Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio (born March 9, 1961, in

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) is an

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professional

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head coach.

Club coaching career

Vecchio began his coaching career in Lanus, and then moved to the Argentine League club

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, where he won the William Jones World Cup in 1983. He moved to the Puerto Rican League, for 3 years with Coamo. Then he came back to Argentina, where he won 2

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cups with

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and Regatas SN. He also coached teams in Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Bahrain. In the 2011-12 season, he moved to back Lebanon to coach Mouttahed Tripoli, in the Division 1 of the

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after having previously coached Club Sagesse there. He also was a senior scout for the

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of the

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National team coaching career

Vecchio coached the senior men's Argentine national team between 1991 and 1996. He won the gold medal at the 1995 Panamerican Games, and the 1995 Olympic Qualifier, that gave Argentina a presence in the

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, after a long drought from playing in

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competition. He was also the

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of four other national teams,

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, and

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References

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