Marcos Conigliaro

Marcos Conigliaro
	Conigliaro (right) and Juan Ramón Verón with the 1968 Intercontinental Cup
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Norberto Conigliaro
Date of birth	December 9, 1942
Place of birth	Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Date of death	March 20, 2026 (aged 83)
Place of death	San Jorge, Argentina
Positions	Forward; midfielder;
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1961	Quilmes
1962–1963	Independiente
1964	Chacarita Juniors
1965–1970	Estudiantes
1971–1972	Jalisco
1972–1974	Oudenaarde
1974–1975	Lugano
1976	Everton
Managerial career
1977-1979	Nueva Chicago
1980-1981	Deportivo Armenio
1982	All Boys
1983	Unión Santa Fe
	San Jorge [es]
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos Norberto Conigliaro (December 9, 1942 – March 20, 2026) was an Argentine football coach and professional player.

Biography

Conigliaro was born in Quilmes on December 9, 1942. As a player, he was a forward renowned for his technical ability. He played for many clubs in Argentina and abroad. His debut in Argentina was with Quilmes at the age of 15. He then played for Independiente, Chacarita Juniors, Estudiantes, Jalisco,^[1] Belgian club K.S.V. Oudenaarde, Swiss side Lugano, and Everton.^[2]

In 1965, he arrived to Estudiantes de La Plata, who were a dominant force in Argentine and South American football during the late 1960s. During his time in Estudiantes, Conigliaro won three Copa Libertadores and the 1968 Intercontinental Cup. In the first leg of that year’s Intercontinental Cup, he scored the only and therefore winning goal against Manchester United. Overall, Conigliaro played in 277 games, scoring 65 goals.

As a player, he won seven championships: six playing for Estudiantes (1967 Metropolitano, 1968-1970 Copa Libertadores, 1968 Intercontinental Cup, and 1969 Interamericana Cup ) and one playing for Independiente (1963 AFA Championship).

After he retired from soccer, Conigliaro became a coach. He coached Unión de Santa Fe in the Argentine first division. From 1996, he coached San Jorge^[es] from Santa Fe, which plays in the Argentino B division.

Conigliaro died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 83.^[3]

References

↑ Rosas, Sergio Luis (1 June 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón.
↑ Campos, Carlos (4 March 2024). "¡Yo lo vi jugar! River Plate en Viña del Mar". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
↑ "Murió Marcos Conigliaro, autor de uno de los goles más importantes en la historia de Estudiantes". rosario3. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.

External links

Marcos Conigliaro at BDFA (in Spanish)
Marcos Conigliaro at WorldFootball.net
Statistics at once-onze.narod.ru at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2012) (in Russian)

[1] Rosas, Sergio Luis (1 June 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón.

[2] Campos, Carlos (4 March 2024). "¡Yo lo vi jugar! River Plate en Viña del Mar". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2025.

[3] "Murió Marcos Conigliaro, autor de uno de los goles más importantes en la historia de Estudiantes". rosario3. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.

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