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Ricardo La Volpe Biography
Ricardo La Volpe is one of the most popular and richest Argentine footballer who was born on February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ricardo Antonio La Volpe Guarchoni (Spanish pronunciation: [’rikardo la ’bolpe]; born 6 February 1952), is an ex-Argentine footballer who was also the manager of Toluca. He was a World Cup-winning goalkeeper and played most of his career in Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil.
Under his leadership, Mexico defeated Argentina in 2004 Copa America. However, Brazil lost in the quarterfinals. Mexico lost to Colombia in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals 2005. Mexico lost the 2004 Olympic Games to South Korea in their group stage.
During Mexico’s first group-stage match in the 2006 World Cup against Iran, La Volpe was seen chain-smoking in the dugout, leading to an official warning from FIFA that he was not allowed to smoke in the competition area. La Volpe responded by telling FIFA’s executives that he would “rather give up football than smoking”, although he later consented.
After leaving the Mexico national team, he met with Boca Juniors officials on 24 July 2006. After several weeks of negotiation, it was agreed on 22 August that La Volpe would take over as Boca manager on 15 September, replacing Alfio Basile who had been selected to manage the Argentina national team.
La Volpe was appointed coach of Mexico’s national team in 2002. La Volpe led the team to win 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. They also qualified for the 2006 World Cup. He also finished in fourth place at 2005 Confederations Cup. His most notable accomplishment was defeating eventual champions Brazil on the group stage. Mexico climbed to fourth in the FIFA World rankings with La Volpe as its leader.
| Name | Ricardo La Volpe |
| First Name | Ricardo |
| Last Name | Volpe |
| Occupation | Argentine Footballer |
| Birthday | February 6 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Place of Birth | Buenos Aires |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | Argentina |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Mónica Giaccaglia |
| Children(s) | Sabrina La Volpe, Deborah La Volpe, Cynthia La Volpe |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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As a coach, La Volpe was in charge of both the Mexico and Costa Rica national teams, coaching the former at the 2006 World Cup. As a club manager, he won the league title in the 1992–93 season with Atlante.
Ricardo La Volpe Net Worth
Ricardo La Volpe is one of the richest Argentine Footballer from Argentina. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ricardo La Volpe's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
La Volpe had eight appearances with Argentina during his entire career. As the reserve goalkeeper, he won the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
Ricardo La Volpe started his coaching career in Mexico in 1989 as a coach. He managed several teams including Oaxtepec and Puebla. Despite some mixed results, La Volpe was known for his offensive style of football. Atlante won the 1992-1993 season championship. He also reached the league final in 1999 with Atlas.
He has also had clashes with the press. During a press conference at the 2006 World Cup, La Volpe told a journalist: “¡Fuera de mi cara! Tú no sabes nada. No te rompes mis huevos, idiotas.” [“Get out of my face! You know nothing. Don’t break my balls, you idiots.”]
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Argentine footballer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In 2008, Ricardo La Volpe returned to Mexico as manager of Monterrey. After several days of speculation, the decision was finally announced in the club’s official website, as the replacement of former manager Isaac Mizrahi. He had a bumpy start, and didn’t win until his fifth match. Monterrey finished the season in 8th place and had the league’s leading goal scorer, Humberto Suazo. Monterrey’s league would end in the semi-finals in which they were eliminated by Santos Laguna after an aggregate score of 3–3 Fans of Monterrey spoke highly of La Volpe for helping the team reach the playoffs again after two dismal seasons of not qualifying including a last place finish during the last tournament. In the Apertura 2008 the team would have a fairly good start, but completely fell apart towards the end of the tournament placing Monterrey in the bottom of the table, hence not qualifying to the playoffs. After the disappointing tournament, the team did not offer the money La Volpe was looking for and he decided to leave the team.
On 28 January 2009, La Volpe signed, once again, with Atlas. Fans of the team had been yearning for him to come back to the squad in which many said he had his most success. The tournament was not successful with the team failing to qualify to the playoffs, finishing 13th. On 18 November the Argentine coach quit Atlas due to poor results, and was replaced by Carlos Ischia.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Ricardo La Volpe height 6 ft 2 in Ricardo weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 6 ft 2 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Mexico finished second in their group, qualifying to the Round of 16 before going out 1–2 in extra time to Argentina. The Guardian named him Best Coach of the World Cup for his attitude.
La Volpe had a bumpy start with Boca Juniors, including a 3–1 loss against archi-rivals River Plate on 8 October. On 12 October, Boca lost 3–1 to Uruguayan club Nacional on penalty kicks in the Copa Sudamericana, and so were out of the competition. Boca failed three times to claim the Apertura Championship in the final weeks of the season, and then lost a playoff against Estudiantes. Keeping his word that he would quit if he lost, La Volpe resigned after the match. Later that year he became the new Vélez Sársfield manager, but did not stay in the job long. After watching his team suffer bruising defeats by River Plate and Boca Juniors in the Apertura 2007, and his team in 10th place, he resigned as coach.
Who is Ricardo La Volpe Dating?
According to our records, Ricardo La Volpe married to Mónica Giaccaglia. As of December 1, 2023, Ricardo La Volpe’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Ricardo La Volpe. You may help us to build the dating records for Ricardo La Volpe!On 9 September 2010, the former Atlas coach became the new manager of Costa Rica, replacing interim coach Rónald González. The Argentine had originally signed until July 2014, however, poor performance during the 2011 Gold Cup and 2011 Copa América, ended his contract prematurely on 11 August 2011.
Facts & Trivia
Ricardo Ranked on the list of most popular Argentine footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Argentina. Ricardo La Volpe celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.
La Volpe was named Guadalajara manager after a 4–0 loss against América with just four games to go in the tournament. After a win against Pachuca on his debut, he finished the league with a draw and 2 losses. However, on 30 April 2014, La Volpe was fired by Vergara after an accusation by a female staff member of improper behavior by La Volpe on her and Vergara announced that there was a lawsuit against La Volpe for that matter.
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