Carlos Pachamé

Carlos Pachamé
	Pachamé in Estudiantes de La Plata
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Oscar Pachamé
Date of birth	25 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth	Fortín Olavarría, ; Rivadavia Partido, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1963–1971	Estudiantes (LP)
1972–1973	Boca Juniors
1974–1976	Estudiantes (LP)
1977	Quilmes
1977	Lanús
1978–1979	Independiente Medellin
1979–1980	Rochester Lancers
International career
1967–1969	Argentina
Managerial career
1981	Estudiantes (LP)
1983–1990	Argentina U20
	Saudi Arabia U20
1997	Avispa Fukuoka
2003	Estudiantes (LP)
2004–present	Estudiantes (LP) (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2008

Carlos Oscar Pachamé (born 25 February 1944) is an Argentine former football player and coach, who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

As a player, Pachamé was a defensive midfielder for the Estudiantes de La Plata team that won three successive editions of the Copa Libertadores from 1968 to 1970, and the 1968 Copa Intercontinental. In those teams, he formed part of a fearsome midfield, along with Carlos Bilardo and Eduardo Flores.

He also played for the Argentina national team^[1] and Boca Juniors. Later in his career he had short spells with Quilmes, Lanús, Independiente Medellin and Rochester Lancers.

Coaching career

After retirement, Pachamé became a coach. Under Pachamé, the Argentina under-20 team took second place in the 1983 U-20 World Cup. He was an assistant coach, during the tenure of Carlos Bilardo as the coach of the Argentina, when the team won the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and finished second in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.