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Gabriel Schürrer

Gabriel Schürrer

Argentine footballer and manager

Gabriel Francisco Schürrer Peralta (born in Rafaela16 August 1971) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Schürrer and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.

He spent the better part of his career in Spain, appearing for five different clubs in nearly one full decade (1996 to 2004, 2006–07) and amassing La Liga totals of 235 games and 13 goals.

Playing career

Club

Born in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Schürrer was best known for his eight-year stint in four La Liga clubs (two seasons apiece), most notably with Deportivo de La Coruña where he helped with 19 league games in the team's 1999–2000 league conquest. In 2004, he moved to Greece with Olympiacos FC, where he also remained two seasons.

After retiring at the end of the 2006–07 campaign at the age of almost 36, with Málaga CF, having played only ten competitive matches with the Andalusians in the second division, Schürrer returned to Argentina, serving as a youth coach at Club Atlético Lanús which he also represented as a player in the early 90s.

International

Schürrer gained four caps for Argentina, his debut coming in 1995. He was picked for the squad at that year's Copa América, as the national team exited in the quarterfinals against Brazil.[1]

Managerial career

In November 2010, Schürrer was appointed head coach of Lanús' first team after the departure of Luis Zubeldía.[2] He left in July 2012.[3]

Honours

Lanús
Deportivo de La Coruña
Olympiacos F.C.

References

  1. [1]
    "Copa América 1995". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Adiós Zubeldía" [Goodbye Zubeldia] (in Spanish). Olé. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Conferencia de prensa: Presentación Guillermo Barros Schelotto" [Press conference: Presentation of Guillermo Barros Schelotto] (in Spanish). Club Atlético Lanús. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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