Carlos Portell, historic leader of Banfield, died this Sunday at the age of 78 after battling an illness recently.
He was in charge of the club from the South of Greater Buenos Aires for 14 years and took it from the defunct B Nacional to being First Division champion in 2009 under the guidance of Julio César Falcioni.
However, his management ended very badly, with the team again in the Ascenso and highly questioned by the members and sympathizers of the Taladro.
Portell was also one of the supporters of Julio Humberto Grondona, historic president of the AFA, where he held various positions as part of the Executive Committee.
During his management at Banfield he was also responsible for the last major remodeling of the stadium with the construction of the stalls that today bear the name of José Luis Garrafa Sánchez.
His figure, however, was eroded in his last years in power, since a series of poor decisions ended up leading Banfield to the loss of category, just three years after having given that long-awaited Olympic return and still with the historic campaign. in the sum to calculate the averages.
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