José Vicente Grecco (20 June 1929 in Bahía Blanca – 24 August 2008 in Medellín) was an Argentine football player and manager.[1]
Club career
Grecco began his playing career in 1948 with Boca Juniors, he only played one game for the club a 3–1 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata on 14 November 1948.[2] He then went on to play for Unión de Santa Fe and Newell's Old Boys in the Primera División Argentina. Grecco scored 55 goals in 107 matches for Unión.[3]
He also enjoyed success in Colombia with Independiente Medellín and Santa Fe.[4] 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 Fútbol Profesional Colombiano with 30 goals.[5]
Personal
Grecco died 24 August 2008 in Medellín.[5]
References
- ↑ Ortiz Jiménez, Juan Diego (26 August 2008). "Murió José Vicente Grecco, goleador histórico del Medellín". Futbol Red. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
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- ↑ "El buen fútbol está de luto por Greco". Uno de Santa Fe. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Ficha de JOSE GRECCO". BDFA. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- 1 2 "Murió Grecco, uno de los mejores "10" de Unión en 101 años de vida". Diario El Litoral. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2009.