The ‘Indian’ commands a tribe again! At 81 years old, Jorge Solari, former coach of Barcelona SC resumes the technical direction

He arrived at Barcelona SC in 2002 and that season he had to settle for a runner-up. Now 81 years old, Argentine Jorge Solari sits down again on a substitute bench to lead the Renato Cesarini club, from the First B of gaucho football (third division).

“Maybe winning with Barcelona SC is what I lacked. But I speak honestly, I am grateful to Ecuador and Guayaquil for the treatment they gave us,” said the strategist in 2020 during a radio interview.

“Jorge Raúl Solari is a registered soccer brand in Rosario and the country. With his 81 years he put on the DT diver again. The experienced coach, with a thousand battles on his back, is news in the Rosarina environment since he will be in charge of Renato Cesarini’s first division in the current season of the Primera B tournament, “Copa José Zanabria”, he says in a daily note The capital from Rosario.

“The Indian returns to the rodeo after having directed more than 18 clubs, with an outstanding career. In 1972 he began working in the lower ranks of Rosario Central and in 2017 he closed his career in Coronel Aguirre for the Regional Amateur tournament, until this round, ”added the newspaper.

The note recalls that in his long and rich career the strategist led the Saudi Arabian team in the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

“He also had the pleasure of directing the Saudi Arabian team in the 1994 World Cup in the United States. After 7 inactive years, he decided to lead the first team of the club that he founded on January 15, 1975, to aim with everything for promotion to the upper circle ”, he specified.

“On the day of the presentation, Solari took the baton in front of more than 150 players and told them anecdotes about his long career as a player and coach. He, in turn, outlined for them the objective that the club has to face the next Rosarina tournament, both in the lower, first and women’s soccer ”, added the note.

The Renato Cesarini Club – named after the former River Plate and Juventus footballer – was founded on January 15, 1975 by the brothers Jorge and Eduardo Solari and Ermindo and Daniel Onega and Luis Artime. He participated in the highest category of Argentine soccer in the 1982 National Championships, with Jorge Solari as DT, and 1983.

Prioritize the inferiors and training appeared as a priority for the Rosario club. And from its seedbed emerged, among others, Javier Mascherano, Martín Demichelis, Santiago Solari, Fabián Cubero, Pablo Piatti, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Joaquín Correa, Iván Pillud, Leandro Gioda, Norberto Araujo, Sebastián Grazzini, Miguel Torren, Marcos Aguirre, Augusto Solari and Juan Cruz Komar and others. (D)