Fabián Alberto Frías (born 5 March 1971) is an Argentine

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club

Gualaceo Gualaceo, nicknamed “El Jardin del Azuay” (The Garden of Azuay), is a canton in the sierra region of Ecuador in the Azuay Province. It is located 35 km east from the city of Cuenca and is one of the biggest cities in Azuay. Gualaceo ha ...

Career

Born in

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, Frías represented Colegiales,

Excursionistas Club Atlético Excursionistas is an Argentine sports club based in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mainly known for their football team. It currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth level of the Argentine f ...

, Chacarita Juniors, Platense and

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. He retired at the age of 29, and started working as a fitness coach at Platense,

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, All Boys,

Deportivo Morón Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The club was fo ...

, River Plate and

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. In 2011, Frías moved to Peru and joined

Guillermo Rivarola Guillermo Daniel Rivarola (born April 28, 1967 in Villa Huidobro, Argentina) is an Argentine former footballer and currently is the Technical Director of Komets-River Plate. He played as a defender for many clubs in Argentina and Mexico such a ...

's staff at

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, as his assistant. He was also Rivarola's assistant at

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

in 2013, and was named manager in April of that year after Rivarola left. Frías left Cuenca in December 2013, and was named in charge of former club Excursionistas back in his home country on 23 December 2014. He resigned from the latter club the following 7 May, and returned to Ecuador on 20 January 2016 after being named manager of

. On 8 December 2016, after narrowly missing out promotion, Farías took over fellow

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team Colón de Manabí. He left the club in June, and returned to Gualaceo in the following month. Frías resigned from Gualaceo on 24 April 2018, and was appointed Técnico Universitario manager on 24 July. He was dismissed on 30 April 2019, and was named in charge of Atlético Porteño on 27 May. Frías left Porteño on 30 August 2019, and was appointed manager of

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. He helped the club in their promotion to the

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in 2020, after finishing second. Frías left Manta in December 2021, after their relegation, but returned to the club on 15 April 2022. He left again on 20 September 2023, and returned to Gualaceo three days later.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frias, Fabian Living people 1971 births Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Men's association football goalkeepers Club Atlético Colegiales (Argentina) players CA Excursionistas players Chacarita Juniors footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Central Ballester players Argentine football managers C.D. Cuenca managers Gualaceo S.C. managers C.D. Técnico Universitario managers Manta F.C. managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Ecuador