Andrés Cruciani

Diego Andrés Cruciani (born 14 July 1962 in Bahía Blanca) is an Argentine football coach.

Andrés Cruciani

Personal information
Full name	Diego Andrés Cruciani
Date of birth	(1962-07-14) July 14, 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1978	Juventud	71	(3)
1979	Sarmiento	21	(4)
1980	Bella Vista	19	(1)
1981–1982	Estudiantes	42	(1)
1983–1985	Club Cipolletti	49	(3)
International career
1981	Argentina U-20	4	(0)
Managerial career
1995	Banfield (assistant coach)
1996–1997	Independiente (assistant coach)
1998	Centenario
1998	Club Renato Cesarini
1999	CA Lanús (Youth Coach)
2000	Independiente (assistant coach)
2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny (Technical Coach)
2001–2002	Club Cipolletti
2002–2003	Haiti
2004–2005	Centenario
2005–2006	Bangladesh
2006	Bangladesh U23
2007–2007	Abahani Limited Dhaka
2009–2011	Maldives
2021–2022	Saif Sporting Club
2023–2024	Abahani Limited Dhaka
Medal record Men's football Representing  Bangladesh (as manager) SAFF Championship Runner-up 2005 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

The defender played in his career for Juventud, Sarmiento, Bella Vista, Estudiantes and Club Cipolletti before he retired after a knee injury in summer 1985.

International career

Cruciani was a member of the Argentina national under-20 football team in 1981.

Coaching career

Cruciani was the head coach of the Bangladesh national football team. Under his guidance, the team improved smoothly and became the runners-up of the SAFF championship.^[1] He also served as head coach of the Bangladesh U23 team during the 2006 South Asian Games in Colombo.^[2]

After leaving the post, Cruciani continued his career in Bangladesh by coaching B. League side, Abahani Limited Dhaka in 2007.^[3] During his time, he brought three Argentine players to the club.^[4][5]