Walter Omar Fiori (born 19 January 1961) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Walter Fiori
Personal information
Full name Walter Omar Fiori
Date of birth (1961-01-19) 19 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Tigre
1985–1987 Talleres 50 (13)
1987 Junior 0 (0)
1987–1989 Racing Club 5 (0)
1989–1990 Chaco For Ever 1 (0)
1990–1991 Instituto 24 (7)
1991–1992 Tigre
1992–1993 San Miguel
1993–1995 Colegiales
1995–1996 Deportivo Italiano 2 (0)
1996 Colegiales
1997 El Porvenir 13 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2009 Sporting Cristal (assistant)
2007 Sporting Cristal (interim)
2010–2013 LDU Quito (youth)
2014–2015 San Lorenzo (youth)
2015–2016 Ituzaingó (youth)
2016–2017 Ituzaingó
2017 Sport Rosario (assistant)
2017 Deportivo Municipal (assistant)
2018–2019 Deportes Antofagasta (assistant)
2019 Deportes Antofagasta (interim)
2019 UTC (assistant)
2020 Ayacucho (assistant)
2021 Ayacucho
2022 Sport Boys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Mar del Plata, Fiori notably represented Primera División sides Tigre, Talleres de Córdoba, Racing Club, Chaco For Ever and Instituto. He retired in 1997 at the age of 36, with El Porvenir.

After retiring, Fiori joined Sporting Cristal's technical staff in 2007 as an assistant. He was also an interim after the dismissal of Jorge Sampaoli, but returned to his previous role after the arrival of Juan Carlos Oblitas.[1]

Fiori subsequently worked with Edgardo Bauza at LDU Quito[2] and San Lorenzo, being in charge of the youth setup. In 2015, he joined Ituzaingó; initially assigned to the youth categories, he was named first team manager on 19 June 2016,[3] but left the following 3 January after accepting an offer to become Gerardo Ameli's assistant at Sport Rosario.[4]

Fiori continued to work with Ameli at Deportivo Municipal and Deportes Antofagasta, being an interim manager of the latter in May 2019 after Ameli left.[5] In September 2019, he moved to Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca, also as an assistant.[6]

In 2020, Fiori returned to work with Ameli at Ayacucho FC. On 18 December of that year, he was named manager of the club for the 2021 campaign.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Cristal: el año de la barbarie" [Cristal: the year of their savagery] (in Spanish). DeChalaca. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Fiori habla del trabajo de Liga en las divisiones formativas (Audio)" [Fiori talks about the work of Liga in the youth categories (Audio)] (in Spanish). TeraDeportes.com. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Walter Fiori nuevo DT" [Walter Fiori new manager] (in Spanish). CA Ituzaingó. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Fiori dejó de ser el DT" [Fiori left as manager] (in Spanish). CA Ituzaingó. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Walter Fiori pasa de ayudante a técnico interino de Antofagasta tras salida de Gerardo Ameli" [Walter Fiori goes from assistant to interim manager of Antofagasta after the departure of Gerardo Ameli] (in Spanish). Redgol. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "¡Bienvenido! Damos la bienvenida a profesor "Walter Fiori" quien cumplirá la labor de Asistente técnico" [Welcome! We give the welcome to the coach "Walter Fiori" who will accomplish the task of an assistant.]. UTC (in Spanish). Facebook. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Walter Fiori será el nuevo técnico del Ayacucho FC" [Walter Fiori will be the manager of Ayacucho FC] (in Spanish). Ovación. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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