José Vicente Grecco

José Vicente Grecco

Personal information
Full name	José Vicente Grecco Robles
Date of birth	(1929-06-20)June 20, 1929
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Date of death	August 24, 2008(2008-08-24) (aged 79)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948	Boca Juniors	1	(0)
1949–1953	Unión de Santa Fe	107	(55)
–	Newell's Old Boys
–	River Plate de Montevideo
1956–1958	Independiente Medellín
1958	Santa Fe	34	(26)
1958–1959	Málaga
1959–1960	Real Murcia
1961–1962	Independiente Medellín
Managerial career
1964–1965	Independiente Medellín
1975	Deportes Quindío
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Vicente Grecco (20 June 1929 in Bahía Blanca – 24 August 2008 in Medellín) was an Argentine football player and manager.

Club career

Grecco began his playing career in 1948 with Boca Juniors, he only played one game for the club a 3–1 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata on 14 November 1948. He then went on to play for Unión de Santa Fe and Newell's Old Boys in the Primera División Argentina. Grecco scored 55 goals in 107 matches for Unión.

He also enjoyed success in Colombia with Independiente Medellín and Santa Fe. Grecco is Independiente Medellín's all-time leading goal scorer with 92 goals in 166 games, and he was the top goal scorer in the 1957 Fútbol Profesional Colombiano with 30 goals.

Personal

Grecco died 24 August 2008 in Medellín.