| Gustavo Coleoni | |
| Fullname: | Gustavo Iván Coleoni |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.61m |
| Position: | Right midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1976–1985 |
| Youthclubs1: | Talleres |
| Years1: | 1986 |
| Clubs1: | Boca de Bariloche |
| Years2: | 1987 |
| Clubs2: | Bella Vista de Córdoba |
| Years3: | 1989 |
| Years4: | 1990 |
| Years5: | 1991 |
| Clubs7: | Central Río Segundo |
| Clubs8: | Bella Vista de Córdoba |
| Clubs9: | Matienzo |
| Clubs10: | Independiente Dolores |
| Clubs11: | Atlético Rio Tercero |
| Clubs12: | Belgrano La Para |
| Manageryears1: | 1998–2002 |
| Managerclubs1: | Talleres (youth) |
| Manageryears2: | 2004–2005 |
| Managerclubs2: | Racing de Córdoba (youth) |
| Manageryears3: | 2006 |
| Managerclubs3: | Racing de Córdoba |
| Manageryears4: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs4: | Gimnasia de Mendoza |
| Manageryears5: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs5: | Juventud Antoniana |
| Manageryears6: | 2008–2010 |
| Managerclubs6: | Juventud Antoniana |
| Manageryears7: | 2010 |
| Managerclubs7: | Central Norte |
| Manageryears8: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs8: | Talleres |
| Manageryears9: | 2011–2012 |
| Managerclubs9: | Racing de Córdoba |
| Manageryears10: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs10: | Santamarina |
| Manageryears11: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs11: | Central Norte |
| Manageryears12: | 2014 |
| Managerclubs12: | Guillermo Brown |
| Manageryears13: | 2014 |
| Managerclubs13: | Sportivo Patria |
| Manageryears14: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs14: | Santamarina |
| Manageryears15: | 2016 |
| Managerclubs15: | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| Manageryears16: | 2017–2020 |
| Managerclubs16: | Central Córdoba |
| Manageryears17: | 2021 |
| Managerclubs17: | Central Córdoba |
Gustavo Iván Coleoni (born 16 August 1968) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Coleoni is nicknamed Sapito (Little Frog) due to his small height and his jumps to avoid his opponents.[1]
Born in Córdoba, Coleoni was a Talleres youth graduate. During his youth, due to his low height, the club paid a growth hormone treatment similar as to Lionel Messi's, but it never fully worked.[2] [3]
After only playing two friendlies in the first team, Coleoni resumed his career with Peru's San Agustín and Chile's Magallanes, aside from lower league sides in his native region.[4]
After retiring Coleoni took up coaching in 1997, being initially a coordinator of his first club Talleres' youth sides and later being their manager. In 2003 he moved to Racing de Córdoba; initially a general coordinator, he was manager of the club's youth categories in 2004, and subsequently became their first team manager in 2006.[5]
On 17 December 2006, Coleoni was named manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza,[6] but was subsequently replaced by Ricardo Dillon. He was subsequently in charge of Juventud Antoniana also in the 2007 season, but resigned.
On 3 June 2008, Coleoni returned to Juventud Antoniana.[7] He narrowly missed out promotion to Primera B Nacional in his two seasons in charge, and later moved to Juventud Unida Universitario in July 2010 as a general coordinator.
In September 2010, Coleoni was named at the helm of Central Norte.[8] The following 21 February, he was named in charge of former side Talleres, with the club in the Torneo Argentino A.[9]
In June 2011, Coleoni returned to Racing de Córdoba as first team manager.[10] Roughly one year later, he was appointed at the helm of Santamarina,[11] before returning to Central Norte in 2013.[12]
In January 2015, after short periods in charge of Guillermo Brown[13] and Sportivo Patria,[14] Coleoni returned to Santamarina.[15] He left the club in June 2016 to take over Ferro Carril Oeste in the second division.[16]
Coleoni was sacked by Ferro on 15 December 2016,[17] and took over Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero the following January.[18] Despite suffering relegation in his first season, the club won the 2017–18 Torneo Federal A and subsequently achieved promotion to the Primera División and reached the finals of the Copa Argentina in 2018–19.[2]
On 17 March 2020, Coleoni resigned from the Ferroviarios.[19] On 30 December, the club announced his return, effective as after the ending of the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional.[20]