Gino Valentini

Chilean footballer and manager (born 1958)

Gino Valentini
Personal information
Full name	Gino Alberto Valentini Cuadra
Date of birth	(1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1984	Universidad Católica	82	(8)
1984	Real Oviedo
1985–1986	Tampico Madero
1987	Unión San Felipe
1988	Deportes Arica
1989–1990	Irapuato
Managerial career
	Universidad Católica (youth)
1996	Regional Atacama
1997	Municipal Las Condes
1999–2000	Provincial Osorno
2003–2004	Deportes Puerto Montt
2012	Deportes Puerto Montt
2013	Deportes Puerto Montt
2018	Deportes Melipilla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gino Alberto Valentini Cuadra (born 10 October 1958) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile, Spain and Mexico.^[1]

Playing career

A product of Universidad Católica youth system, Valentini is well remembered for scoring the winning goal in the Clásico Universitario played in 1984, where his team broke a stint of 13 years with no defeating Universidad de Chile.^[2]

In his homeland, he also played for Unión San Felipe (1987)^[1] and Deportes Arica (1988)^[3] in the Chilean Segunda División.

In Spain, he played for Real Oviedo in the second level, where he came alongside his fellow Óscar Meneses.^[4]

In Mexico, he played for Tampico Madero^[5] and Irapuato^[6] in the top division.

Managerial career

Valentini worked as both manager and coach in the Universidad Católica youth system, where he trained players such as Jorge Kike Acuña.^[7] As an anecdote, he met and could join Lionel Scaloni to the club when the Argentine was fourteen years old.^[8]

As head coach, he has led Regional Atacama, Municipal Las Condes,^[9] Provincial Osorno,^[10] with whom he got promotion to the top division in the 1999 season,^[11] Deportes Puerto Montt^[12] and Deportes Melipilla.^[9]

He also served as sport manager of Deportes Melipilla.^[13]

Controversies

In the context of the relegation of Deportes Melipilla to the Primera B de Chile in the 2021 season, Valentini reported irregulatities and contract issues with the players while he was the sport manager.^[14] So, he has had public quarrels with the then coach, Carlos Encinas.^[13]

Honours

As player

Universidad Católica

References

^ ^a ^b "Gino Valentini :: Gino Valentini ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "Los héroes olvidados de la U y UC en un clásico universitario" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "ARIQUEÑOS QUE JUGARON EN LA UC". ARICADICTOS (in Spanish). 23 May 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Gino Valentini y Oscar Meneses en Real Oviedo Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook (in Spanish)
^ @ArchivoFutboler (November 8, 2019). "Gino Valentini 🇨🇱 Tampico Madero" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "Club IRAPUATO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Miranda, Gonzalo (9 March 2020). ""Kike" Acuña advierte en San Felipe: "El jugador que se porte mal conmigo no jugará"". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "FACT-CHECK: ¿ES REAL VÍNCULO DE SCALONI CON LA UC?". Espacio Cruzado (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b GINO VALENTINI Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
^ "Todos Toros!!: PLANTEL 1999". Todos Toros!! (in Spanish). 25 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Andrés, Juan Pablo (28 January 2011). "Chile - Coaches of Championship and Promoted Teams - Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "Gino Valentini es el nuevo técnico de Puerto Montt". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Video: Ex dirigente de Melipilla que denunció irregularidades en el club fue agredido por el máximo accionista de los "Potros"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Thomson, Javier (17 January 2022). ""Los jugadores hacían fila para ir a cobrármelas": Gino Valentini entregó detalles de la situación de las platas negras". Central Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.