Gabriel Gustavo Perrone (born 1965 in

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) is a retired

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who currently works as a

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Playing career

As a player, Perrone played as a central defender and he started his career playing for Argentine giants River Plate where he played for two seasons from 1986 to 1988. Then he was transferred to

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, where he stayed for another couple of seasons. He did not have great success as a player his career was ended by a

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injury after playing in the lower leagues with

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and

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Coaching career

Perrone started his work as a football coach as the assistant manager to

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and then

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for a number of top division teams in Argentina such as

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and River Plate. Perrone took the step up to first team coaching in

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managing with relative success teams like Olmedo and

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. In the city of

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coaching a very modest Olmedo he finished fourth at the end of the 2006 season, he was then hired by

for the next two seasons. In Cuenca he managed to make his team a contender for the title and to qualify for the 2008

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. In the 2008 season he was having a pretty good year qualifying early to the final stages of the Ecuadorian championship, but the club's financial problems were unsustainable and he resigned as its manager. Soon after he left many of his players followed him. It is said that when he left the club owed him hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid salary. Soon after he left

, he initiated negotiations with Ecuadorian giants Emelec. Rumors were quickly dissipated and the club announced Perrone as its new coach for the next two seasons. Along with Perrone Emelec hired many of

's best players like

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, Marcelo Fleitas,

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, and Mariano Mina. Perrone's teams are usually very organized and conservative, taking few risks in defense and being extremely effective in attack. He is also very famous in Ecuador for having good vision and hiring unknown players that end up playing well. Before

's National Team officialized

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as its head coach, the Ecuadorian press considered Perrone as the first candidate to take that job. In 2011 Perrone became the coach of Rangers of Talca, team which was playing in Second Division of Chile, getting the second place of the championship, and then, go up to the Football First Division of Chile since 2012.

Personal life

Perrone is married with one of the daughters of famous Argentine coach

. He acted as a mentor for Perrone's coaching career and has even visited Perrone during some of his spells as coach in many of his teams. In January 2008 he had to be taken to a hospital for severe chest pains caused by stress. He stayed in the hospital in Cuenca for a couple of days after a cardiac problem was ruled out.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrone, Gabriel 1965 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Club Atlético Atlanta footballers C.D. FAS footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine football managers C.S. Emelec managers C.D. Cuenca managers San Martín de San Juan managers Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Expatriate football managers in Chile Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Rangers de Talca managers Men's association football defenders Guayaquil City F.C. managers C.D. Olmedo managers