Bernardo Gandulla

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| name = Bernardo Gandulla

| image = Gandulla 1940.jpg

| image_size = 180 px

| caption = Gandulla when playing for Boca Juniors in 1940.

| fullname = Bernardo José Gandulla

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|03|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|07|06|1916|03|01|df=yes}}

| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1934–1939

| clubs1 = Ferro Carril Oeste

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1939

| clubs2 = Vasco

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| years3 = 1940–1943

| clubs3 = Boca Juniors

| caps3 = 57

| goals3 = 26

| years4 = 1944–1946

| clubs4 = Ferro Carril Oeste

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| years5 = 1947–1948

| clubs5 = Atlanta

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| nationalyears1 = 1940

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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| manageryears1 = 1953

| managerclubs1 = Defensores de Belgrano

| manageryears2 = 1957–1958

| managerclubs2 = Boca Juniors

}}

Bernardo José Gandulla, better known as Bernardo Gandulla (1 March 1916 – 6 July 1999){{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernardo Gandulla |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bernardo-gandulla/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=15 February 2023 |language= |date=}} was an Argentine football forward and head coach.{{cite web | title =Gandulla | url=http://www.marcelodieguez.com.br/?secao=gandulla | accessdate =March 2, 2011 | publisher=O Historiador |language=Portuguese }} He died in Buenos Aires from respiratory problems.

Career

=Playing career=

Born in Buenos Aires,{{cite web | title =Gandulla fue crack y maestro de promesas | url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=144841 | date = July 7, 1999 |accessdate =March 2, 2011 | publisher=La Nación |language=Spanish }} Bernardo Gandulla defended Ferro Carril Oeste from 1934 to 1939. He moved to Brazilian club Vasco in 1939, but played few games for the team. Gandulla returned to Argentina in 1940 to play for Boca Juniors. He played 57 Argentine Primera División games and scored 26 goals for the club, winning the competition in 1940 and 1943. He returned to Ferro Carril Oeste in 1944, leaving the club in 1946. Gandulla played for Atlanta from 1947 to 1948.

=Coaching career=

Gandulla was Defensores de Belgrano's head coach in 1953, winning the Primera División C in that season.{{cite web | title =Argentina – Coaches of Championship Teams – Third Level | url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/arg-coach3-champ.html | date = June 11, 2010 | website =RSSSF |accessdate =March 2, 2011 }} He was Boca Juniors' head coach from 1957 to 1958.

Ball boy

He is well known in Brazil as his surname originated the term used in the country for the ball boy, which is gandula. Gandulla was part of Vasco's squad, but as he spent most of his time on the bench, he retrieved the balls during the games of his club.{{cite web | title =Tevez – An Argentine in Brazil | last = Vickery |first= Tim| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_football/4071367.stm | date = December 6, 2004 |accessdate =March 2, 2011 | publisher=BBC }}