Abel Picabea Allero (20 June 1906 – 1993) was an Argentine

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and player. He played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Picabea started his career with

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before representing

Estudiantil Porteño Club Atlético Estudiantil Porteño, mostly known as Estudiantil Porteño is an Argentine sports club, located in the Ramos Mejía district of Greater Buenos Aires. The institution hosts many activities such as artistic roller skating, basketball, ...

and

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...

in his homeland. In 1937, he moved to Brazil and joined

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, where he retired in 1941. Immediately after retiring Picabea took up coaching, with his first managerial club being Canto do Rio. He subsequently returned to São Cristóvão and won the

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in 1943. In 1946, after being in charge of Madureira, Picabea was appointed manager of Santos, becoming the club's first Argentine manager; he is also the foreign manager who managed the club for the most times. He subsequently worked at

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, Olaria,

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

, Ferroviária and Portuguesa, winning the ''Fita Azul'' with the latter. Picabea arrived at

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in the later stages of the 1955–56 season, he was in charge of the club during the whole 1956–57 campaign before taking over

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

in the Spanish

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. After winning the second division with the club, he was later in charge of neighbouring

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before returning to Brazil in 1960 with

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Honours

Manager

São Cristóvão *

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Oviedo *

: 1957–58

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Picabea, Abel 1906 births Date of death unknown Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Almagro players Barracas Central players Rosario Central footballers São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Argentine football managers Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club managers São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas managers Madureira Esporte Clube managers Santos FC managers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) managers América Futebol Clube (MG) managers Olaria Atlético Clube managers Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras managers Associação Ferroviária de Esportes managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers CR Vasco da Gama managers Primeira Liga managers Sporting CP managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Real Oviedo managers Sporting de Gijón managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Spain