Alejandro Russo

Alejandro Marcelo Russo (born 13 February 1968) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Alejandro Russo

Russo in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Marcelo Russo
Date of birth	(1968-02-13) 13 February 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Ensenada, Argentina
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Estudiantes LP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1990	Estudiantes LP	86	(16)
1991	Argentinos Juniors	1	(0)
1991–1992	Platense	9	(1)
1992	Atlético Marbella
1993	Huracán
1994	Comunicaciones
1995	Racing de Olavarría
1995–1996	Temperley
International career
1987	Argentina U20
1987–1988	Argentina U23
Managerial career
2000–2006	Estudiantes LP (youth)
2006	Monarcas Morelia (assistant)
2007–2008	Estudiantes LP (youth)
2008	Estudiantes LP (interim)
2009	Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
2010	Racing Club (assistant)
2011	Instituto (assistant)
2013	Sporting Cristal (assistant)
2014–2015	San Lorenzo (youth)
2018–2020	San Lorenzo (youth)
2021	Unión La Calera (assistant)
2022–2023	Gimnasia Jujuy (assistant)
2023	Melgar (assistant)
2024	Jorge Wilstermann (assistant)
2024	Unión Comercio
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Russo played mainly for Estudiantes de La Plata and Argentinos Juniors, among other clubs. He also represented Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, making two appearances in the competition.

In October 1990, Russo went on trial at Manchester United, for whom he made two reserve team appearances.

Managerial career

After being an assistant and youth manager, Russo joined Gastón Ramondino's staff at Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann in 2024. On 13 June of that year, he was named manager of the club,^[1] but he left the club on 8 July without managing in a single match.^[2]

On 22 August 2024, Russo took over Peruvian side Unión Comercio.