Alfredo Oscar Graciani is a former Argentine

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and also played in Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and Venezuela

Venezuela

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 at the end of his playing career.

Graciani started his playing career in 1981 with Club Atlético Atlanta

Club Atlético Atlanta

Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...

 in the Argentine 2nd Division. In 1983 the club were promoted to the Argentine Primera

Primera División Argentina

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 after winning the Primera B championship.

In 1984 Graciani was signed by Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 he went on to become their leading goalscorer of the 1980s, winning two international titles with the club.

In 1992 Graciani joined Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

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 but returned to Boca Juniors in 1993. By the end of his Boca Juniors career he had played 250 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 83 goals.

In 1994 Graciani played for Deportivo Español before dropping down a division to play for Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán

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 and then Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

 in the Primera B Nacional.

In 1997 Graciani was signed by Swiss club Lugano

AC Lugano

FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was founded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the Stadio Cornaredo...

 and his final club were Caracas FC in Venezuela in 1998.

After retirement as a player Graciani has gone on to work as a football coach, he was part of the coaching staff at Boca under Chino Benítez

Jorge José Benítez

Jorge José Benítez is an Argentine former football player, and coach.El Chino Benítez started his career in Racing Club in 1969; in 1973 he was transferred to Boca Juniors, where he stayed until retirement in 1983...

.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1983	Atlanta Club Atlético Atlanta Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...	Primera B
1989	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Supercopa Sudamericana Supercopa Sudamericana The Supercopa Sudamericana , also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa Libertadores, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores...
1990	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Recopa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
1996-97	Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...	Primera B Nacional

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