Néstor Craviotto

Néstor Craviotto

Personal information
Full name	Néstor Oscar Craviotto
Date of birth	(1966-03-09) March 9, 1966
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1991	Estudiantes	146	(12)
1991–1995	Independiente	139	(14)
1995–1996	Estudiantes	28	(4)
1996–1999	Banfield	68	(6)
1999–2000	San Martín (SJ)	3	(0)
International career
1989–1993	Argentina	11	(2)
Managerial career
2000	San Martín (SJ)
2000–2002	Estudiantes
2002–2003	Unión de Santa Fe
2003	Chacarita Juniors
2004	Emelec
2005	Belgrano
2005–2006	Unión de Santa Fe
2006–2007	Centenario
2007–2008	Guatemala Under 20
2009	San Martín (SJ)
2009–2010	Santiago Wanderers
2010–2011	The Strongest
2012–2014	Unión La Calera
2014–2015	The Strongest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June, 2008

Néstor Oscar Craviotto (born 6 October 1963 in La Plata) is an Argentine football manager and former player, who last managed club The Strongest in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

Career

He played club football for a number of teams in Argentina and represented his country on 11 occasions.

Craviotto started his professional playing career in 1983 with Estudiantes he was part of the squad that won the Nacional championship that year.

In 1989 Craviotto received his first call-up to the Argentina national team, but he missed out on selection for the 1990 World Cup.

In 1991 he joined Club Atlético Independiente and made his return to the international scene, he was part of two Copa América winning squads, in 1991 and 1993.

Craviotto won his second league championship with Independiente in the 1994 Clausura, Independiente went on to win the Supercopa Sudamericana in 1994 and 1995 and also claimed the 1995 Recopa Sudamericana.

After these successes Craviotto returned to Estudiates in 1995, he laft one year later to join Club Atlético Banfield where he spent three years.

In 1999 Craviotto joined his last team, San Martín de San Juan who were playing in the Argentine 2nd division at the time.

Titles as a player

Club titles

Season	Team	Title
1983 Nacional	Estudiantes	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 1994	Independiente	Primera División Argentina
1994	Independiente	Supercopa Sudamericana
1995	Independiente	Supercopa Sudamericana
1995	Independiente	Recopa Sudamericana

International titles

Season	Team	Title
1991	Argentina	Copa América
1993	Argentina	Artemio Franchi Trophy
1993	Argentina	Copa América

Managerial career

Craviotto started his managerial career shortly after retiring as a player, he then returned to Estudiantes de La Plata where he worked until 2002.

Craviotta was manager of Unión de Santa Fe between 2002 and 2003 and Chacarita Juniors in 2003.

In 2004 he took over at Ecuadorian club Emelec but left after only seven games in charge.

Craviotto returned to Argentine football where he took over 2nd division Club Atlético Belgrano in 2005 and then had a second spell with Unión de Santa Fe. In 2006 he took over at Club Atlético Centenario in Neuquén who were playing in the regionalised 4th division but things did not go well for the club, who were relegated at the end of the 2006-2007 season.

External links

• Néstor Craviotto at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Spanish) Vende Humo profile
• (Spanish) Craviotta's CV