Dante Mircoli is a former Italian

Italy

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 - Argentine

Argentina

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 footballer and coach who spent the majority of his career in Argentina.

Playing career

Mircoli was born in Italy but moved to Argentina as a child and became a nationalised Argentine. He made his professional debut in 1965 for Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

. During his time with the club they won two league championships and Copa Libertadores 1972

Copa Libertadores 1972

The 1972 Copa Libertadores was the 13th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's the annual club tournament. Independiente of Argentina defeated Universitario de Deportes of Peru in the finals, and became the second team in the tournament's history to win three title...

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Mircoli played for a number of clubs in Italy with no great success, he made nine appearances in Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 for Sampdoria in 1973 and also played for Catania

Calcio Catania

Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...

 and Lecco

Calcio Lecco 1912

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Mircoli also made appearances in the Argentine Primera for Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club 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....

 and Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club de Avellaneda

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Managerial career

Mircoli managed a number of clubs in the lower leagues of Argentine football, including; Estudiantes (BA)

Club Atlético Estudiantes

Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Buenos Aires or Estudiantes de Caseros, is a sports club from Caseros, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina...

, Douglas Haig

Club Atlético Douglas Haig

Club Atlético Douglas Haig is a football club from Pergamino in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. They currently play in Zone 1 of the Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association league system....

, San Telmo

Club Atlético San Telmo

Club Atlético San Telmo is a football club from the Isla Maciel neighbourhood in the Dock Sud district of Avellaneda in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina...

 and Estudiantes (RC)

Estudiantes de Río Cuarto

Asociación Atlética Estudiantes is a sports club located in the city of Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province...

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Titles

• Primera División Argentina
  Primera División Argentina
  The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
  
  (2): Nacional 1967, Metropolitano 1971
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1972
  Copa Libertadores 1972
  The 1972 Copa Libertadores was the 13th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's the annual club tournament. Independiente of Argentina defeated Universitario de Deportes of Peru in the finals, and became the second team in the tournament's history to win three title...
  
  

External links

BDFA profile