Andrés Roberto Yllana (born 30 July 1974) is an Argentine

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coach and former player who played as a

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, currently manager of Colón.

Playing career

Yllana started his professional career as a

with Gimnasia de La Plata in 1993, he played over 100 games for the club before moving to

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where he played for

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and

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

. In 2004 Yllana returned to Argentina and his old club Gimnasia de La Plata but left again in 2005 to join

Belgrano de Córdoba Belgrano may refer to: People * Joaquín Belgrano (1773–1848), an Argentine patriot * José Denis Belgrano (1844–1917), Spanish painter * Joseph Belgrano (1762–1823), Argentine military officer and politician, brother of Manuel * Manuel Bel ...

at the end of the 2006–07 season Belgrano were relegated from the Primera and Yllana moved on to join Arsenal de Sarandí. Playing only two games for Arsenal, he moved on again for the 2008 Clausura championship, this time to Nueva Chicago.

Coaching career

In 2020 Yllana became

Mauro Camoranesi Mauro Germán Camoranesi Serra (, ; born 4 October 1976) is an Argentinian-Italian association football, football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder or right winger. Camoranesi began his career in Argentina in 1995, whe ...

's assistant at

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club

NK Tabor Sežana Nogometni klub Tabor Sežana, commonly referred to as Tabor Sežana or simply Tabor, is a Slovenian football club from Sežana which plays in the Slovenian Second League, the second tier of Slovenian football. The club was established in 1923. ...

. He successively followed Camoranesi at

NK Maribor Nogometni klub Maribor () is a Slovenian professional Association football, football club based in Maribor, Slovenia. It competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top tier of the Football in Slovenia#League system, Slovenian football league system ...

. He was dismissed by Maribor together with Camoranesi and his entire coaching staff on 23 February 2021.

Honours

Player

Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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* 1974 births Living people People from Rawson, Chubut Footballers from Chubut Province Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brescia Calcio players Hellas Verona FC players Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine Primera División players Expatriate football managers in Chile Serie A players Serie B players Argentine football managers Unión San Felipe managers San Martín de San Juan managers Club Atlético Villa San Carlos managers Deportivo Madryn managers Club Atlético Aldosivi managers Club Atlético Colón managers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub