Carlos Aldabe
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Carlos Roberto Aldabe was an Argentine Association Football player and coach. He is mostly known for leading the then prominently staffed Colombia
n club CD Los Millonarios as player-manager to their first championship.
As player Roberto "Cacho" Aldabe was from 1939 to 1944 a defender with CA Platense in the Argentine first division and from 1945 to 1946 with Quilmes AC in the second division Primera B. Both clubs are located in the Province of Buenos Aires.
He joined CD Los Millonarios in the Colombian capital Bogotá
where he was player-manager in 1949. After the professionalisation of the Colombian football in the previous season the Argentine star El Maestro Adolfo Pedernera
from CA River Plate in Buenos Aires
joined the club in June 1949. Two months later he was followed by Néstor Rossi
and Alfredo Di Stéfano
from the same club. The acquisition of top stars from Argentina was aided by player strikes in Argentina in the years 1947 and 1948 which disrupted regular play and Colombia accepting players that were not formally released from there previous clubs. In practical terms this meant that Millonarios and the other Colombian clubs did not have to pay any transfer fees, which in turn led to a suspension of the country from FIFA
-membership.
Still in 1949 CD Los Millonarios won its first Colombian championship title. In the following year Adolfo Pedernera took on the responsibilities as player-manager - a position in which he would lead the side, then known as Ballet Azul, the "Blue Ballet" until 1954 to further titles. Aldabe initially continued playing for the club, but later in the year moved on to Peru where he joined Ciclista Lima
, a club which has just rejoined the first division after relegation two years earlier. Star of the side in this phase was the striker Juan Emilio Salinas. From mid 1952 he played a few more matches in Colombia for Santa Fe CD and in the following year for Universidad from Bogotá.
After his return to Argentina he coached there between 1953 and 1968 several professional clubs, albeit none of the top sides. After an engagement with second division side Quilmes AC between 1953 and 1954 he worked in Chile
. In 1956 he coached CD Universidad Católica
in the capital Santiago, where the legendary keeper Sergio Livingstone
stood in the goal mouth. In the previous season happened to be relegated as the incumbent champions, but by the end of 1956 managed to return to the top flight. Between 1957 and 1958 he coached Everton de Viña del Mar in the north of the country.
Between 1960 and 1968 he held six more relatively short term engagements with Argentine first and second division clubs - without adding to his trophy tally.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n club CD Los Millonarios as player-manager to their first championship.
As player Roberto "Cacho" Aldabe was from 1939 to 1944 a defender with CA Platense in the Argentine first division and from 1945 to 1946 with Quilmes AC in the second division Primera B. Both clubs are located in the Province of Buenos Aires.
He joined CD Los Millonarios in the Colombian capital Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
where he was player-manager in 1949. After the professionalisation of the Colombian football in the previous season the Argentine star El Maestro Adolfo Pedernera
Adolfo Pedernera
Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera , born in Avellaneda, Argentina, was a football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro" , He is still considered by many to be one of the greatest Argentine players of all-time. He was elected the 12th best South american footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the...
from CA River Plate in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
joined the club in June 1949. Two months later he was followed by Néstor Rossi
Néstor Rossi
Néstor Raúl "Pipo" Rossi was an Argentine football midfielder.-Playing career:Nicknamed "Pipo", he started his career at River Plate, playing from 1945 to 1949, and then again from 1955 to 1958, winning a total of 5 Argentine leagues. In total, Rossi played 155 matches for River Plate scoring 7...
and Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...
from the same club. The acquisition of top stars from Argentina was aided by player strikes in Argentina in the years 1947 and 1948 which disrupted regular play and Colombia accepting players that were not formally released from there previous clubs. In practical terms this meant that Millonarios and the other Colombian clubs did not have to pay any transfer fees, which in turn led to a suspension of the country from FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
-membership.
Still in 1949 CD Los Millonarios won its first Colombian championship title. In the following year Adolfo Pedernera took on the responsibilities as player-manager - a position in which he would lead the side, then known as Ballet Azul, the "Blue Ballet" until 1954 to further titles. Aldabe initially continued playing for the club, but later in the year moved on to Peru where he joined Ciclista Lima
Ciclista Lima
Ciclista Lima Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Lima. It is the second oldest club in Peru.The club is the biggest of Lima city, and one of the biggest in Lima Province....
, a club which has just rejoined the first division after relegation two years earlier. Star of the side in this phase was the striker Juan Emilio Salinas. From mid 1952 he played a few more matches in Colombia for Santa Fe CD and in the following year for Universidad from Bogotá.
After his return to Argentina he coached there between 1953 and 1968 several professional clubs, albeit none of the top sides. After an engagement with second division side Quilmes AC between 1953 and 1954 he worked in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. In 1956 he coached CD Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...
in the capital Santiago, where the legendary keeper Sergio Livingstone
Sergio Livingstone
Sergio Roberto "Sapo" Livingstone Pohlhammer , affectionally called Sapito Livingstone, is a former Chilean goalkeeper, considered the first great footballer in the country's history, who later became a well regarded journalist. He was called El Sapo for his typical posture in the goal mouth...
stood in the goal mouth. In the previous season happened to be relegated as the incumbent champions, but by the end of 1956 managed to return to the top flight. Between 1957 and 1958 he coached Everton de Viña del Mar in the north of the country.
Between 1960 and 1968 he held six more relatively short term engagements with Argentine first and second division clubs - without adding to his trophy tally.
Statistical overview
Coaching career- 1953-1954: Quilmes AC (Liga Primera B)
- 1956: Club Deportivo Universidad CatólicaClub Deportivo Universidad CatólicaClub Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...
(Chile) (second division) - 1957-1958: Everton de Viña del Mar (Chile)
- 1960: CA Talleres (Remedios de Escalada) (1960 Relegation to Primera B)
- 1960-1961: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
- 1961: Argentinos JuniorsArgentinos JuniorsAsociación 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...
- 1962: Club AlmagroClub AlmagroClub Almagro is a sports club from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of Argentine football league system....
(Liga Primera B) - 1963-1964: Estudiantes de la PlataEstudiantes de La PlataClub Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....
- 1966: Ferro Carril OesteFerro Carril OesteClub Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
- 1968: CA Talleres
External links
- El Dorado, CD Los Millonarios (18 May 2011)
- Profile at BDFA