Juan Ángel Krupoviesa (born 16 April 1979) is a retired Argentine

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who played as a full back and current interim assistant coach of

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 ...

Club career

Born in Tucumán, Krupoviesa had his professional debut with

Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...

, where he played from 1999 until 2005. In that same year, he moved to

. Krupoviesa won five titles in his first two years at Boca, but in October 2006 he suffered a serious injury that kept him out of the team for the remainder of the 2006–07 season. In January 2008, he joined

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

on loan, but he returned to Boca in July 2008. With 31 years of age, Krupoviesa joined

Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...

on a free transfer for the beginning of the 2010–11 season.

Coaching career

In 2014, Kropoviesa re-joined his former club Estudiantes as a youth coach at the club. In March 2018, it was reported that Krupoviesa would leave his position at Estudiantes in June 2018 to join Almagro as an assistant coach to

Sebastián Battaglia Sebastián Alejandro Battaglia (born 8 November 1980) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was recently the manager of San Miguel. He spent most of his career with Primera División Argentina club B ...

. Failing to secure promotion on May 11, Battaglia was fired before Krupoviesa ever managed to take up his new role. Krupoviesa instead continued at Estudiantes, however, in a different role. He was appointed assistant coach to newly appointed first team manager at Estudiantes,

Leandro Benítez Leandro Benítez (born 5 April 1981) is a retired Argentina, Argentine Association football, footballer who usually played as a midfielder on the left side of the pitch. Career A native of Ensenada, Buenos Aires, Ensenada, Benítez grew in the ...

, in June 2018. He left Estudiantes in February 2019. In the beginning of 2020, Battaglia was appointed manager of

' reserve team, with Krupoviesa becoming his assistant.Con Battaglia a la cabeza, la reserva comenzó la pretemporada
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at Guardian Stats Centre {{DEFAULTSORT:Krupoviesa, Juan 1979 births Living people Footballers from San Miguel de Tucumán Men's association football fullbacks Argentine men's footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Boca Juniors footballers Copa Sudamericana–winning players Chacarita Juniors footballers Olympique de Marseille players Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Argentine people of Polish descent Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France