José Vicente Grecco (20 June 1929 in

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– 24 August 2008 in

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) was an

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player and manager.

Club career

Grecco began his playing career in 1948 with

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, he only played one game for the club a 3–1 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata on 14 November 1948. He then went on to play for

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its asso ...

and

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in the

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. Grecco scored 55 goals in 107 matches for Unión. He also enjoyed success in Colombia with

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and Santa Fe. Grecco is Independiente Medellín's all-time leading goal scorer with 92 goals in 166 games, and he was the top goal scorer in the 1957

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with 30 goals.

Personal

Grecco died 24 August 2008 in Medellín.

References

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