Osvaldo Escudero

Osvaldo Salvador Escudero (born October 15, 1960, in Paso de los Libres, Corrientes) is a former Argentine professional footballer. He was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan.

Escudero started his career with Chacarita Juniors in 1978, he also played for Boca Juniors where he won the Metropolitano 1981 and at Rosario Central where he won the 1986–1987 championship. He played abroad for Barcelona SC (Ecuador) and Mitsubishi Motors (Japan).

His other clubs include Vélez Sársfield, Unión de Santa Fe, Independiente, Racing Club, Platense and Chaco For Ever.

His younger brother Sergio Escudero is also football player.

Biography

Escudero began his career in 1978, debuting with Chacarita Juniors in his native Argentina.

He was then summoned to the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Argentina national under-20 football team who won the youth world championship 1979 in Japan.

"We were very young (with Maradona), where we hardly had the illusion of success at first. Diego always had very good appreciation for me, we were very good friends. On the court he always interpreted the game well, along with Ramon Diaz (scorer of the tournament). We all three got along well, "said Escudero, recalling the exploits with the Argentina youth.

After brief time with Vélez and a return to Chacarita Juniors, Escudero moved to the Boca Juniors team, who would win the Primera Division Championship in 1981.

Subsequently, their experiences Independiente de Avellaneda, Rosario Central and Racing Club, helped to "Pichi" out of Argentina to go on loan in 1991 to Barcelona from Ecuador, where he was champion after six months in which he participated.

"I never thought to be technical. Never. I came to El Salvador and Jaime is a close friend of Guillermo Figueroa (official of) Santa Tecla and he was joking if I would lead Santa Tecla. Jokingly he said yes too. I had no vocation to be technical, because I did not like being technical. Communicate always cost me. I was always very quiet and a technician must talk much, convey their ideas, "Escudero confessed, saying that something that helped him develop the talent strategist was the fact of directing veteran teams in Argentina".

In the same way, Escudero admits that despite fogueando go in the league veterans adjust to the technical direction of Santa Tecla was not easy. Today makes a contrast of the first tournament (Apertura 2012) that came with the tournament that has now led. Expresses feel more confident and solvency to convey ideas to his players in a better way.

The first stage ended with Santa Tecla, according to his opinion, not by the fact of making a bad role, but because "he was not comfortable with my assistant Guillermo Rivera. It was not faithful to me and the board gave him the right (trust) to it and if so is because they did not trust me", said Escudero.

Coaching career Club From June 2012, Escudero was the new coach of the Santa Tecla of First Division of El Salvador.

October 31, 2012, left the Santa Tecla by problems with Guillermo Rivera (former Salvadoran selected), but returned for the title of the Clausura 2015 tournament champion. Clubs

Footballer honours

Managerial stats

Clubs

Honours football coach achievementsClubseason Salvadoran Primera DivisiónSanta Tecla2015

International football player selection

ClubYearArgentina national under-20 football team1979

Footballer honours achievementsClubseason FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina national under-20 football team1979