Andrés_Cruciani
Andrés Cruciani
Argentine footballer and manager
Diego Andrés Cruciani (born 14 July 1962 in Bahía Blanca) is an Argentine football coach who currently appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh Premier League club Abahani Limited Dhaka.
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| Full name | Diego Andrés Cruciani | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1962-07-14) July 14, 1962 (age 61) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Abahani Limited Dhaka (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1978 | Juventud | 71 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Sarmiento | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Bella Vista | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Estudiantes | 42 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Club Cipolletti | 49 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Argentina U-20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Banfield (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Independiente (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Centenario | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Club Renato Cesarini (Tactics coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | CA Lanús (Youth Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Independiente (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Tampa Bay Mutiny (Technical Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Club Cipolletti | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Haiti | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Centenario | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Bangladesh U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2007 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Maldives | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Saif Sporting Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Abahani Limited Dhaka | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
The defender played in his career for Juventud, Sarmiento, Bella Vista, Estudiantes and Club Cipolletti before he retired after a knee injury in summer 1985.
Cruciani was a member of the Argentina national under-20 football team in 1981.
He was the head coach of the Bangladesh national football team, under his guidance, the team improved smoothly and became the runners-up of the SAFF championship.[1] He also served as head coach of the Bangladesh U23 team during the 2006 South Asian Games in Colombo.[2]
After leaving the post, Cruciani continued his career in Bangladesh by coaching B. League side, Abahani Limited Dhaka in 2007.[3] During his time, Cruciani had brought three Argentine players to the club.[4][5]
- Total Sports - Andrés Cruciani Archived February 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "Bangladesh await revamped Afghans". archive.thedailystar.net. 16 August 2006.
- News item - Andrés Cruciani Archived November 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- DCY Sport - Diego Andrés Cruciani Archived March 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine