Blas Armando Giunta Rodríguez (born 6 September 1963, in

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) is an

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former

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who played as a

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and current youth coach at

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Career

Giunta started his playing career at

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

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 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 ...

, playing in between in teams as Cipolleti de Río Negro (1984–1985), Platense (1985–1986),

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(España)(1988–1989),

(1989–1993),

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(México)(1993–1995),

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(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 The Supercopa Libertadores (English: ''Libertadores Supercup''), also known as the Supercopa Sudamericana, Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually be ...

1989,

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1990, Copa Masters 1992, and

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Championship 1992. He won the

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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

with Argentina's national team.

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors * Primera División: 1992 Apertura *

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

* Copa Master:

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Argentina *

Manager

Almirante Brown *

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: 2006–07, 2009–10

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* * * 1963 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1991 Copa América players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Boca Juniors footballers Defensores de Belgrano footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent La Liga players Real Murcia CF players CD Ourense footballers Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Copa América–winning players Men's association football midfielders Argentine football managers Estudiantes de Buenos Aires managers Quilmes Atlético Club managers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in football Deportivo Morón managers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub