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Ovidio Casartelli
Personal information
Full name Ovidio Benito Casartelli López[1]
Date of birth (1925-04-03)3 April 1925
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay[2]
Date of death 8 December 2008(2008-12-08) (aged 83)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Guaraní
Boca Juniors
1953 Deportivo Pereira
1954 Atlético Nacional 4 (0)
1955–1956 O'Higgins
International career
Paraguay
Managerial career
Ferrobádminton
Colchagua
Lister Rossel
1961 O'Higgins
1962–1963 Luis Cruz Martínez
1963–1965 Universidad Técnica
1967 Everton
1972 O'Higgins
1973 Curicó Unido
1974 Unión Magdalena
1987 Sport Colombia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ovidio Benito Casartelli López (3 April 1925 – 8 December 2008)[3] was a Paraguayan footballer and manager.

Playing career

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Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Casartelli stood out with Guaraní, winning the 1949 Paraguayan Primera División.[4] Abroad, he also played for Argentine club Boca Juniors[2][5] and the Colombian clubs Deportivo Pereira[6] and Atlético Nacional.[7] He won the 1954 Colombian first division with Atlético Nacional, the first league title in the club history.[8][1][9]

He ended his career in Chile with O'Higgins in 1955–56, taking part in the first season at the Chilean Primera División for the club.[10][11][12]

At international level, Casartelli represented the Paraguay national team.[2][5]

Coaching career

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Settled in Chile, Casartelli started his career at young age of thirty-something, leading clubs such as Ferrobádminton, Colchagua, Lister Rossel, O'Higgins, among others. He is better known by winning the 1962 Copa Preparación, as it was known the Copa Chile, with Luis Cruz Martínez, defeating Universidad Católica.[2][5][13]

Later, Casartelli led another clubs such as Universidad Técnica del Estado,[2] Everton de Viña del Mar, O'Higgins again[14] and Curicó Unido in Chile. In Colombia, he coached Unión Magdalena in 1974.[15]

As manager, Casartelli was known for his strong personality. He used to provide benzedrine to his players to improve their performances under the pretext of it was glucose.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano Capítulo 9: Año glorioso de Atlético Nacional". elescenariodelosclasicos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Andaur Marín, Rafael (December 2009). FÚTBOL REGIONAL E IDENTIDAD: El caso del Club Deportivo Luis Cruz Martínez (1962-1966) (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ovidio Benito Casartelli López". familysearch.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Se fue Ovidio Casartelli, campeón en 1949 con Guaraní". ABC (in Spanish). 28 December 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "A 60 años del título del Luis Cruz Martínez en la Copa Chile 1962". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "De los actos irracionales y la afición al Deportivo Pereira". Gol y Fútbol (in Spanish). 3 February 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2026. Jugadores profesionales del Deportivo Pereira. Armando Gonzales, César Santomé, Ovidio Casartelli,...
  7. ↑ "Los paraguayos que han pasado por Atlético Nacional". Goal (in Spanish). 30 May 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Durango, Jheyner (20 December 2015). "Nacional comenzó a hacer historia en 1954". El Colombiano (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026. Ese año los responsables para poder alzar el título fueron Gabriel Mejía, Darío Zapata, Ovidio Casartelli,
  9. ↑ Carreño, Alfredo (26 September 2024). "Hace 70 años Nacional dio la primera vuelta olímpica". Cápsulas de Carreño (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026. Ovidio Casartelli (paraguayo) y Domingo Pepe (argentino), cuatro
  10. ↑ "Historia - EL PRIMER PLANTEL". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026. 31 de mayo de 1955 registra que la planta de jugadores estaría compuesta por: Leonardo Bedoya, el arquero Carlos Bustos, el defensor argentino Salvador Calvente, el paraguayo Ovidio Casartelli,
  11. ↑ "Se cumplieron 65 años del debut de O'Higgins en Primera División". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "COLO-COLO 3:0 O'HIGGINS Torneo Nacional 1956". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  13. ↑ González, Marcelo (16 April 2021). "El día en que un equipo curicano venció a la UC en una final". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Historia - UN "EQUIPO DE LOCOS"". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026. El equipo inicia bajo la dirección del paraguayo Ovidio Casartelli,
  15. ↑ "¡Feliz cumpleaños ciclón bananero!". Tayrona Sports (in Spanish). 19 April 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
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