Gustavo Siviero

Gustavo Siviero

Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Lionel Siviero
Date of birth	(1969-09-13) 13 September 1969
Place of birth	Laguna Paiva, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Atlético Baleares (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Colón Santa Fe	106	(4)
1991–1992	América Cali
1992–1993	San Lorenzo	27	(1)
1994–1996	Newell's Old Boys	82	(3)
1996–1998	Lanús	72	(8)
1998–2002	Mallorca	92	(1)
2002–2004	Albacete	43	(0)
2005	Colón Santa Fe	15	(0)
Total		437	(17)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Atlético Baleares
2012–2013	Murcia
2015–	Atlético Baleares
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Lionel Siviero (born 13 September 1969) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a central defender, and the current coach of Spanish club CD Atlético Baleares.

Club career

Born in Laguna Paiva, Santa Fe Province, Siviero began playing professionally Club Atlético Colón, moving in 1991 to Colombia with América de Cali. After only one season, he returned to his country and joined San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Siviero then played two seasons apiece with Newell's Old Boys and Club Atlético Lanús, always in the first division. In the 1998 summer he signed with La Liga club RCD Mallorca, alongside Lanús teammate Ariel Ibagaza (another Argentine, goalkeeper Carlos Roa, had done the same move the previous season). In his first year, acting as replacement for Real Madrid-bound Iván Campo, he was an undisputed starter as the Balearic Islands side narrowly missed on UEFA Champions League group stage entry; his official debut came in the first leg of the domestic Supercup, a 2–1 win at FC Barcelona (eventual 2–2 aggregate win).

In 2002, aged 33, Siviero moved to Albacete Balompié also in Spain, reuniting with Roa, with the pair being instrumental as the Castile-La Mancha team returned to the top division in their debut season, after a seven-year absence. After only six games in his last two years combined – with relegation befalling in 2005 – he returned to his first professional club Colón, retiring shortly after.

Siviero started coaching in Mallorca's youth ranks. In October 2010 he replaced former club player Goran Milojević (1992–95) at the helm of lowly CD Atlético Baleares, also in Majorca.

International career

In 1999, Siviero was summoned by Argentine national team manager Marcelo Bielsa for a friendly with Holland, in Amsterdam. He never made his official debut, however, and was never selected again.

External links

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• Gustavo Siviero profile at BDFutbol
• Gustavo Siviero manager profile at BDFutbol