title: Gerónimo Saccardi
text: # Gerónimo Saccardi
  
  Gerónimo Luis Saccardi Román (1 October 1949 – 4 May 2002) was an Argentine football midfielder and manager.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Born Buenos Aires, Saccardi played the vast majority of his career with Ferro Carril Oeste, appearing in 358 games in the Primera División and scoring 44 goals for his main club overall.
  
  From 1975 to 1979 Saccardi competed in Spain in representation of Hércules CF, always in La Liga. After his second spell in Ferro (four seasons, ten in total) he later managed the team, first alongside Oscar Garré then as head coach.
  
  ## Death
  
  Saccardi died on 4 May 2002 in Moreno, Buenos Aires. He was 52 years old.
  
  