Néstor Gorosito

Néstor Raúl Gorosito (born 14 May 1964) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Alianza Lima.

Néstor Gorosito

Gorosito as manager of Xerez in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Néstor Raúl Gorosito
Date of birth	(1964-05-14) 14 May 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	San Fernando, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alianza Lima (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	River Plate	109	(8)
1988–1994	San Lorenzo	110	(36)
1989–1992	→ Swarovski Tirol (loan)	56	(16)
1994–1995	Universidad Católica	58	(12)
1996	Yokohama Marinos	6	(3)
1997–1999	San Lorenzo	99	(29)
1999–2001	Universidad Católica	39	(1)
Total		477	(105)
International career
1989–1997	Argentina	19	(1)
Managerial career
2002–2003	Nueva Chicago
2003–2004	San Lorenzo
2005	Lanús
2006–2007	Rosario Central
2007–2008	Argentinos Juniors
2009	River Plate
2010	Xerez
2011–2012	Argentinos Juniors
2012–2013	Tigre
2015	Argentinos Juniors
2015–2016	Almería
2017–2018	San Martín (SJ)
2019–2020	Tigre
2020–2021	Olimpia
2021–2022	Gimnasia La Plata
2023	Colón
2024	Tigre
2025–	Alianza Lima
Medal record Representing  Argentina Copa América Winner 1993 Ecuador Team CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Winner 1993 Argentina Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Néstor Pipo Gorosito began his playing career at River Plate, and subsequently had 3 spells at San Lorenzo where he scored 72 goals in 241 appearances. His other main club was Chile's Universidad Católica, where he contributed with 149 appearances and retired with the side in 2000.

Gorosito had a spell playing for Swarovski Tirol in Austria between 1989 and 1991, and in Japan with Yokohama Marinos in 1996. He also made 19 appearances for Argentina national team between 1989 and 1997.^[1]

Managerial history

Gorosito started his managerial career at Nueva Chicago in 2003, avoiding relegation with the side in the play-offs. He was subsequently appointed at San Lorenzo de Almagro, but was sacked in 2004 after a poor run of results.

In 2005, Gorosito was named Lanús manager, but his reign only lasted two months. He was appointed at the helm of Rosario Central in the following year, being relieved from his duties in March 2007.

In 2008, Gorosito guided Argentinos Juniors to a qualification for that year's Copa Sudamericana, the club's first international tournament since 1996 Supercopa Sudamericana. Appointed by River Plate on 8 December 2008, he resigned on 4 October 2009 after underachieving in both Copa Libertadores and Primera División.^[2]

On 19 January 2010, Gorosito was named Xerez CD manager, with the side being dead last in La Liga.^[3] Despite suffering relegation, he achieved seven wins out of 19 matches, but left the club in July after failing to agree a new deal.^[4]

In September 2011, Gorosito returned to Argentinos Juniors, but resigned on 28 February of the following year, after suffering intestinal damage and a fractured vertebra in a car crash hours before his team lost against San Lorenzo.^[5] On 23 October 2012 he was appointed manager of Tigre.

Gorosito took Tigre to the final of 2012 Copa Sudamericana, but stepped down from his role on 6 July 2013 after having altercations with the club's board. In October 2014, he returned to Argentinos, taking the club back to the first division at first attempt.

On 23 December 2015, Gorosito was appointed manager of UD Almería, ranked last in Segunda División.^[6] On 16 May of the following year, he was sacked after his side was still in the relegation zone.^[7]

Personal life

Gorosito has also worked in TV, as a consultant manager during 2005, on Fox Sports Latin America.

Career statistics

Club

^[8]

A young Gorosito with the River Plate jersey at the beginning of his career

Gorosito in San Lorenzo, c. 1988

Club	Season	Competition	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	1983	Primera División	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	1984		9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	1985		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	1985–86		31	2	—		—		—		31	2
	1986–87		32	5	—		—		—		32	5
	1987–88		16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	1988–89		4	1	—		—		—		4	1
	Total		109	8	—		—		—		109	8
San Lorenzo	1988–89	Primera División	37	21	—		—		—		37	21
	1989–90		6	4	—		—		—		6	4
	Total		43	25	—		—		—		43	25
Swarovski Tirol	1989–90	Austrian Bundesliga	26	11	—		3	0	1	0	30	11
	1990–91		30	5	—		4	1	—		34	6
	1991–92		21	6	—		4	1	—		25	7
	Total		77	22	0	0	11	2	1	0	89	24
San Lorenzo	1991–92	Primera División	14	1	—		—		—		14	1
	1992–93		34	6	—		—		—		34	6
	1993–94		19	4	—		—		—		19	4
	Total		67	11	—		—		—		67	11
Universidad Católica	1994	Primera División	30	7	—		—		—		30	7
	1995		28	5	—		—		—		28	5
	Total		58	12	—		—		—		58	12
Yokohama Marinos	1996	J1 League	6	3	—		—		—		6	3
San Lorenzo	1996–97	Primera División	31	7	—		—		—		31	7
	1997–98		36	8	—		—		—		36	8
	1998–99		32	14	—		—		—		32	14
	Total		99	29	—		—		—		99	29
Universidad Católica	1999	Primera División	29	1	—		—		—		29	1
	2000		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Total		39	1	—		—		—		39	1
Career totals			498	111	0	0	11	2	1	0	510	113

National team

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1989	5	0
1990	2	0
1992	2	0
1993	8	0
1997	2	1
Total	19	1

Managerial statistics

As of 13 August 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Nueva Chicago		1 July 2002	30 June 2003	30	11	7	12	45	50	−5	036.67
San Lorenzo		16 July 2003	25 August 2004	42	19	12	11	50	33	+17	045.24
Lanús		1 January 2005	10 November 2005	32	10	12	10	48	48	+0	031.25
Rosario Central		27 July 2006	10 March 2007	24	9	6	9	33	29	+4	037.50
Argentinos Juniors		2 September 2007	31 December 2008	59	24	17	18	77	66	+11	040.68
River Plate		1 January 2009	4 October 2009	34	10	9	15	40	49	−9	029.41
Xerez		19 January 2010	30 June 2010	20	7	5	8	31	34	−3	035.00
Argentinos Juniors		20 September 2011	28 February 2012	16	6	5	5	16	13	+3	037.50
Tigre		23 October 2012	30 June 2013	45	15	10	20	54	61	−7	033.33
Argentinos Juniors		26 October 2014	22 December 2015	41	14	10	17	44	48	−4	034.15
Almería		23 December 2015	17 May 2016	20	6	8	6	20	21	−1	030.00
San Martín San Juan		1 January 2017	18 March 2018	37	11	11	15	35	45	−10	029.73
Tigre		13 February 2019	25 October 2020	44	19	8	17	58	57	+1	043.18
Olimpia		16 November 2020	15 March 2021	17	7	4	6	29	24	+5	041.18
Gimnasia La Plata		31 August 2021	31 December 2022	60	27	16	17	74	59	+15	045.00
Colón		22 February 2023	26 October 2023	36	10	15	11	37	41	−4	027.78
Tigre		1 January 2024	19 March 2024	11	1	2	8	5	17	−12	009.09
Alianza Lima		5 December 2024	present	38	19	11	8	48	33	+15	050.00
Total				606	225	168	213	746	729	+17	037.13

Honours

Player

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: 1985–86
• Copa Libertadores: 1986
• Intercontinental Cup: 1986
• Copa Interamericana: 1986

Swarovski Tirol

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1989–90, 1990–91

Universidad Católica

• Copa Interamericana: 1994
• Copa Chile: 1995

Argentina

• Copa América: 1993
• Artemio Franchi Cup: 1993

Manager

Tigre

• Copa de la Superliga: 2019

Olimpia

• Paraguayan Primera División: 2020

Individual

• Argentine Primera División Top scorer: 1988–89