Restless as on the lawn, a Emiliano Vecchio it was difficult for him to settle down. More than a dozen teams have seen the hitch pass that in these hours, after the remarkable performance against Rosario Central, has questioned its continuity in Racing. “The idea is to arrive in December and see what I do. I am a little exhausted, my family is far away. I’ll try to do my best to get what’s important and then I’ll see, “he warned. If his departure materializes, it wouldn’t be the first time he’d leave ahead of time. Consistency wasn’t parallel to his indisputable talent.
Central was and is his place in the world, even if he started there twice and both times with a sea in the background. In the Rosario club he took his first steps in the training categories and debuted in the first division at the age of the fifth division, 10 days before his 17th birthday and in a classic: It happened on November 6, 2005 in the 2-1 defeat against Newell’s at Parque de la Independencia. That afternoon Ariel Cuffaro Russo takes him to the 32nd minute of the second half for Diego Calgaro. His debut in the top team came 38 days earlier than that of one of his teammates in the 1988 category who later built a stellar career: Ángel Di María.
“The Elder is a phenomenon and plays against anyone. He is one of the great players of Argentine football. You put him in the Argentine national team and he plays”, A club glory, Ángel Tulio Zof, then praised him. The expectations placed on him were high, but the transition to the first was difficult and he lost ground, especially when Néstor Gorosito was at the helm of the team. At that time, only those who walked the corners of the club every day knew the story of that boy who he was playing with the ball, but he didn’t finish catching up.
It was Vecchio who told it three decades later. “My father was the breadwinner of the family. When he died, my mother, with a lot of effort, tried to keep us going. But we’ve been through it all. We live three years in a square and we went to the fruit market to eat the fruit that was thrown on the ground, and we also ate from the garbage, “he revealed last year in an interview on the IP channel.
Despite his ups and downs, the midfielder He was about to sign his first contract in 2007, but then a broker who claimed to be his representative asked for a sum close to $ 500,000.the management led by Horacio Usandizaga refuses to pay and Vecchio leaves after playing only 20 games with the shirt of Rascal (10 as a starter) and after scoring a goal, with a header, against Argentinos Juniors.
The boy from the Acindar neighborhood of Rosario went to Spain. He took a test at Real Madrid, but he didn’t stay; He tried it in Fuenlabrada and Rayo Majadahonda and ended up joining the Brazilian Corinthians. In the giant of São Paulo he did not play even a minute and after a semester he was transferred to the little Grêmio Barueri. At that time, he got to try his hand at mixed martial arts.
“I’ve never playedThey didn’t even put me in football practice. So with a partner, he too is not taken into consideration, we went martial arts to keep up. I spent four months training in jiu-jitsu, they offered me to fight and I accepted, “she said. Total, He starred in 12 fights, of which he won nine. Anyway, she knew that his universe of him was football.
He returned to his homeland in 2010 and signed with Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo, with whom he obtained promotion to Federal A in June 2011 (he scored a goal in the final with Estudiantes de Río Cuarto). In early 2012 he crossed the mountain range to play for Unión Española. He has had a great season which earned him a transfer to Colo Coloalthough his excursion was about to end shortly after it started, as he was about to be fired due to a rather egregious situation: he asked for permission to go to Rosario, according to what he claimed, for the burial of a dead brother, but in reality it was about celebrating his wedding.
“He (his brother) he’s very bad, but he’s not dead. I was going through a very special time. And I just went to support him, to be with him, “Old justified. And speaking of his wedding party he explained:” Everything had been planned for a long time. We had changed the date for the tournament theme several times and we couldn’t anymore send it back. ”Thus, coach José Luis Sierra sent him to train with the subsidiary team for a couple of weeks.
In Colo-Colo he obtained two titles (Closing 2014 and Opening 2015) e he stayed 36 months, the longest uninterrupted stint with a club in his career. But he ended up starting booed by the fans and in conflict with the management. “I would have liked to stay, but I didn’t go on because the president wanted to pay me a pittance. It is the truth. I think he deserved another deal, “he complained.
A first stop of four months e 11 matches at the Qatar SC in Doha have started a period of wandering which included passes for the Brazilian Santos (in which he played very little), the emirate Shabab Al-Ahli and the Saudi Al Ittihad. In between there was speculation about a return to the Central that did not materialize. For that frustrated negotiation, Old man aimed at the captain, scorer and idol of the gods Rascal: Marco Ruben. “I know someone gave me the thumbs down. All closed according to Paolo Montero (then coach) and the leaders. And, out of nowhere, it fell. Ruben was the only one who didn’t love me. I asked to speak to him and he never answered me.“, He accused in July 2017.
In February 2020 he signed a contract with Bolívar de La Paz. “In my life I have given priority to challenges and this is one of them”, she justified. But youn the following month, after playing seven games with the team led by Claudio Vivas, he returns to the Rosario after football was paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic and announced through the media that he would disassociate himself because the club, he said, would not pay him his full salary. He even announced that his intention was to return to Chile when the business resumed.
On May 15, his colleagues accepted a three-month salary cut and he, from a distance, objected. The next day, the president of the Bolivian club, Marcelo Claure, announced the departure of Vecchio. But not in the best conditions. We will make profound changes and only the players who want to be in Bolívar will remain. First Termination: Emiliano Vecchio”He wrote on his Twitter account.
In those days of suspended football, with the pass in his possession, with the differences with Marco Ruben already settled and after 13 years he managed to finalize his return to Rosario Central: On August 10 he signed a contract for 18 months. I am happy because I am back in the club of my loves, of which I am a fan. I have been looking for this possibility for a long time, it was a long time that Cristian (González, the coach) believed that I could fit into his project and it happened naturally, “he said later.
In his second cycle he combined excellent performance, poor physical preparation and several controversies. The first took place in January 2021, when the team’s athletic trainer, Ernesto Colman, left his post. “The problem was with Emiliano Vecchio, without any other player. A captain must be the first to do good to the group and not the one who precedes everyone. I never thought a player would say it was him or me, ”Colman asked.
Just a couple of weeks later, on February 15th, during a game with Argentinos Juniors, he was involved in a discussion with Andrés Merlos which was recorded by a camera and whose audio could be clearly heard due to the absence of the audience on the bleachers. “He told me he had 30 green sticks”Said the referee to goalkeeper Jorge Broun, who was trying to calm his angry teammate. “I am 20 years old”, retorted the midfielder.
“I told him I had 20 sticks. It was a lie. But he looked for that situation because he knew there was a camera behind the arch.. He had already disrespected us in previous games and unfortunately I said what I said “, he justified. And he was sorry for that crossing that earned him the nickname of Magnate.
As almost always in his career, a cycle that had started well ended up fading, this time after the departure of the Killy González after a defeat to Newell’s in March of this year. Leandro Somozathe new coach, he told him in early April that he would not play until he did some special physical conditioning work. At the time he was the team captain, so the decision fell like a bomb.
Since then, he has played just 25 minutes in the 2-1 defeat to Huracán on 3 May for the penultimate round of the League Cup in professional football. That day he said he wanted to stay “many more years at Central”. Two weeks later, however, he agreed to terminate the contract that bound him to the club until December 2023. “A fight was brewing that didn’t help anyone and the most affected was the club. I left in order not to prolong a war ”, he justified.
On June 3, he signed an 18-month contract with Racing. “TI like this challenge as the most important of my career”, He assured. In recent months, part of that challenge has been raised by her body. He had to lose eight pounds to get back in shape and even a tear on the inside of the calf of his right leg in a game with Independiente on July 10th kept him inactive for 50 days.
Now it looks like it is regaining its level. He made it clear on Friday, when he arrived in the 10th minute of the second half, took charge of the team, provided an assist, scored a goal and was fundamental in the comeback against Central. However, after that victory, she planted the seeds of doubt about his future. Vecchio has a contract until December 2023, although there is a clause in the link that allows him to terminate it by the end of this year.. Will he execute her to return to her love club?
Source: Clarin
