Adrián Blas Taffarel (born 10 January 1966) is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of the Argentinian Regional League Club

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Playing career

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youth graduate, Taffarel made his first team debut in September 1988, and was a part of the squad which won the

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, even though he ended the campaign at

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. In 1991, he joined

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also in the top tier, and played for a brief period for Banfield in 1993. In 1995, after a year with

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, Taffarel moved abroad and joined Mexican side

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. In 1997, he played in the

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for O'Higgins before returning to his home country with

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. He retired in 1998, aged 32.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Taffarel took up coaching, being manager of CA San Martín de Chovet before returning to Newell's in 1999, as a youth coach. He was also a manager of former side Argentino de Rosario in 2002, and was in charge of CR Unión y Cultura de Murphy in 2001 to 2004 and in 2016,

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in 2013, back at San Martín in 2015 and Club Sportivo María Teresa in 2018. Taffarel returned to Newell's and their youth categories in 2019. On 18 October 2021, after

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was sacked, he was named interim manager until the end of the tournament. He returned to the youth sides shortly after, before leaving the club in 2022. On 7 February 2023, Taffarel moved abroad and was named manager of

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side

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. On 15 June, he took over Cantolao in the country's Primera División. On 19 december 2024, Taffarel was presented as

manager, team that plays in Liga Cañadense de Futbol (Argentinian 5th tier)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taffarel, Adrian 1966 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Argentine Primera División players Newell's Old Boys footballers Chaco For Ever footballers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Gimnasia y Tiro footballers Ascenso MX players C.D. Irapuato footballers Primera B de Chile players O'Higgins F.C. footballers Primera B Metropolitana players Argentino de Rosario footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Men's association football forwards Argentine football managers Argentine Primera División managers Newell's Old Boys managers Academia Deportiva Cantolao managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Peru 20th-century Argentine sportsmen