Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani (b. February 17, 1955 in Casilda, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and a former player. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

An attacking midfielder, Trobbiani was one of the promising young stars to rise in the Boca Juniors team of the mid-1970s, but was criticized for hogging the ball. Fans would call him calesita (merry-go-round). In football (soccer), an attacking midfielder is a midfielder who comes forward, either to shoot and score goals, or to support the strikers in front of him. ... Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine football (soccer) club. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

When he and fellow prospect Enzo Ferrero were sold to Spain before the 1976 season, Boca bought many players in the local market and started a major winning streak under coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Playing for Spanish side Elche, Trobbiani learned European discipline. When he returned to play for Boca in 1981 alongside Diego Maradona, fans saw in him the best of both worlds. A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maradona and the World Cup trophy Diego Armando Maradona (nicknamed El Diego, Pelusa, and El Pibe) (born October 30, 1960) is a former Argentine football player. ...

In mid-1982, Trobbiani was transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata. Coach Carlos Bilardo made Trobbiani play as a laid-back centre-forward linking the strong midfield (Russo, Ponce and Sabella) to strikers Trama and Gottardi. The team won two back-to-back championships. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Estudiantes de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, with a history of achievement in professional football. ...

When Bilardo drafted the team for the 1986 World Cup, Trobbiani was in the list of 22, but it was clear that he would mainly be used by Bilardo as a sparring for tactical practices. He worked tirelessly during the month-long stay in Mexico, and was rewarded with exactly one minute of play—the last minute of the final match. His only touch of the ball was a heel pass that was pure magic.

Trobbiani went on to coach several teams in South America, with little succcess so far. The last one was Universitario de Deportes from Peru, from which he was dismissed at the end of 2004. Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian soccer club based in Lima, referred to as Universitario or just La U (The U) by Peruvian football fans and local supporters. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...