Monterrey, Mexico.-Osvaldo Batocletti has left the courts and offices, to play from today in the sky. The former captain of the Tigers died today at 69 years old after suffering from prostate cancer that left him hospitalized last week. ” Bato “was the first Captain League champion with the felines, as he raised the cups of the season 1977-1978 and 1981-1982, he was also champion as technical director of women’s Tigers in the closing tournament 2018. The former player and former technician was known for his tough game and leadership, but also because of his way of being, he was always an exemplary and institutional person. The “Tigre Tiger” was born on January 22, 1950 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina, debuting as a player 20 years later with the Racing de Avellaneda, where he played five years, also was in the Lanús and the Union of Santa Fe, Argentina.
We are very sad to inform you that our dear Bato lost the battle against cancer and is already resting in peace.
Thank you Prof for so many joys, for so many teachings and to show us that you can be great in and out of the field.
With you in memory! #GraciasBato pic.twitter.com/QYxDEkpDEf — Official Tigers Club (@TigresOficial)
May 18, 2019
Mexico arrived in 1974 to play with the emeralds of the lion, where he was three seasons. His good level and leadership drew the attention of Miguel Gómez Collado, who was going to take the striped, however, the manager passed to the Tigers, which made Batocletti out to play with the auriazules. The university squad arrived in 1977 and was until he retired in 1984, achieving two league titles, the first championships in the city. There were other times, now there is more comfort, so I value the two titles very much, because to leave champion in the time that we had to play us as a team of the province, he snored the comb (sic), were camionazos and nothing to do with the trucks now , it was 12 or 14 hours of trucking. Now you play at 12:00 in Mexico and at 5 pm you’re in Monterrey, “he said to COURT just April 30.
“We knew how to profit, within the scarcity we learned to value and I think that is the merit.” His career as a technician began in Tigres, first as Emergent in 1979, 1980 and 1986, then began in basic forces with the Tigrillos, which later became the U, first A, from 1994 to 1996. As head of the first team was in two stages : One from 1998 to 1999, and another as emerging in the opening 2005, where he was minutes away from eliminating the striped in the Semifinal, which was defined with a goal of tip by Guillermo Franco in the agony of mourning.
He emerged in Racing and came to Mexico to play with Leon, but fate took him to Tigers and became a LEGEND ⚽️ RIP Osvaldo Batocletti, a huge central defender and captain. As a player it raised the titles of the 78 and 82 with those of the UANL until always Bato! pic.twitter.com/SjJmhbxLxM — Sports crier (@pregonero_depor)
May 18, 2019
He was also a technician from Queretaro in 2004 and from Irapuato from 2009 to 2010. With the arrival of Alejandro Rodríguez to the presidency of Tigres, and Miguel Ángel Garza, then as a sports delegate, Batocletti returned to the team as director of academies.
He was also the technical director of women’s Tigers since birth in the opening 2017 and closing 2018, achieving the title in the second, and then leave the position to attend to health problems derived from the cancer he suffered. Batocletti was always known for his dedication and passion for football and also for helping the needy, whenever he was asked to go to hospitals to support children or young people who went through difficult times, also painted schools within the program Tigers by Education, and gave lectures to children from different schools or primaries in the Tigers program for a better future. No doubt Batocletti leaves a very difficult hole to fill, has left the courts and offices to become a legend, in someone who will always be remembered In the Tigers.
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