to leave his position. He returned to the club on 19 December 2017, where he was appointed as manager for the reserve team of Rosario. He held the position until 7 March 2019, where he was appointed as manager of

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. Chamot was released on 12 December 2019.El entrenador argentino José Chamot no continuará en Libertad de Paraguay
telam.com.ar, 12 December 2019

Honours

Lazio *

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: 1997–98 Atlético Madrid *

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runner-up: 1998–99, 1999–2000 A.C. Milan *

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: 2002–03 *

: 2002–03 Argentina *

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Silver Medal:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

References

External links

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Chamot's matches & goals
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