Alfredo Rubén "Alfio" Basile, nicknamed Coco, is an Argentine football manager and former player. He played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán before becoming a manager. He coached many teams during his career, being most notable Racing Club de Avellaneda, the Argentina national team and Boca Juniors, where he won five titles in two years.
Basile in 2013
Basile during his tenure on Racing Club, 1966
Basile in 1991 when he was coaching the Argentina national team that won the Copa America
Basile as coach of Racing Club talking with then vice-president of Argentina, Amado Boudou in Mar del Plata, January 2012
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the Big Five clubs of Argentine football, and is also known as El Primer Grande, for becoming the first club in the world to win seven league titles in a row, first Argentine club to win a national cup, and the first world champion Argentine club. Racing currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine league system, and plays its home games at Estadio Presidente Perón, nicknamed El Cilindro de Avellaneda.
Racing in 1910, when the squad promoted to Primera División
The 1913 team that won four titles in a year, including its first Primera División championship
The 1915 team achieved an outstanding mark of 95 goals in 24 matches
Racing squad that beat Banfield in 1951, winning their third consecutive league title
