Jorge Carranza named Instituto technical secretary after retirement | OneFootball

Instituto took a key step this Monday in its 2026 planning. Beyond football analysis and the end of the competitive year, the club began to organize things internally with a decision that carries both symbolic and strategic weight: the return of Jorge Carranza, now in the role of Technical Secretary of professional football. A choice that bears the stamp of president Juan Manuel Cavagliatto.

This is not just the return of a club legend. For Cavagliatto, Carranza is a figure who embodies belonging, training, and a modern outlook on football. And that combination, as they understand in Alta Córdoba, is essential to organize an area that will be decisive in the 2026 market. “He’s a man of the club and is prepared for this challenge,” is a phrase repeated in the hallways of the Monumental.

Carranza returns with a résumé that goes beyond his status as a key figure in the albirrojo goal. In addition to his three periods as a player (2002-2008, 2009-2011, and 2020-2023), he comes with a Pro License, training in Sports Management at UNTREF, FIFPro studies, and team management training at Conmebol. His role will be to lead performance analysis, talent scouting, and the identification of reinforcements, accompanied by Federico Desposito and Matías Echarreta. This area, as highlighted by the club, will be “the sporting intelligence of Instituto.”

This move is part of a broader restructuring. The club confirmed that Federico Bessone will take over as Director of the Football Department, a role that will allow him to integrate decisions for the first team with youth and administration. Bessone, manager for four years, was key in the promotion to Primera and the subsequent consolidation, and will now have a more global view of the project.

In the youth divisions, Daniel Primo will continue as coordinator, strengthening work started in 2023 that is now one of the club’s most valuable assets. And Daniel “Miliki” Jiménez will take the position of Technical Secretary of the Youth Divisions, another nod to the sense of belonging that the management seeks to maintain.

But the most visible bet is Carranza’s. Not out of nostalgia or romanticism, but out of managerial conviction. Cavagliatto understands that Instituto needs solid, professionalized structures with people who know the club from the inside—something that doesn’t always come together in one person. In “El Loco,” all three qualities converge.

Champion with La Gloria in 2004 and a key player in the promotion to Primera in 2022, Carranza returns to lead a concrete mission: to raise the competitive level of the squad and improve the quality of market decisions. This is not a decorative name or a symbolic figure. He is a central piece in the model the management wants to establish.

The club sums it up with a phrase that, beyond being a slogan, is supported by facts: when a club legend returns home, he returns to build. And at Instituto, they hope this return marks the beginning of a new era of growth.

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