Daniel Alejandro Farías Acosta (born 28 September 1981) is a Venezuelan

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

Carabobo Carabobo State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The state capital city is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is and ...

Career

Born in

Cumaná Cumaná () is the capital city of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in Sout ...

, Farías represented hometown club Nueva Cádiz FC as a player, and remained with the club until 2001, when it moved to

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and changed name to Zulianos FC. He subsequently retired and started studying for a

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degree. After the arrival of his brother César as

Deportivo Anzoátegui ''Deportivo'' (Spanish, 'sporting') may refer to: * Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as simply Deportivo, a Spanish football club * Déportivo, a French rock band * Deportivo (Mexicable), an aerial lift station in Ecatepec, Mexico * Deport ...

manager, Farías was named goalkeeping coach at the same club. After César's departure, he was named Marcos Mathías's assistant. On 12 March 2009, Farías was appointed manager of Anzoátegui. He left the club on 12 December 2012, after winning that year's

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, and was named at the helm of

Deportivo Táchira ''Deportivo'' (Spanish, 'sporting') may refer to: * Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as simply Deportivo, a Spanish football club * Déportivo, a French rock band * Deportivo (Mexicable) Mexicable is an aerial lift line in Ecatepec de ...

the following day. After leaving the club in December 2015, Farías was an assistant of his brother César at

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

and

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before being appointed manager of

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on 12 January 2017. On 14 August, he took over The Strongest, but left on 19 December. On 23 April 2018, Farías was named

Deportivo La Guaira Deportivo La Guaira (formerly known as Real Esppor) is a professional football club promoted to the Venezuelan league in 2009, based in La Guaira but playing its home games in Caracas at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV. History Real Esppor The ...

manager. On 5 June, after already being an assistant, he was invited by

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to take charge of the team in friendlies against

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and

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, as his brother César was not available. On 9 November 2022, Farías left La Guaira to take over

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of the

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. Sacked the following 3 April, he took over Peruvian club

Unión Comercio Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru. The club plays in the Liga 2, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being ...

on 27 May 2023, but resigned from the side on 22 July. On 15 February 2024, Farías returned to his home country and took over

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. He left by mutual consent on 15 April 2025, and took over

on 31 May.

Honours

Player

;Nueva Cádiz *

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: 1997–98

Manager

;Deportivo Anzoátegui *

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: 2012 ;Deportivo Táchira *

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: 2014–15

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farias, Daniel 1975 births Living people 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen Sportspeople from Cumaná Footballers from Sucre (state) Venezuelan men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Venezuelan football managers Deportivo Anzoátegui managers Deportivo Táchira F.C. managers The Strongest managers Deportivo La Guaira managers Bolivia national football team managers Boston River managers Zulia F.C. managers Unión Comercio managers Estudiantes de Mérida managers Carabobo F.C. managers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate football managers in Bolivia Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Uruguay Expatriate football managers in Peru