2022 FIFA World Cup: Who is the coach for Ecuador?
2022 FIFA World Cup: Who is the coach for Ecuador?
Ecuador’s coach is Gustavo Alfaro. Former Argentine footballer Gustavo Julio Alfaro, who was born on August 14, 1962, is now the team manager for Ecuador’s national football team. Alfaro played football for a brief period of time. He captained Atlético de Rafaela, a team that helped him gain promotion to the Argentine Primera División in 1989. In 1992, Alfaro gave up playing football to focus on his coaching career. In the 2012 Clausura, he joined Arsenal de Sarand and won his first league championship.
In the early 1990s, Alfaro began his managerial career with Atlético de Rafaela and Patronato de Paraná. He then managed Quilmes for the first time, and Atlético de Rafaela for the second time.
Alfaro took over as manager of Olimpo in 2001 and guided them to the Primera B Nacional Apertura 2001 championship and promotion to the Primera.
Alfaro led Quilmes to promotion in 2003. He returned to manage the team the following season (2003-04), where they finished fourth and sixth, earning qualification for the 2005 Copa Libertadores and 2004 Copa Sudamericana tournaments.
Alfaro’s only chance at a big club was a disastrous spell at San Lorenzo before joining Arsenal de Sarand in late 2006. Alfaro assisted Arsenal to two fifth-place finishes, allowing the club to qualify for the Copa Libertadores for the first time. They also qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana, defeating Argentine champions San Lorenzo in the qualifying round to advance to the round of 16. They were up against the Brazilian team Goiás at the time. Arsenal won 3-2 in Brazil and drew 1-1 in the second leg to win the tie 4-3 on aggregate, their first official victory against foreign opposition. Arsenal eventually reached the competition’s final, leaving a trail of sacked managers in their wake, including Daniel Passarella, who resigned from River Plate following their semi-final defeat by Arsenal.
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