Roberto Daniel Gasparini (born 5 January 1958 in Córdoba) is a former

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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. He is currently working as the manager of

Estudiantes de Río Cuarto Asociación Atlética Estudiantes (usually known as Estudiantes de Río Cuarto) is a sports club located in the city of Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province (Argentina). Although many sports are practised at the club, it is mostly known for its footb ...

in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

Life

Gasparini started his professional career in 1978 with

Racing de Córdoba Club Atlético Racing (usually referred as Racing de Córdoba) is an Argentine football club from the city of Córdoba. The team currently plays in Federal A, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system. History ...

. In 1980 they reached the final of the

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only to lose to

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...

. In 1986 Gasparini moved to Rosario Central, he was part of their championship winning team in the 1986–1987 season. Gasparini moved to

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in 1989 to play for

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria. History Foundation (Light and Power Comp ...

Tigres de la UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...

and

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. He returned to Argentina in 1995, he played for

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known f ...

and then

, retiring in 1996.

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1958 births Living people Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Racing de Córdoba footballers Rosario Central footballers Tigres UANL footballers C.F. Monterrey players Club Necaxa footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Argentine football managers Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Estudiantes de Río Cuarto footballers Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub