Alberto “Beto” Pascutti, He appears as a footballer in different teams of the Argentine promotion, He died this Saturday at the age of 64. as a consequence of cardiac decompensation.
Confirmation of the death of the also technical director was given to telam former player José Ubeda, his teammate in Quilmes, in the mid-’80s.
Recognized for his remarkable punch, for his ability to drive and generate play, as well as a courage that allowed him to weather adverse situations with his football mettle, Pascutti was a “different” player in the promotion categories. Perhaps a member of a crack podium, along with José Luis ‘Garrafa’ Sánchez (former Banfield and Deportivo Laferrere) and Miguel Angel Colombatti (former Deportivo Morón, later he went through Racing).
Curiously, Despite the fact that he forged his rich football career in promotion, the former attacking midfielder began his career in the First Division: He made his debut in Chacarita Juniors in the 1977 season, when the entity from San Martín managed to add to escape from the bottom of the table.
Then, with the relegation to Primera B, the midfielder continued in the ‘funeral’ group until 1980, before moving on to Banfield, where he remained only in 1981.
Subsequently, Pascutti stitched together -perhaps- the best of his career and exhibited his hierarchy in El Porvenir, where he spent three years (1983, 1984, 1985), with 10 goals in 71 games.
His conditions earned him a transfer to Quilmes, another team in which he stood out with 9 goals in 55 matches (1985-1986).
As he grew older, Pascutti was acquiring characteristics of a leader, on and off the pitch. Hence, most of the teams fought to get their contest.
Thus, Deportivo Morón was a member of Primera B and turned to ‘Beto’ to participate in Deportivo Morón’s campaign, which was promoted to B Nacional (1989-1990) beating Nueva Chicago in a sprint.
He was also a Tigre player and He lived another moment of glory in his career when he was hired by All Boys, whom he led to the B Nacional with his enormous hierarchy in the 1992-1993 season, with a great goal included against Deportivo Armenio (2-1) on the penultimate date, with a kick from outside the area against the goal that gives his back to the Alvarez Jonte avenue.
In total he played 275 games and scored 35 goals in three different categories of Argentine soccer.
As a coach, he went through Tigre (he was promoted to the First B Nacional in the mid-’90s), Nueva Chicago, All Boys, Juventud Antoniana de Salta, Almirante Brown, Aldosivi from Mar del Plata, Sarmiento from Junín, Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, Sportivo Italiano and Tiro Federal de Rosario, among other clubs.
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