Argentina can serve as a good finishing school for Colombians and he is working with a top coach in Miguel Angel Russo.

Other potential candidates include Miguel Angel Russo (Racing Club) and Sergio Batista, currently in charge of the Argentine youth set-up and who helped steer the country to Olympic glory in the Beijing Games in 2008.

After retirement, Gottardi became part of Miguel Angel Russo's coaching team.

Since then, Racing was coached by Ricardo Caruso Lombardi and then by Miguel Angel Russo.

First was my debut with coach Cesar Luis Menotti, then integrate the campus of Miguel Angel Russo with whom I played Most of the games, ranking third in the Apertura 2003 tournament and getting a quota for Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores.

Upon the resignation of Miguel Angel Russo on 7 November 2011, Azconzábal was named caretaker coach, and after a string of good results he was appointed as coach for the 2012 Clausura tournament.