Marcelo Carlo Broli Gorgoroso (born 13 March 1978) is a Uruguayan professional

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and former player who currently manages the

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Playing career

In the 2005–2006 season, Broli, along with his countrymen Fernando Correa, Oscar Javier Morales and Jorge Winston Curbelo, were signed by

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Coaching career

In October 2016, Broli was appointed assistant coach under Marcelo Méndez at Progreso. The duo left the club on 7 November 2018. From 1 January 2019, the duo took charge over

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. They were fired in September 2019. One year after leaving Danubio, Broli got his first job as a head coach, when he was presented as the new coach of

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on 8 September 2019. He left the position at the end of 2020. On 27 January 2021, Broli took charge of

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's U19 team. On 28 February 2023, Broli was appointed as the caretaker manager of the Uruguay national team for friendly matches against

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Peñarol U20 *

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* * 1978 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan emigrants to Italy Footballers from Montevideo Huracán Buceo players Audax Italiano footballers Peñarol players Centro Atlético Fénix players Club Nacional de Football players Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Rampla Juniors players Juventud de Las Piedras players Miramar Misiones players Segunda División players Real Valladolid players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Uruguayan football managers 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub