Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino (born 14 March 1974) is a Uruguayan

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Colombian club

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Playing career

Born in

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, Repetto began his career at

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' youth setup in 1988. After playing for the youth sides of

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, he made his senior debut with Fénix in 1995, aged 20. In 1998, Repetto fractured his

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and

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, which kept him sidelined for one and a half year. In 2000, after six unsuccessful months at

Villa Teresa Club Atlético Villa Teresa, is a Uruguayan football and cycling team club based in Montevideo. It was founded in 1941. History In 2011 Villa Teresa achieved promotion from Segunda División Amateur (third level) and returned to the Profe ...

, he retired.

Managerial career

After retiring, Repetto acquired a coaching license and returned to his first club Fénix as manager of the youth setup in 2002. In July 2006, he took over the first team in

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, and achieved promotion at the end of the season. Ahead of the 2008–09 season, Repetto was named in charge of Cerro also in Primera División. The following 20 February, he was appointed at Bolivian side

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, but left the club in June. On 16 December 2009, Repetto returned to Cerro, and led the side in the

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. He left the following May, and was appointed at the helm of fellow league team

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shortly after. Repetto won the 2010 Torneo Apertura with Defensor, but lost the Final to

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. On 9 December 2011, he was dismissed. On 24 September 2012, after nearly a year without a club, Repetto took over

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side

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. He led the side to the 2016 Copa Libertadores

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before being presented as manager of Emirati side

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on 31 July of that year. Repetto was relieved of his duties on 21 October 2016, and returned to South America on 15 December to take over Olimpia in Paraguay. He was sacked the following 24 February, after only six matches, and was presented as manager of

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on 5 July 2017. Repetto led LDU to titles of

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and Supercopa Ecuador during his period at the club, but left on a mutual consent on 16 June 2021. On 11 December, he took over

back in his home country. Repetto led Nacional to their 2022 Primera División title, but still left the club on 9 November of that year.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Fénix *

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: 2006–07 Defensor Sporting *

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: 2010 LDU Quito *

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* Supercopa Ecuador:

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Nacional *

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: 2022 *

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: 2022 *

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References

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