Gerardo Martino

Gerardo "Tata" Martino earns my respect first as a one-club loyalist, holding the appearance record at Newell's Old Boys with 505 official matches. That kind of devotion is increasingly rare in modern football. As a coach he became a true journeyman, leading clubs and national teams across the Americas, which tells me he carries both deep local roots and a global outlook. I'm drawn to figures who balance hometown attachment with the courage to test themselves everywhere. Whatever the results, Martino's career reads as that of a man wholly committed to the game.

Name (English)

Gerardo Martino

Name (Japanese)

ヘラルド・マルティーノ

Reading

へらるど・まるてぃーの

Born

November 20, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Origin

Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, Chile

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo%20Martino
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356773

Tags

• Valparaíso Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.