Hugo Daniel Tocalli (born 21 January 1948) is an Argentine professional

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and former player. He is the current youth coordinator of Independiente. Tocalli played over 400 games as a

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, and went on to coach a number of clubs as well as the Argentina under-20 team.

Playing career

Tocalli was with

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before starting his playing career in 1970 with

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. In 1971, he joined Nueva Chicago where he played until 1974. In 1975, Tocalli started his first spell with

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before moving to

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in 1977 where he was a teammate of the young

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. Tocalli returned to Quilmes in 1978 and was part of the team that won the

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in 1978. He stayed with the club until 1983. Tocalli had short spells with

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and

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before retiring in 1985.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Tocalli worked with the youth team of Vélez Sarsfield and had a brief stint as caretaker manager during the 1988–1989 season. In 1989, he became the manager of Quilmes. He then had spells in charge at Tigre and Deportivo Italiano before returning to Quilmes in 1994. In 1994, Tocalli became involved with the Argentine youth team, alongside José Pékerman. After Peckerman became the national team coach, Tocalli took over as Under-20 coach, leading the team to the

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title. In October 2007, he resigned as head coach of the U-20 team and, in December 2007, he became the manager of Velez Sarsfield. On 21 April 2010 the Coach has left

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due to family reasons.

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hired Tocalli as coach on 3 June 2010. However, he resigned after the 11th fixture of the 2010–11 season, as Quilmes was unable to win any games under his coaching (6 draws, 5 defeats).

Personal life

His son, Alejandro, was with the

youth ranks under José Pékerman, became a fitness coach and has worked for the Chile under-20 team, Independiente,

, among others clubs. His son, Martín, is a goalkeeping coach who has worked for the Argentine national team under Jorge Sampaoli and

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