Bernardo José Gandulla, better known as Bernardo Gandulla (1 March 1916 – 6 July 1999) was an

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forward and head coach. He died in Buenos Aires from respiratory problems.

Career

Playing career

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Bernardo Gandulla defended

Ferro Carril Oeste Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its assoc ...

from 1934 to 1939. He moved to Brazilian club Vasco in 1939, but played few games for the team. Gandulla returned to Argentina in 1940 to play for

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

. He played 57

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...

games and scored 26 goals for the club, winning the competition in 1940 and 1943. He returned to Ferro Carril Oeste in 1944, leaving the club in 1946. Gandulla played for

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from 1947 to 1948.

Coaching career

Gandulla was

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentina, Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in Primer ...

's head coach in 1953, winning the Primera División C in that season. He was

' head coach from 1957 to 1958.

Ball boy

He is well known in Brazil as his surname originated the term used in the country for the

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, which is gandula. Gandulla was part of Vasco's squad, but as he spent most of his time on the bench, he retrieved the balls during the games of his club.

Titles

Player

;

* Primera División:

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

Head coach

;

Primera C The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs, mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area ( ...

: 1953

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gandulla, Bernardo 1916 births 1999 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Men's association football forwards Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Argentine football managers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers CR Vasco da Gama players Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético Atlanta footballers Argentine Primera División players Defensores de Belgrano managers Boca Juniors managers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 20th-century Argentine sportsmen