Francisco Lojacono | |
Fullname: | Francisco Ramón Lojacono |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1935 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Death Place: | Palombara Sabina, Italy |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | ???–1953 |
Youthclubs1: | San Lorenzo |
Years1: | 1953–1954 |
Years2: | 1955–1956 |
Years3: | 1956–1957 |
Years4: | 1957–1960 |
Years5: | 1960–1963 |
Years6: | 1963–1964 |
Years7: | 1964–1965 |
Years8: | 1965–1969 |
Years9: | 1969–1970 |
Years10: | 1970–1972 |
Clubs1: | San Lorenzo |
Clubs2: | Gimnasia La Plata |
Clubs3: | Vicenza |
Clubs4: | Fiorentina |
Clubs5: | Roma |
Clubs6: | Fiorentina |
Clubs7: | Sampdoria |
Clubs8: | Alessandria |
Clubs9: | A.C. Legnano |
Clubs10: | Gimnasia La Plata |
Caps1: | 6 |
Caps2: | 51 |
Caps3: | 18 |
Caps4: | 91 |
Caps5: | 56 |
Caps6: | 18 |
Caps7: | 25 |
Caps8: | 95 |
Caps9: | 12 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 29 |
Goals3: | 11 |
Goals4: | 32 |
Goals5: | 22 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Goals8: | 33 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1956 |
Nationalyears2: | 1959–1962 |
Nationalteam2: | Italy |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
Manageryears1: | 1972–1973 |
Manageryears2: | 1973–1974 |
Manageryears3: | 1974–1975 |
Manageryears4: | 1975–1976 |
Manageryears5: | 1976–1977 |
Manageryears6: | 1977–1979 |
Manageryears7: | 1980–1982 |
Manageryears8: | 1982–1983 |
Manageryears9: | 1983–1984 |
Manageryears10: | 1984–1985 |
Managerclubs10: | Akragas |
Francisco Ramón Lojacono (11 December 1935 – 19 September 2002) was an Italian Argentine football player and manager. A midfielder, he began his playing career in Argentina with San Lorenzo, before moving to Italy to play with Vicenza, Fiorentina, Roma, Sampdoria, Alessandria and A.C. Legnano. Lojacono finished his career back in Argentina with Gimnasia La Plata.[1]
During his playing career, Lojacono represented both Italy and Argentina at international level,[2] and was part of the Argentine squad that finished third in the 1956 South American Championship.[3] He obtained eight caps with Argentina, all of which came in 1956, and eight caps with Italy between 1959 and 1962, scoring 5 goals for the latter national team.
After retiring as a player in 1972, Lojacono began a career in coaching that took him to managing a numerous Italian clubs, namely Latina, Castrovillari, Benevento, Livorno, Cavese, Barletta, Casoria, Salernitana, Nocerina and Akragas.