Player Profile

After a deal with Nottingham Forest fell through at the last minute, Ossie Ardiles brought his fellow countryman Lorenzo to the club, originally on a loan deal from Italian club Bari. He made his debut on 10th November 1990, scoring the first goal in a 3-0 win over Portsmouth at the County Ground.

The arrival of Lorenzo was a big coup for the club - he signed just over four months after appearing in the 1990 World Cup Final for Argentina. Though he was a bit of a hot-head (Lorenzo was one of the players who could be seen shoving the referee in that Final, after Argentina had players sent off), he seemed to settle in to the team reasonably well - prompting Ardiles to pay £160,000 (400 million lira) for his services a month later.

Unfortunately, Lorenzo's family struggled to settle in the area, and, when Glenn Hoddle took over the reins at the end of that season, he hardly featured. When he did play, Hoddle often utilised him in a unsuitable midfield position.

After just over a year and a half at Swindon, he left the club at the end of the 1991/1992 season - returning to Argentina at the end of his contract.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors	1985
AS Bari Bari	1989 ; transferred out (December 21st, 1990)
Swindon Town Swindon	October 18th, 1990 (loan officially a non-contract transfer due to international loan rules)
Swindon Town Swindon	December 21st, 1990 (transferred in , £160,000 ITL 400 million)
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo	July 1st, 1992
Banfield Banfield	1994
Club Ferro Carril Oeste Ferrocarril Oeste	1995
Boca Juniors Boca Juniors	1996
Quilmes Quilmes	1997
Argentina Argentina	2000 (U20 assistant manager)
CD Leganés Leganés	rptd August 12th, 2003 (assistant manager)
Argentina Argentina	rptd September 16th, 2004 (assistant manager)
Deportivo Toluca Deportivo Toluca	July 2007 (assistant manager)
Tigres UANL Tigres	rptd February 24th, 2009 (assistant manager)
Colombia Colombia	rptd January 6th, 2012 (assistant manager)
FBC Melgar Melgar	January 1st, 2021 (announced December 17th, 2020) (manager)
Colombia Colombia	July 9th, 2022 (announced June 2nd, 2022) (head coach)