2024-08-18 03:44:00
The hiring of Julian Alvarez revolutionized Atletico Madrid. In order to sign “La Araña”, the Spanish entity paid the second largest fee in history for a football player: it paid Manchester City $82 million, of which $491,000 will be donated to Atletico Calcin and $382,000 to Cos Atalaya Sports Club, the two teams of Erdoba.
Alvarez, who won 25 national championships, 7 European trophies and 1 international title with the “colchonero” club, will compete with his hometown players Nahuel Molina and Rodrigo · Together they make up the team with Rodrigo De Paul, two other members of the Argentina national team, two-time Copa America champions (2021 and 2024), and 2022 final and Qatar World Cup champions.
They are still together. Nahuel Molina, another 2022 Qatari world champion, and ‘el Cholo’ Simeone, coach of Atletico Madrid, hail from Córdoba.
“I’m not a superhero, I’m just here to contribute and try to help the team,” the 24-year-old attacker told the media on Friday. On this occasion, Julian received a jersey with the number “19” printed on it from the red and white president Enrique Cerezo, which he will use in the 2024/2025 season, Atletico Madrid Will start the new season with a visit to Villarreal this week.
Alvarez is the 58th Argentine footballer and the eighth player from Córdoba to wear the jersey of the Madrid club, which has a 121-year history.
“Mandela”, Pioneer
For Lanus fans, Dante Homerico Lugo González (1932-1996) is considered “one of the best football players in the history of Maroon”. He was the scorer for the famous Buenos Aires club team that finished second in 1956 and was dubbed the “Globetrotters” by future generations.
“Mandrake”. Dante Lugo, pioneer of the “colchonero” club in Córdoba. At the beginning of his football career, he played for Argentinian team Penarol. /// Photo: CEDOC Profile
After that, forwards such as “Mandrake” Lugo and Julian Alvarez from Córdoba moved to Atletico Madrid, where he played six games between March and December 1957, Scored 4 goals.
After playing in Europe, Lugo finished his career with Spanish clubs Sporting, Carlisle West, Boca Juniors and clubs in Peru and Colombia. In 1956, he represented the Argentine national team in the Pan American Championships in Brazil.
Silver carp from Atletico Madrid
Ramón ‘Cacho’ Heredia was born in Cruz del Eje and is considered an Atletico Madrid legend. He played 104 games there between 1973 and 1977, scoring eight goals, during which time the club won the league title and the Spanish Cup (then known as the Grand Marshal’s Cup, a reference to dictator Francisco Franco). and the Intercontinental Cup, against Independiente.
“Cacho” Heredia. A former player and technical director, he is currently technical secretary at Atlético Madrid. /// Photo: CEDOC Profile
He arrived in Spain after winning a double with San Lorenzo de Almagro before finishing his career in France with Paris Saint-Germain. Singer Joaquín Sabina added her name to a song written in 2003 to commemorate Atlético Madrid’s centenary.
Heredia, 73, is a member of the technical secretariat of the “colchonero” club. He also served as the club’s coach in the 1992/93 and 1993/94 seasons, participating in 17 games. At the 1974 World Cup in Germany, he played six games with the Argentina team and scored one goal.
bad memory
Jose Luis Villarreal has no hesitation in describing his time at Atletico Madrid as “one of the worst experiences of my career as a footballer”. He arrived at the Spanish club in 1993 under head coach José Omar Pastoriza, a year after winning the Apetula with Boca Juniors Championship and won the Confederations Cup with the Argentina national team.
“Velita”. Jose Luis Villarreal, a former Paz youth player and Belgrano, played five games for Spain. /// Photo: CEDOC Profile
His six-month stay resulted in a tense relationship with the entity’s then-president, Jesús Gil y Gil. “It’s very complicated. One day he walked into the dressing room with three bodyguards and started shouting ‘What a terrible player I have!’ and I almost broke the scale on his head. .
Villarreal played just five games at Atletico Madrid, the last two with Ramon Heredia as coach. “Before my last game (1-1 against Celta Vigo on April 11, 1993) I asked him to play me as a central midfielder because I would perform better there and he told me to stay calm . When he was giving his technical talk, he announced that Shuster would be playing “5” and I would be playing “8.” “Should I fuck him now or after the game?” I thought. I ended up taking my jersey off at halftime and throwing it at him.
A fleeting step. Demichelis spent 47 days at the red and white club. He spent two games on the bench before moving to English football. /// Photo: CEDOC Profile
“Not signing”
“I am delighted to join such an important and ambitious club as Atletico Madrid. It is a personal source of pride for me and an important step in my career. “I will adapt as quickly as possible and contribute. ” On July 11, 2013, Martin Demichelis used these words to introduce himself as the “colchonero” player.
Forty-seven days later, “Micho” arrived freely from Malaga and moved to Manchester City. Manchester City paid $6.6 million for his signing. In his short spell at Atletico, the Justino Posé native added another title to his record as he was in both of the Spanish Super Cup finals against Barcelona. Substitute substitute.
Ten years before Demichelis landed, another Cordoba defender, Fabricio Coloccini, had donned the red and white jersey. The player from Alaves made 30 appearances and scored one goal in the league and Copa del Rey during the 2002/2003 season.
Colocchini. The Alta Gracia defender played 30 games in an Atletico jersey during the 2002/2003 season and scored one goal. /// Photo: CEDOC Profile
The legend of the Cordoba native continues with Luciano Vietto, a striker born in Balnearia who made 38 appearances and scored in the 2015/2016 and 2017/2018 seasons 3 goals.
The former Athletic Club player arrived from Villarreal, for which the club paid a transfer fee of €20 million, and he was loaned to Sevilla after 28 games. He returned and played 10 more games before moving on loan to Valencia, a stop that preceded spells in England, Portugal and Saudi Arabia.
Like Demichelis and Coloccini, Vietto is also a member of the Argentina national team. He participated in the 2013 South American Under-20 competition and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Vietnam. The Barneria striker came from Atlético Avellaneda and played two spells at Atlético Madrid. /// Photo: CEDOC Profile
As rumors linking him to Barcelona subside, Nahuel Molina, who trained at Fitzsimmon de Enbals and has had successive spells with Boca, Defenders Justice, Rosario Central and Udi Nes’s full-back is preparing to play his third season at Atletico Madrid.
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