Marcelo Barticciotto

Marcelo Barticciotto

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Full name	Marcelo Pablo Barticciotto Cicaré
Date of birth	January 1, 1967 (1967-01-01) (age 44)
Place of birth	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987-1988	Huracán	72	(12)
1988-1992	Colo-Colo	269 total	(76)
1993-1994	Club América	38	(3)
1995	Universidad Católica	9	(2)
1996-2002	Colo-Colo	(see above)
Teams managed
2007-2008	U. de Concepción
2008-2009	Colo-Colo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Pablo Barticciotto Cicaré (born 1 January 1967 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a retired footballer, who last was the manager for Chilean club Colo-Colo. After playing most of his career in Chile, Barticciotto nationalized himself Chilean.

Club career

In 1987, Barticciotto made his professional debut with Huracán of the National B Division in Argentina.

Barticciotto arrived to Chilean club Colo-Colo in 1988, where he would become an idol to supporters. Barticciotto won seven national championships and three international championships in twelve years with the club. The most important of the those championships was the Copa Libertadores 1991, where he scored three goals. Colo-Colo is the only Chilean team to ever win the Copa Libertadores.

After these accomplishments, Barticciotto signed for Club América in Mexico. However, he did not experience the same form he had in Chile and in 1995 returned to Chile to sign for Colo-Colo's rival Universidad Católica. His time here was even shorter. In a game against his old team, Colo-Colo, Barticciotto scored the lone goal of the match which eliminated Colo-Colo from the Copa Libertadores tournament of the same year. Before the game, Barticciotto had stated in an interview that he did not want to score a goal against his former team but wanted to play a very good game. Therefore when he scored the goal he did not celebrate it. Afterwards he reiterated that he wished he did not score the goal.^[1] Of course there was backlash from these comments and his actions and this ultimately led to his dismissal from the team.

In 1996, Barticciotto made his return to Colo-Colo. He regained his form and was an important part of the reason that Colo-Colo would win three straight championships from 1996-1998. In his final season, 2002, Colo-Colo would go on to win his seventh championship but was not a fixture in the starting line-up for most of the season.

On January 12, 2003 he retired in front of more than fifty thousands spectators in Colo-Colo's stadium, Estadio Monumental David Arellano. He retired having won the second most championships by a Colo-Colo player, behind only Luis Mena who has nine.

Managerial career

Barticciotto was hired to manage U. de Concepción in 2007. Barticciotto inherited a team that was on the verge of relegation and took them to the final of the 2007 Clausura tournament against his former club Colo-Colo.

During the 2008 Clausura and with the resignation of Colo-Colo manager Fernando Astengo as the team was tied for first place in the table, Barticciotto was signed on to direct the team. In the first game with Baricciotto as coach Colo-Colo went on to defeat Santiago Morning 2-1 with 2 goals from Lucas Barrios with one being done by bicycle kick. Colo-Colo went on to lose the two following games which in turn earned Barticiotto criticism from both the press and fans alike. The turning point was a 2-0 victory against rivals Universidad de Chile. Barticiotto and Colo-Colo went on to the play-offs and obtain the 2008 Clausura championship and qualify for the Copa Libertadores 2009. On 17 April 2009 the Coach Barticciotto has quit Colo Colo, the new coach is Gualberto Jara.^[2]

Titles as player

Season	Club	Title
1989	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion
1990	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion
1991	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion
1991	Colo-Colo	Copa Libertadores Champion
1992	Colo-Colo	Recopa Sudamericana Champion
1992	Colo-Colo	Copa Interamericana Champion
1996	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion
1997 Clausura	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion
1998	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion
2002 Clausura	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion

Titles as manager

Season	Club	Title
2008 Clausura	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion

References

1. ^ "Marcelo Barticciotto: "Hubiese preferido no hacerle el gol a Colo Colo"" - RadioCooperativa (Spanish)
2. ^ BARTICCIOTTO OFICIALIZARÍA SU RENUNCIA ESTE VIERNES

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Name	Barticciotto Cicaré, Marcelo Pablo
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Date of birth	1967-01-01
Place of birth	Avellaneda , Buenos Aires, Argentina
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