Gustavo Quinteros set to take charge at Independiente | OneFootball

After Monday's meeting between the president, Néstor Grindetti, and the 60-year-old coach, they moved forward with a financial agreement and only the official announcement remains. He is expected to make his debut in the Avellaneda classic.

Gustavo Quinteros will become the next coach of Independiente after the departure of Julio Vaccari following the defeat with Banfield and after reaching a verbal agreement with the president Néstor Grindetti in the virtual meeting they held on Monday.

As reported by TyC Sports, the new coach will sign until December 2026, when the term of the current administration ends, and he would debut in the classic against Racing, at the Cilindro, on Sunday 28 for the 10th round of the Clausura.

The 60-year-old coach, who was the 2024 Professional League champion with Vélez, will take on the challenge after being out of work since April of this year, after a brief and unsuccessful stint with Gremio of Brazil, where he only managed 17 matches.

This will be his first experience in one of the so-called big clubs of Argentina, as before Vélez he had only coached once in the country: San Martín de San Juan in the B Nacional in 2005.

At this time, papers are being exchanged between the coach's representative and the leaders of the Rojo, but it is most likely that he will not be present this Sunday from 14.30 at the Libertadores de América – Ricardo Enrique Bochini against San Lorenzo because he is abroad and, waiting for any change, he has a return date to the country for the 23rd. Therefore, this weekend the interim coach will be Carlos Matheu alongside Eduardo Tuzzio.

Quinteros' name was quite heard in Argentine football after his departure from Vélez, because he was even a candidate to coach Boca after the departure of Fernando Gago, but finally Juan Román Riquelme, leader of the Xeneize, opted for Miguel Ángel Russo and never called him. In addition, the Santa Fe native recently turned down Colo-Colo and has been considered by the national teams of Chile and Peru once the South American Qualifiers ended.

At Vélez, the coach left a great memory, not only for the 2024 title, but also for reaching the final of the Copa Argentina (where he fell by the minimum against Central Córdoba). He formed a team that played great football during the 50 matches he was in charge, with a record of 28 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses.

However, his stint at Gremio was not positive. In 17 matches, he accumulated 10 victories, 4 draws and 3 losses before being dismissed. In August, he had stated: "Today, I would like to wait for something interesting from Argentine football. I have been working abroad for many years and my idea is to be with the family, to be in Argentina and, well, let's hope something interesting comes up". Now he will fulfill his wish on the bench of the Rojo.

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