Daniel Alejandro Farías Acosta (born 28 September 1981) is a Venezuelan

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and former player who played as a

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Career

Born in

Cumaná Cumaná () is the capital city of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in South ...

, Farías represented hometown club Nueva Cádiz FC as a player, and remained with the club until 2001, when it moved to

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and changed name to Zulianos FC. He subsequently retired and started studying for a

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degree. After the arrival of his brother César as

Deportivo Anzoátegui ''Deportivo'' (Spanish, 'sporting') may refer to: * Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as simply Deportivo, a Spanish football club * Déportivo, a French rock band * Deportivo (Mexicable), an aerial lift station in Ecatepec, Mexico * Deport ...

manager, Farías was named goalkeeping coach at the same club. After César's departure, he was named Marcos Mathías's assistant. On 12 March 2009, Farías was appointed manager of Anzoátegui. He left the club on 12 December 2012, after winning that year's

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, and was named at the helm of

Deportivo Táchira ''Deportivo'' (Spanish, 'sporting') may refer to: * Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as simply Deportivo, a Spanish football club * Déportivo, a French rock band * Deportivo (Mexicable), an aerial lift station in Ecatepec, Mexico * Deport ...

the following day. After leaving the club in December 2015, Farías was an assistant of his brother César at

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

and

The Strongest Club The Strongest is a Bolivian professional football club based in La Paz, that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafae ...

before being appointed manager of

Zulia FC Zulia Fútbol Club was a professional football club that last competed in the Primera División Venezolana. The club was based in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela, and it's internationally recognized for his participation in the 2019 Copa Sudame ...

on 12 January 2017. On 14 August, he took over The Strongest, but left on 19 December. On 23 April 2018, Farías was named

Deportivo La Guaira Deportivo La Guaira (formerly known as Real Esppor) is a professional football club promoted to the Venezuelan league in 2009, based in La Guaira but playing its home games in Caracas at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV. History Real Esppor Th ...

manager. On 5 June, after already being an assistant, he was invited by

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to take charge of the team in friendlies against

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and

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, as his brother César was not available. On 9 November 2022, Farías left La Guaira to take over

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of the

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. Sacked the following 3 April, he took over Peruvian club

Unión Comercio Unión Comercio is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru. History Unión Comercio was 2010 Liga Departamental champion, when they defeated Atlético Belén. In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club classi ...

on 27 May 2023, but resigned from the side on 22 July.

Honours

Player

;Nueva Cádiz *

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: 1997–98

Manager

;Deportivo Anzoátegui *

Copa de Venezuela The Copa Venezuela ( en, Venezuela Cup) is the national cup football competition of Venezuela. Organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation, it is contested in the second half of the season by the teams in the Primera División and Segunda Di ...

: 2012 ;Deportivo Táchira *

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: 2014–15

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farias, Daniel 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Cumaná Venezuelan men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Venezuelan football managers Deportivo Anzoátegui managers Deportivo Táchira F.C. managers The Strongest managers Deportivo La Guaira managers Bolivia national football team managers Boston River managers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate football managers in Bolivia 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people Zulia F.C. managers Unión Comercio managers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Uruguay Expatriate football managers in Peru