Blas Giunta

Blas Armando Giunta Rodríguez (born 6 September 1963, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder and current youth coach at Boca Juniors.

Blas Giunta

Giunta in Platense, c. 1985
Personal information
Full name	Blas Armando Giunta Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1963-09-06) 6 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Boca Juniors (youth coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	San Lorenzo	34	(2)
1984–1985	Cipolletti	0	(0)
1985–1986	Platense	27	(2)
1986–1988	San Lorenzo	75	(4)
1988–1989	Murcia	13	(0)
1989–1993	Boca Juniors	142	(8)
1993–1995	Toluca	65	(0)
1995–1997	Boca Juniors	21	(0)
1997	Ourense	1	(0)
1997–1998	Defensores de Belgrano	37	(2)
International career
1987–1991	Argentina	7	(0)
Managerial career
1999–2000	San Miguel
2003–2004	Estudiantes BA
2004–2005	Deportivo Morón
2005–2013	Almirante Brown
2013–2014	Quilmes
2014–2015	Deportivo Morón
2016–2018	Acassuso
2018–2019	Almirante Brown
2020–	Boca Juniors (youth)
Medal record Representing  Argentina Copa América Winner 1991 Chile Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giunta and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Career

Giunta started his playing career at Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he played from 1983 through 1984 and then from 1986 to the end of 1988, there he took part in the famous Los Camboyanos ("The Cambodians") team. He ended his career as a player in 1999 playing for Defensores de Belgrano, playing in between in teams as Cipolleti de Río Negro (1984–1985), Platense (1985–1986), Murcia (España)(1988–1989), Boca Juniors (1989–1993), Toluca (México)(1993–1995), Ourense (España) (1997–1998). He is mostly remembered for his tenacious approach to football and the song Giunta, Giunta, Giunta, huevo, huevo, huevo sung in the stadiums.

He played almost 200 matches with Boca Juniors, and won the Supercopa Sudamericana 1989, Recopa Sudamericana 1990, Copa Masters 1992, and Apertura Championship 1992.

He won the Copa América in 1991 with Argentina's national team.

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 1992 Apertura
• Supercopa Libertadores: 1989
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1990
• Copa Master: 1992

Argentina

• Copa América: 1991

Manager

Almirante Brown

• Primera B Metropolitana: 2006–07, 2009–10

External links

• Blas Giunta at National-Football-Teams.com
• Blas Armando Giunta (Blas Armando Giunta Rodríguez) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• Argentine Primera Statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 May 2012) (in Spanish)