Israel Damonte reveals he dreams of managing a top Argentine club | OneFootball

Since his retirement as a professional footballer, Israel Damonte began his career as a coach in the First Division, with stints at Huracán, Arsenal, Sarmiento de Junín—where he left a great legacy—and Colón de Santa Fe, with whom he was relegated in 2023 after losing the playoff against Gimnasia de La Plata.

In an interview with the fan media outlet “En Boca de Todos,” the coach, who is currently a free agent after his time with the Kiwi of Junín—a team he left in October of last year—Damonte revealed that he dreams of coaching Boca in the future and is preparing himself for that opportunity.

“To be honest, I prepare myself every day to coach Real Madrid, and Boca is Real Madrid today. For me, they are the biggest clubs in Argentina and among the biggest in the world, so what I mean is, who wouldn’t want to play for or coach such a club? Obviously…,” he continued.

He also added that he discussed this topic with Gustavo Alfaro: “It’s like everything, look. I talked about this once with Gustavo Alfaro and he told me that Boca is like a national team, but every day. In contrast, when you go to a national team, it’s only when the players come in for that week, the whole country stops and it’s madness. Now, Boca is like that every single day.”

Additionally, in this conversation, the coach denied the rumors that went viral on social media some time ago, which claimed that Marcelo Delgado had him in mind to offer him the position of Boca’s manager—something that never happened.

Damonte’s admiration for Gallardo In his role as a coach, Damonte has highlighted “El Muñeco” on more than one occasion for the work he did at River. In 2022, he publicly supported him when he didn’t achieve the expected results. “Beyond some moments and results that maybe didn’t go his way, for me the best is still Gallardo. He’s the best, even though the team doesn’t have the functioning he wants, but he keeps proving it year after year and that’s important,” he said.

He also explained that in 2011 Gallardo called him to join Nacional of Uruguay as a reinforcement, which led him to turn down an offer to play for Jorge Sampaoli’s Universidad de Chile. “I had the chance to go to Sampaoli’s U, but Gallardo called me and I didn’t hesitate,” he said.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.