I was born in Junín on July 30, 1974, in the neighborhood of Villa Talleres. A quiet neighborhood, full of working people. Many err railroads, even my two grandparents worked in the workshop. It was played on the street all day.
I went to the San José school, from kindergarten to elementary school. Then I did high school at Colegio San Ignacio. I went with Patricio Ojeda, Fernando Aladio, Luis Linguido, el Bufa, Fernando, and a lot of friendly people who now don’t come to my memory but who still continue to frequent each other today.
In the neighborhood they basically played soccer, occasionally la payana or figurines. What happened was that we had the Sanchez field at hand and we lived there playing, because it was like the meeting point. In the neighborhood there was Gabriel Scatarello, Daniel Ainchil who were my two friends because we spent a lot of time together.
We went to the little camp and then each one had their activities. What I did when I got home from school was to do my homework, quickly, so I could go to play soccer. My old woman was a teacher and controlled everything.
I never joined any team, but I went to train at Ambos Mundos because Pablo Alted – a friend from elementary school – was going, who then continued playing.
What happened is that I already played basketball at the Junín club. But something special happened here. My grandmother lived around the corner from the Los Indios club, attached to what is now perfumery. And the first time I went to a basketball court to see if I could integrate was at the Los Indios club, invited.
At that time there was a half-short, bearded, serious coach (today a little more paunchy than before) and I was terribly afraid: Darío Luján Racero.
So I got home and told my mom that I never wanted to go to that club again because that man scared me very much.
From there I had my cousin -Toto Gómez- who played basketball at the Junín club, and he invited me to go. Julio Dell´Orso was there, then Raúl Scaglione arrived, then Daniel Jaule. That’s why I didn’t stay at Los Indios.
In Junín I played until I went to study in Buenos Aires. I made my first debut on the court on July 9 at the end of the ’80s and entered none other than Tatote Pagella. I was a youth and I had to shoot two singles from a technical foul. It must have been the only time I got both free in my career.
I went to study in Buenos Aires but I didn’t play basketball. I went directly to the National Center for High Performance Sports. I did the physical trainer, basketball and swimming coach course because I swam at the Junín club.
In 1997 Roberto Volpi called me, who at that time was my teacher at the coaching school, who had arranged in Ciclista and who wanted me to be the club’s physical trainer. I already had jobs in Buenos Aires and planned to stay there. The possibility of Cyclist opened the doors of what I liked, what I loved and I came.
In Ciclista I did well. There were good experiences and others not so many. But I experienced a moment of basketball that was very important for the city of Junín. From 1997 to 2004 I was there, where I lived all the classics, where the courts were bursting, the whole city was watching TNA games at that time. Then I came back in 2006 – 2007 with Adrián Capelli for the “A”.
I directed the little school of the Junín club. After the “A” with Ciclista, I was stopped for a while. Daniel Jaule had already taken me to San Martín as an assistant when he played for TNA in Chacabuco. Two months after finishing with Ciclista, San Martín called me to take charge of the first local and the youth teams. And the next year they asked me to lead the Regional team and we managed to move up.
It was my first promotion in a Junín club with all that it implies. First, we were champions of the local tournament after 37 years that San Martín did not achieve a title. I have the best memories. Today Pablo Martínez, who is here in Los Indios, was one of those who made up that team.
After two seasons I went to Sarmiento for the club regional and we were promoted to Federal. I did two seasons with green.
And now in Los Indios. Returning after almost three years without directing, with a lot of desire and all the illusion of being able to start a tournament. Even with this pandemic moment, nothing is easy and we are waiting to see what happens, when they decide to start with the competition.
It is a tournament that I know a lot, I have already achieved two promotions. I have the best memories of these championships. It is not an easy tournament. It is complicated from the point that there is not much information about the rivals, it is not known who and how they play.
I see the team well. But a lot of situations are individual workouts because with the Covid protocol a lot cannot be done. With some we train in the morning, with others in the afternoon. Some only do the physical part. It is a bit complex.
I hope Junín changes phase as quickly as possible so that it allows us, at least, to be able to train as a team.