Grégorio Juan Esperón Explained

Grégorio Juan Esperón
Fullname:Grégorio Juan Esperón
Birth Date:15 August 1912
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position:Right back
Years1:1933
Years2:1934–1944
Years3:1945
Years4:1946–47
Clubs3:San Cristóbal (Brasil)
Caps1:5
Goals1:0
Caps2:244
Goals2:24
Caps3:?
Goals3:0
Caps4:7
Goals4:0
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:1948
Manageryears2:1950
Manageryears3:1951–1953
Manageryears4:1953
Manageryears5:1954
Manageryears6:1956
Manageryears7:1964
Manageryears8:1966
Managerclubs6:Platense
Managerclubs8:Juan Aurich

Grégorio Juan Esperón (known in different sources as Iván Esperón or Gregorio Esperón) (August 15, 1912  - September 30, 2000) was an Argentine professional football player and coach.

He was a very good right back, probably, the best defensive player in the history of Platense. In 1938, he refused a transfer to a bigger club, because he did not want his team, Platense, to be weakened. As a player, at the end of his career, he played 7 games for A.S. Roma in the Serie A in the 1946/47 season, where he also coached the youth teams.

Between 1940 and 1942, he played 10 games for the Argentina national team, scoring one goal against Uruguay. In 1941, he was part of the national team that won the Copa América (Campeonato Sudamericano). He also coached Ecuador in 1953, coaching the team during the Copa América of that year.

After he retired as a player, he coached in Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay. He coached Platense, his old team, from 1948 to 1950 and 1956; Barcelona SC in 1950; Emelec from 1951 to 1953; Ecuador in 1953; Deportiva Valdez in 1953; Cerro Porteño in 1954. His last coaching job was Excursionistas in 1964.

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