Gino Alberto Valentini Cuadra (born 10 October 1958) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile, Spain and Mexico.[1]
Valentini worked as both manager and coach in the Universidad Católica youth system, where he trained players such as Jorge Kike Acuña.[7] As an anecdote, he met and could join Lionel Scaloni to the club when the Argentine was fourteen years old.[8]
In the context of the relegation of Deportes Melipilla to the Primera B de Chile in the 2021 season, Valentini reported irregulatities and contract issues with the players while he was the sport manager.[14] So, he has had public quarrels with the then coach, Carlos Encinas.[13]