Eduardo Rodrigo Domínguez (born 1 September 1978 in

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) is an Argentine

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manager and former player who mostly played for

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as a

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. He is the manager of Estudiantes.

Club career

Domínguez began his career with Vélez Sársfield in 1996. He was a member of the Vélez side that captured the 1998 Clausura under

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. He remained at Vélez until 2002, when he was loaned out to

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. At Olimpo, Domínguez had a stellar season. He then joined Racing Club where he suffered a major injury. The following season, he joined Independiente de Avellaneda and quickly recovered his form. In 2006, he joined

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n power

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and was one of the club's most important players. After two seasons in Colombia, Domínguez returned to Argentina to play for

during the 2008 Clausura where he established himself as an important first team player. On July 8, 2008, the

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(

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) announced that Eduardo Domínguez had joined the team. Dominguez was not expected to play for the Galaxy until July 19, 2008, when the Galaxy face the New York Red Bulls. This was due to his pending work visa and for the transfer window to open up on July 15, 2008. In January, 2009 it was announced that the Los Angeles Galaxy defender Eduardo Dominguez had returned to his previous team, Club Atlético Huracán, signing a one-and-a-half-year deal with 'El Globo' according to multiple media reports out of South America in the past week. On the Argentine club's website, they herald his return, calling Dominguez the first big reinforcement of the current transfer window. After a few weeks in charge of

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, in the

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, he was dismissed.

Personal life

His wife, Brenda Bianchi, is the daughter of

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Vélez Sarsfield * Primera División: 1998 Clausura Huracán *

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: 2013–14 *

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Manager

Colón *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Nacional * Supercopa Uruguaya:

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Estudiantes *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* Trofeo de Campeones de la LPF:

References

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