Francisco Lojacono

Francisco Lojacono

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Ramón Lojacono
Date of birth	(1935-12-11)11 December 1935
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	19 September 2002(2002-09-19) (aged 66)
Place of death	Palombara Sabina, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
???–1953	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1954	San Lorenzo	6	(0)
1955–1956	Gimnasia La Plata	51	(29)
1956–1957	Vicenza	18	(11)
1957–1960	Fiorentina	91	(32)
1960–1963	Roma	56	(22)
1963–1964	Fiorentina	18	(4)
1964–1965	Sampdoria	25	(1)
1965–1969	Alessandria	95	(33)
1969–1970	A.C. Legnano	12	(3)
1970–1972	Gimnasia La Plata
International career
1956	Argentina	8	(0)
1959–1962	Italy	8	(5)
Managerial career
1972–1973	Latina
1973–1974	Castrovillari
1974–1975	Benevento
1975–1976	Livorno
1976–1977	Cavese
1977–1979	Barletta
1980–1982	Casoria
1982–1983	Salernitana
1983–1984	Nocerina
1984–1985	Akragas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Ramón Lojacono (11 December 1935 – 19 September 2002) was an Italian Argentine football player and manager. A midfielder, he began his playing career in Argentina with San Lorenzo, before moving to Italy to play with Vicenza, Fiorentina, Roma, Sampdoria, Alessandria and A.C. Legnano. Lojacono finished his career back in Argentina with Gimnasia La Plata.

During his playing career, Lojacono represented both Italy and Argentina at international level, and was part of the Argentine squad that finished third in the 1956 South American Championship. He obtained eight caps with Argentina, all of which came in 1956, and eight caps with Italy between 1959 and 1962, scoring 5 goals for the latter national team.

After retiring as a player in 1972, Lojacono began a career in coaching that took him to managing a numerous Italian clubs, namely Latina, Castrovillari, Benevento, Livorno, Cavese, Barletta, Casoria, Salernitana, Nocerina and Akragas.

External links

• Francisco Lojacono at National-Football-Teams.com