Adrián Blas Taffarel (born 10 January 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Cantolao.

Adrián Taffarel
Personal information
Full name Adrián Blas Taffarel
Date of birth (1966-01-10) 10 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Cantolao (manager)
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Newell's Old Boys 47 (8)
1991 Chaco For Ever 18 (4)
1991–1993 Ferro Carril Oeste 31 (7)
1993 Banfield 7 (1)
1994 Gimnasia y Tiro
1995 Irapuato
1997 O'Higgins
1997–1998 Argentino de Rosario 11 (1)
Managerial career
1998–1999 San Martín de Chovet
1999–2001 Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2001–2004 Unión y Cultura
2002 Argentino de Rosario
2005–2012 Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2013 Jorge Newbery
2015 San Martín de Chovet
2016 Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2016 Unión y Cultura
2018 Sportivo María Teresa
2019–2022 Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2021 Newell's Old Boys (interim)
2023 Unión Huaral
2023– Cantolao
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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A Newell's Old Boys youth graduate, Taffarel made his first team debut in September 1988, and was a part of the squad which won the 1990–91 Argentine Primera División, even though he ended the campaign at Chaco For Ever. In 1991, he joined Ferro Carril Oeste also in the top tier, and played for a brief period for Banfield in 1993.

In 1995, after a year with Gimnasia y Tiro, Taffarel moved abroad and joined Mexican side Irapuato.[1] In 1997, he played in the Primera B de Chile for O'Higgins[2] before returning to his home country with Argentino de Rosario. He retired in 1998, aged 32.

Managerial career

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Immediately after retiring Taffarel took up coaching, being manager of CA San Martín de Chovet before returning to Newell's in 1999, as a youth coach. He was also a manager of former side Argentino de Rosario in 2002, and was in charge of CR Unión y Cultura de Murphy in 2001 to 2004 and in 2016, Jorge Newbery de Comodoro Rivadavia in 2013, back at San Martín in 2015 and Club Sportivo María Teresa in 2018.[3][4]

Taffarel returned to Newell's and their youth categories in 2019. On 18 October 2021, after Fernando Gamboa was sacked, he was named interim manager until the end of the tournament.[5] He returned to the youth sides shortly after, before leaving the club in 2022.

On 7 February 2023, Taffarel moved abroad and was named manager of Peruvian Segunda División side Unión Huaral.[6] On 15 June, he took over Cantolao in the country's Primera División.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Adrián Blas Taffarel" (in Spanish). La Ferropedia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). O'Higgins FC. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Lo que tenés que saber de Adrián Blas Taffarel nuevo DT de Newell's" [What you need to know about Adrián Blas Taffarel new manager of Newell's] (in Spanish). Red Boing. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Piersimone: La humildad de los directivos me dio ganas de estar acá" [Piersimone: The humbleness of the board members gave me eagerness to be here] (in Spanish). El Informe. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Newell's Old Boys. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Unión Huaral sorprende a todos al fichar entrenador que dirigió al Newells Old Boys" [Unión Huaral surprise everyone by signing the manager who managed Newells Old Boys] (in Spanish). Líbero. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ^ "¡Agarró el timón! Adrián Taffarel entrenó por primera vez con la Academia Cantolao" [He took the helm! Adrián Taffarel trained for the first time with Academia Cantolao] (in Spanish). Ovación. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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