Gustavo Atilano Florentín Morínigo (born 30 June 1978) is a Paraguayan

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and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in

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, Florentín started playing for

Paraguarí Paraguarí (; ) is a city, '' distrito'' and capital of Paraguarí Department in Paraguay, located 66 km from the country's capital, Asunción. At the 2002 census it had a population of 22,154.

-based side

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before joining

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

in 1996. He rarely settled for a club during his career, representing local sides 12 de Octubre, Sportivo San Lorenzo,

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, Recoleta, Sol de América,

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 19 ...

, Fernando de la Mora,

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and

Tacuary Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamerican ...

. He also spent a short time abroad in 2003, representing Romanian side Farul Constanța. At the international level, Florentín played for the under-20 national team in the

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in Malaysia.

Managerial career

After retiring, Florentin began coaching in 2009 with Cerro Porteño, being in charge of their youth categories. In 2013, he became the main squad's assistant manager, and was also an interim manager in November 2015 after Roberto Torres left. Florentín returned to his previous duties after the appointment of

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, but was named manager in July 2016 after Gustavo Morínigo was sacked. On 6 March of the following year, he was himself dismissed. On 11 September 2017, Florentín was appointed manager of

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also in the Primera División. He resigned the following 27 May, and took over fellow league team Sportivo Luqueño on 9 June. On 10 September 2018, Florentín left Luqueño to take over Guaraní. He left the club on a mutual consent on 29 May of the following year, and was appointed in charge of

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side

Huachipato Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home g ...

on 11 July. In December 2020, Florentín was hugely criticized after his post-match comments related to substituting off Antonio Castillo in the first-half of a 2–2 home draw against

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, where he stated that "if a footballer is not brave, he is not in the right occupation". He was sacked by Huachipato on 6 January 2021. Florentín returned to his home country on 17 February 2021, to manage Sol de América. He opted to leave the latter on 23 March 2021, and was presented at the helm of

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on 26 April. On 15 August 2021, Florentín resigned from the ''Tigre'', and switched teams and countries again eleven days later after taking over

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side

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. Despite suffering relegation, he was kept as manager for the 2022 season, but was sacked nonetheless on 3 March of that year. On 8 August 2022, Florentín was presented as manager of General Caballero JLM in his home country, but resigned on 16 September. On 27 October, he took over

, newly promoted to the top tier, but resigned on 30 May 2023. On 8 April 2024, he was appointed as manager of

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, in the Colombian

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Guaraní *

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Florentín, Gustavo 1978 births Living people Paraguayan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Cerro Porteño players 12 de Octubre Football Club players Club Atlético Colegiales (Paraguay) players Club Sol de América footballers Sportivo Luqueño players Club Fernando de la Mora footballers Club Guaraní players Tacuary footballers FCV Farul Constanța players Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate football managers in Romania Paraguayan football managers Cerro Porteño managers Club Deportivo Capiatá managers Club Guaraní managers Huachipato FC managers Club Sol de América managers The Strongest managers Sport Club do Recife managers Club General Caballero (Juan León Mallorquín) managers Sportivo Luqueño managers Deportivo Pasto managers Atlético Bucaramanga managers Águilas Doradas managers Paraguayan expatriate football managers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Chile Expatriate football managers in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Colombia Footballers from Central Department Categoría Primera A managers