Omar Osvaldo De Felippe (born 3 April 1962) is an Argentine former soldier, war veteran, football coach and former

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.Pizarrón y pases cortos: la tercera vez que De Felippe sorprende a Falcioni.
Canchallena.

Career

Born in

Ciudad Madero, Buenos Aires Ciudad Madero, also known as ''Villa Eduardo Madero'', is a city in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Populated originally by the Querandí people, a portion o ...

, De Felippe began playing football with local side Club Atlético Huracán. He was playing for the club's third team when the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...

began in 1982, and he was drafted into the infantry forces fighting for Argentina. After the war, De Felippe returned to Huracán, where he would make his debut in the

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Th ...

. He had a brief spell playing in

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with Cristal Caldas, before returning to Argentina to play in the regional leagues with Club Olimpo,

Club Villa Mitre Club Villa Mitre, is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Although many sports are practised at the club, Villa Mitre is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Torneo Arge ...

, Arsenal de Sarandí and

Club Atlético San Telmo Club Atlético San Telmo is an Argentine sports club located in the neighbourhood of San Telmo, in the City of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Arge ...

. After he retired from playing, De Felippe began a career as a football manager. He led Club Olimpo, Quilmes Atlético Club and

Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, wh ...

through promotion to the Primera División.

Personal

De Felippe's brother, Walter Fabián, is a former professional footballer who also played in the Primera División with Huracán.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Felippe, Omar 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Huracán footballers Olimpo footballers Villa Mitre footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers San Telmo footballers Once Caldas footballers Argentine football managers Club Atlético Independiente managers Argentine military personnel of the Falklands War C.S. Emelec managers Quilmes Atlético Club managers Olimpo managers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield managers Newell's Old Boys managers Atlético Tucumán managers Club Atlético Platense managers