Carlos Gabriel Correa Viana (born 13 January 1968) is a

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an retired

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, and is the

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of Spanish club

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. A

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, most of his professional career was spent in Spain where he played for five teams – amassing

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totals of 76 matches and four goals and 137/5 in Segunda División – subsequently coaching in its lower leagues.

Club career

Born in the country's capital, Montevideo, Correa played six years with local

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, switching to another side in the city in 1989, national powerhouse

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

. After just one season he moved abroad, joining

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in the country's

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and dropping down to the

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in his second year, due to irregularities. In the middle of 1993, Correa moved straight into

with

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, his competition debut coming on 5 September in a 0–1 home loss against

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. In the following four years, he would bounce back and forth between divisions one and two with CP Mérida. Correa signed with

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in summer 1998, at the age of 30. In August of the following year he suffered a serious

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injury which would put him out of action for more than one year, after which he made a brief comeback with his fifth club in Spain, Hércules CF (third division), retiring shortly after. In 2005, Correa started his coaching career, first with the youth sides then as assistant to former club Murcia. He coached the team for exactly one match in the 2005–06 season before they appointed Sergije Krešić, with the Uruguayan returning to the youth levels. For the next three years, Correa managed in the lower leagues of Spain, being fired from

Lorca Deportiva CF Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football club in Lorca, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2002 it was dissolved ten years later, and held home matches at ''Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco'', which seats 8, ...

in mid-October 2008.

International career

Correa made 19 appearances for

during two years, representing the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup (one match) and the

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. His debut came on 2 November 1988 in a friendly against

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in Concepción, being

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in the 1–1 draw.

Personal life

Correa's daughter, Yannel, was also a footballer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Gabriel 1968 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan Primera División players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players Peñarol players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Murcia CF players Real Valladolid players CP Mérida footballers Sevilla FC players Hércules CF players Uruguay men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Uruguayan football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Tercera Federación managers Real Murcia CF managers Lorca Deportiva CF managers UCAM Murcia CF managers Uruguayan expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Spain Caravaca CF managers