Pablo Javier Garabello (born 3 September 1973) is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager for Liga Nacional club

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Playing career

Born in

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, Garabello represented Los Andes,

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, River Plate and

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with American side

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, before playing for local sides

San Martín de Burzaco Club Social y Deportivo San Martín (usually referred to as San Martín de Burzaco) is a sports club based in Burzaco, Buenos Aires Province. Its football team currently plays in Primera C, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine ...

and

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before retiring.

Managerial career

After managing River Plate's youth sides, Garabello started his managerial career with JJ Urquiza in 2003. After working as an assistant manager at

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, San Miguel and

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, he joined

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's staff at

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in 2007. Garabello worked as Pékerman's assistant in 2009 at

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before being named manager of Leandro N. Alem in December 2010. He resigned from the club the following 9 May, after a 1–3 loss against

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. In 2012, Garabello returned to work with Pékerman as his assistant in the Colombia national team. On 10 May 2019, he was named manager of Colombian side

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, but left in a mutual consent on 13 August. In February 2020, Garabello was appointed manager of

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side

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. On 3 December, he took over Peruvian side UTC.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garabello, Pablo 1973 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Florida Strikers players San Martín de Burzaco footballers Barracas Central players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Argentine football managers Cúcuta Deportivo managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Peru Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca managers