Gustavo Grondona
Gustavo Grondona (born 16 June 1968 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine football midfielder and is currently the assistant manager of Colo Colo football club from Chile.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Héctor Grondona Maio | ||
| Date of birth | June 16, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Arsenal de Sarandí | - | |
| 1991–1992 | Independiente | 19 | (3) |
| 1992–1993 | Huracán | 11 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Deportivo Español | 66 | (8) |
| 1998–2001 | Universitario de Deportes | 129 | (25) |
| 2001 | Sporting Cristal | - | |
| 2002–2003 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 30 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2007 | |||
Gustavo Grondona is the son of Héctor Grodona, brother of Julio Humberto Grondona. He made his playing debut in 1989 for the club founded by his father, Arsenal de Sarandí.
Unlike his father Gustavo managed to step up to play at the highest level, appearing in the Argentine Primera División for Independiente, Huracán and Deportivo Español in the 1990s.
In 1998, he joined Peruvian club Universitario de Deportes where he was part of three championship winning squads between 1998 and 2000.
After a short spell with Sporting Cristal in 2001, he returned to Argentina to play out his career with Arsenal during their first ever season in the Argentine Primera.
Titles
- Primera División Peruana 1998
- Primera División Peruana 1999
- Primera División Peruana 2000
External links
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- (in Spanish) Futbol Peruano profile