‘Cacique’ Alexander Medina to manage Estudiantes in new role | OneFootball

After the departure of Eduardo Domínguez, Estudiantes already has its new coach: Alexander Cacique Medina, who will lead his first practice this Sunday afternoon and is set to make his debut in Rosario against Newell’s next Wednesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m., for the seventh round of the Apertura.

The Uruguayan has not coached since April of last year, when he stopped being the manager of Talleres, his last club. He had a first stint there between June 2019 and December 2021, during which he managed to qualify the team for the 2021 Sudamericana, finish third in the annual standings, and secure a spot in the 2022 Libertadores; and a recent stint, which began in August 2024, in which he managed to give “la T” the second trophy in its history: the International Supercup against River, which is also his only title as a coach.

The main promoter of his arrival on the León’s bench was Marcos Angeleri, the club’s sporting director, who had also previously suggested Domínguez and who had Cacique as his coach when he played for Nacional, back in 2018.

It was at Bolso, in fact, where Medina made his debut as a coach; first as the Reserve team coach in 2017 and then taking charge of the First team a year later. Afterwards, his stints came at Talleres and others at Inter de Porto Alegre (January 2022 – April 2022) and Granada (November 2023 – March 2024), in addition to his memorable spell at Vélez (May 2022 – February 2023), where he led the team to the semifinals of the Libertadores.

With Estudiantes, this season, the Uruguayan coach will once again take on the Copa Libertadores, a tournament he last participated in when he managed “la T,” and for which “el Pincha” qualified by being champions of the 2025 Clausura.

Cacique Medina’s record as a coach

In his overall record as a manager, he has led 238 matches, achieving 100 wins, 63 draws, and 65 losses according to Transfermarkt.

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