Gustavo Eliseo Morínigo Vázquez (born 23 January 1977) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Ceará.

Club career

Born in

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, Morínigo was a Libertad youth graduate. He made his first team debut in 1996, but left the club ahead of the 1999 season after signing for

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. Morínigo returned to Libertad for the 2001 campaign, and moved abroad in 2004 after agreeing to a contract with

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. After featuring sparingly, he rejoined Libertad for a third spell in the following year. On 25 January 2006, Morínigo moved to Deportivo Cali, but returned to his home country in the following year with

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. He subsequently signed for Nacional Asunción in 2007, and featured regularly until his retirement in 2011, aged 34.

International career

After representing

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at under-20 level in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, Morínigo made his full international debut on 27 January 2001, starting and scoring his side's only in a 1–1 draw against

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, for the year's Lunar New Year Cup. Morínigo was also included in the final squads for the

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and the

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Managerial career

Nacional Asunción

On 16 April 2012, Morínigo was named in charge of his former club Nacional, after Javier Torrente resigned. Initially an interim, he was subsequently named manager on a permanent basis, and was chosen as the division's best coach in his first year. In the 2014 Copa Libertadores, Morínigo led the side to the Finals, but lost to San Lorenzo. On 29 March 2015, he resigned.

Paraguay under-20 national team

On 31 August 2015, Morínigo was named manager of the Paraguay under-20 team. He was in charge of the side for two friendlies against

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in March 2016 (4–3 win and 2–2 draw).

Cerro Porteño

On 15 April 2016, Morínigo returned to club duties after being appointed at the helm of another club he represented as a player, Cerro Porteño.

Return to Paraguay national teams

On 2 August 2016, Morínigo returned to the

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, after being named manager of the under-17 national team. On 29 January 2018, he was appointed interim manager of the full side after

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left, and managed the side on two friendlies (0–1 against

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and 2–4 against Japan) before returning to his previous role. Also a coordinator of the youth categories, Morínigo left the national sides on 18 August 2020.

Libertad

On 24 September 2020, Morínigo was appointed manager of his first senior club Libertad. He was sacked on 16 December, after the club's elimination in the

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Coritiba

On 4 January 2021, Morínigo signed with Brazilian club

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. Despite suffering relegation, he was kept for the 2021 season and led the club back to the top tier. On 30 November 2021, Morínigo renewed his contract with ''Coxa'' until the end of 2022. The following 14 August, he was sacked after entering the relegation zone.

Ceará

On 22 November 2022, Morínigo was named manager of Ceará, freshly relegated to the second level.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

;Libertad *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...

: 2002, 2003 ;Nacional Asunción *

: 2009 Clausura, 2011 Apertura

Manager

;Nacional Asunción *

: 2013 Apertura ;Coritiba * Campeonato Paranaense: Champion 2022

References

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