Blas Giunta

Blas Armando Giunta Rodríguez (born 6 September 1963, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder and current youth coach at Boca Juniors.

Career

Giunta started his playing career at Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he played from 1983 through 1984 and then from 1986 to the end of 1988, there he took part in the famous Los Camboyanos ("The Cambodians") team. He ended his career as a player in 1999 playing for Defensores de Belgrano, playing in between in teams as Cipolleti de Río Negro (1984–1985), Platense (1985–1986), Murcia (España)(1988–1989), Boca Juniors (1989–1993), Toluca (México)(1993–1995), Ourense (España) (1997–1998). He is mostly remembered for his tenacious approach to football and the song Giunta, Giunta, Giunta, huevo, huevo, huevo sung in the stadiums.

He played almost 200 matches with Boca Juniors, and won the Supercopa Sudamericana 1989, Recopa Sudamericana 1990, Copa Masters 1992, and Apertura Championship 1992.

He won the Copa América in 1991 with Argentina's national team.

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 1992 Apertura
• Supercopa Libertadores: 1989
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1990
• Copa Master: 1992

Argentina

• Copa América: 1991

Manager

Almirante Brown

• Primera B Metropolitana: 2006–07, 2009–10

External links

• Template:NFT
• Template:MedioTiempo
• Template:Webarchive Template:In lang

Template:Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub