Juan Carlos Carotti

Juan Carlos Carotti
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Carotti
Date of birth (1942-03-06)6 March 1942
Place of birth Casilda, Argentina
Date of death 28 October 2025(2025-10-28) (aged 83)
Place of death Argentina
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960 Newell's Old Boys 10 (3)
1961–1966 San Lorenzo 63 (12)
1967 Unión Santa Fe 20 (0)
1968–1969 Millonarios
1970 Independiente Medellín
1972 Estudiantes BA 12 (1)
1973 Gimnasia de Jujuy
Managerial career
San Lorenzo (youth)
1986–1987 San Lorenzo (interim)
1988 Deportivo Morón
1992 San Lorenzo (interim)
1993–1994 Deportivo Laferrere
1995 Guabirá
1995 The Strongest
1996 Bolívar
1997 Provincial Osorno
1997–1998 San Miguel
1998 Palestino
2001 Provincial Osorno
2003 Blooming
2004 Guabirá
2005 Destroyer's
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Carlos Carotti (6 March 1942 – 28 October 2025) was an Argentine football forward and manager.

Career

Born in Casilda, Argentina, Carotti started his career with Newell's Old Boys in 1960. He stood out with San Lorenzo de Almagro from 1961 to 1966, as a member of team nicknamed Los Carasucias (the Dirty-Faced Kids).[1][2] After, he played for Unión de Santa Fe in his homeland beore moving to Colombia to play for Millonarios and Independiente Medellín.[3]

Back to Argentina, Carotti ended his career with Estudiantes de Buenos Aires and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.[3]

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Carotti started coaching at the San Lorenzo de Almagro youth ranks and served as interim manager of the senior team twice.[1][2]

Abroad, Carotti managed clubs in Bolivia and Chile. In Bolivia, he led Guabirá, The Strongest, Bolívar and Destroyer's.[4]

In Chile, Carotti led Provincial Osorno twice[5] and Palestino.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 (San Lorenzo Primero TV) Entrevista exclusiva a Juan Carlos Carotti on YouTube (in Spanish). 26 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Dolor en el fútbol argentino: murió Juan Carlos Carotti". Infobae (in Spanish). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Falleció una leyenda del fútbol argentino: Juan Carlos Carotti". Paislobo Prensa (in Spanish). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Siles, Ramiro (29 October 2025). "Murió Juan Carlos Carotti, fue DT de The Strongest y Bolívar". premiumsportsbo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Osorno 1997 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Palestino 1998 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Catalán, Javier (29 October 2025). "Muere ex entrenador del fútbol chileno de histórica campaña: "Marcó una huella imborrable"". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
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