Gustavo Raggio: Remembering the Legacy of the Estudiantes de Río Cuarto Coach

2024-02-20 23:04:00
Gustavo Raggio was the coach of Estudiantes de Río Cuarto

After several days hospitalized in serious condition, Gustavo Raggio died at the age of 52 affected by bilateral pneumonia for which he had been admitted to intensive care fifteen days ago with the assistance of an artificial respirator. The health of the Estudiantes de Río Cuarto coach, and one of Bielsa’s disciples at Newell’s, had worsened in the last few hours due to dehydration.

The Córdoba club issued a statement to remember him and confirm the sad news: “Students communicate with deep pain and sadness that at 7:06 p.m. we were notified of the death of our technical director, Mr. Gustavo Raggio,” he indicated.

The message from Estudiantes de Río Cuarto for the death of their coach, Gustavo Raggio (X)

“With a long history in football, Gustavo had been working in our institution since the beginning of January, when he took on the challenge of carrying out the club’s football destinies, carrying out his task with total professionalism and dedication to the limit of his strength. We join in the pain of his family, relatives and friends in this difficult moment and we send them our most sincere condolences,” the Córdoba entity expressed in the text.

Quilmes also fired the coach: “May you rest in peace, Carozo. Quilmes is not going to forget you”, since Raggio knew how to play for Cervecero and achieved promotion to the First Division in 2003.

The message from Quilmes for the death of Gustavo Raggio (X)The message from Newells for the death of Gustavo Raggio (X)

“The Newell’s Old Boys Athletic Club regrets to report the death of Gustavo Raggio Carozo, who as a red and black player played 127 games and became champion in 1992, physically leaving us today at the age of 52. We send strength and our most sincere condolences to his family and loved ones. May you rest in peace, leper,” was the message shared by the Rosario painting.

The news related to the health of the Estudiantes de Río Cuarto coach had generated great concern and kept all of Argentine football in suspense. The man who joined the Primera B Nacional team two months ago had to be hospitalized, presenting a delicate condition. It was Celeste de Córdoba who had reported that the 52-year-old DT’s situation had worsened and therefore requested a prayer chain: “PRAYER CHAIN: Mr. Gustavo Raggio continues to be hospitalized in the intensive care unit, presenting instability of vital signs, requiring greater complexity in the life support you receive. His prognosis is reserved.”

Raggio was hospitalized on Monday, February 5, due to symptoms of dehydration and pneumonia. The Córdoba entity reported a week ago that the coach suffered from a bilateral respiratory condition and detailed that his health condition had become “reserved.” Finally, the former Newell’s and Estudiantes de La Plata footballer, with an extensive career in Argentine football that includes teams such as Quilmes or Banfield, could not overcome his complicated state of health and lost his life at the Río Cuarto Medical Institute.

Gustavo Raggio, a disciple of Bielsa, was coach of Newell’s

Carozo, as he was nicknamed, had landed on the Estudiantes de Río Cuarto substitute bench on December 18 to fill the vacant place left by Iván Delfino. He was also coach of Newell’s in 2014, but then had a career in promotion until he had an outstanding season with Douglas Haig, a team he led to the final of Federal A in search of promotion to the Primera Nacional. After the defeat in that duel with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Salta, he was sought out by the León del Imperio to take the reins of a team that reached the semi-final of the Primera B Nacional Reduced last season (they were eliminated by Deportivo Maipú).

However, Raggio was barely able to officially lead his team in a match. On Sunday, February 4, Estudiantes began their journey in the competition with a 1-0 victory against Deportivo Madryn at the Antonio Candini Stadium with a goal from Guillermo Villalba. Hours later, the coach was hospitalized and his field assistant, Santiago Stagnari, took charge of the team in the defeat against Defensores Unidos de Zárate as a visitor for the second round.

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