Through its social networks,
Central Córdoba of Santiago del Estero
announced that its new coach will be the Colombian
Lucas González Vélez
. The 42-year-old coach arrives to replace Abel Balbo, who left the club on April 7 after a weak start to the League Cup, which placed Ferroviario in 24th place in the Annual Table heading into the second half. of the year.
The Bogota native arrives at the Santiago del Estero institution after commanding
América de Cali
in his country between June 2023 and January 2024, a period in which he directed 28 games, obtaining 11 victories and ten defeats, plus seven draws. While he went on to go undefeated in 14 matches in 2023, he was never able to find a run and ended up leaving after winning just one of his last seven matches.
The career of Lucas González Vélez
His first steps in the world of technical direction were as a physical trainer at the Colombian
Real Cartagena
in 2010; After a time of inactivity, in which he was a player in the Australian promotion, he went through small clubs in Spain. In 2021, he returned to the Dimayor League, this time to coach the youth teams of
Atlético Nacional de Medellín.
NEW DT OF CENTRAL CÓRDOBA 🏴🏳🏴
Club Atlético Central Córdoba reports that Lucas González Vélez is the new coach of the professional team ahead of the 2024 Tournament of the AFA Professional Football League.
Welcome to the Ferrovario 💪 pic.twitter.com/Dwje4SXgpR
— Club Atletico Central Córdoba (@cacc_sde) April 19, 2024
His first experience as a main coach was at
Águilas Doradas Rionegro
, where he arrived in December 2022 after a very short period as a field assistant at
Independiente Santa Fe
. There he had a very good first campaign, which placed the Antioquia team in first position in the round-robin phase, although he would later be eliminated in the semi-final home runs.
After leaving the Golden Team, he ended up in the Cali team where he experienced an unusual situation:
he was fired on August 25 by the red board and on the 26th the team's leaders held a press conference benching the coach and promising to turn the situation around. currency
. Finally, the Scarlets improved their situation and the coach ended up leaving only four months later.
The moment of Central Córdoba
The northern Argentine team did not have a good League Cup, neither with Abel Balbo on the bench nor with the interim of Juan Carlos Roldán, one of the black and white glories as a footballer. In Zone B, they finished in 12th place, only above Tigre and Sarmiento, the two teams that scored the least in the 14 rounds.
The tournament began with three defeats in a row (Newell's, Godoy Cruz and Platense) in the first three games, a victory against Sarmiento at home and a new defeat against Boca by 2 to 0 in La Bombonera.
In the last five games in this competition, they could not achieve a single victory
and lost twice, one of them 5-0 against Estudiantes.
Looking at the second half of the year (after the League Cup, the Copa América and the Olympic Games are over), those from the Alfredo Terrera stadium still have life in the Argentine Cup, where they defeated Quilmes 3 to 1 for the 16th final and qualified for the round of 16, in which they will face their recent executioner: Pincharrata.