Diego Dabove
 Dabove in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Omar Dabove | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Banfield, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1993 | Lanús | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Lanús | 0 | (0) |
| 1994 | Dock Sud | 0 | (0) |
| Argentino de Quilmes | |||
| 1998–1999 | Cañuelas | 35 | (0) |
| Ferro de General Pico | |||
| SC Laboulaye | |||
| 2000 | Deportivo Riestra | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003 | Lanús (interim) | ||
| 2013 | Racing Olavarría | ||
| 2017–2018 | Godoy Cruz (youth) | ||
| 2018 | Godoy Cruz | ||
| 2019–2021 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| 2021 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 2021 | Bahia | ||
| 2021–2022 | Banfield | ||
| 2022–2023 | Huracán | ||
| 2023–2024 | Instituto | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Diego Omar Dabove (born 18 January 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He was recently the manager of Instituto.[1]
Playing career
Born in Banfield, Dabove was a Lanús youth graduate and was a part of the first team squad for one year. After leaving in 1994, he went on to resume his career in the lower leagues, representing Dock Sud, Argentino de Quilmes, Cañuelas, Ferro Carril Oeste de General Pico, Sporting Club de Laboulaye and Deportivo Riestra.[2]
Dabove retired at the age of just 27 due to a shoulder injury.
Managerial career
Immediately after retiring, Dabove joined Miguel Ángel Russo's staff as a goalkeeping coach at Los Andes. He moved to former club Lanús in 2001, under the same role, and was also an interim manager of the main squad for one match in 2003.
After leaving Lanús in 2004, Dabove worked as a goalkeeping coach at Boca Juniors in 2004 before returning to Lanús in 2005. After a short period at Huracán, he worked under Néstor Gorosito at Rosario Central, Argentinos Juniors (two times), River Plate, Xerez, Independiente and Tigre.
On 8 July 2013, Dabove was appointed manager of Racing de Olavarría,[3] but resigned on 15 October.[4] He returned to his previous goalkeeping coach role in the following year at Racing Club, before being named under the same role at the Bahrain national team.[5]
After leaving Bahrein in June 2016, Dabove was named goalkeeping coach of Sarmiento de Junín before taking the same role Arsenal de Sarandí at the end of the year. In 2017, he was named coach of the youth categories of Godoy Cruz.
On 13 December 2017, Dabove was appointed manager of Godoy Cruz's main squad, replacing Mauricio Larriera.[6] On 8 December of the following year, after qualifying the club to the 2019 Copa Libertadores, he left the club after his contract was due to expire,[7] and took over Argentinos Juniors five days later.[8]
Dabove resigned from Argentinos on 12 January 2021,[9] and was named manager of San Lorenzo seven days later.[10] On 10 May, after the latter's elimination from the 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional, he asked to leave.[11]
On 18 August 2021, Dabove was appointed manager of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Bahia,[12] being the club's eighth foreign manager (fourth Argentine) and the first foreigner since 1979.[13] He was sacked on 6 October, after being in charge for only six matches.[14]
Managerial statistics
- As of 11 November 2024
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Lanús (interim) | 
|
5 July 2003 | 5 July 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | [15] |
| Racing Olavarría |
|
8 July 2013 | 15 October 2013 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 11.11 | [4] |
| Godoy Cruz |
|
13 December 2017 | 8 December 2018 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 61.29 | [16] |
| Argentinos Juniors |
|
13 December 2018 | 12 January 2021 | 65 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 41.54 | [16] |
| San Lorenzo |
|
19 January 2021 | 10 May 2021 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 36.36 | [17] |
| Bahia | 
|
18 August 2021 | 6 October 2021 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 16.67 | [14] |
| Banfield |
|
26 October 2021 | 10 May 2022 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 38.46 | |
| Huracán |
|
26 May 2022 | 7 May 2023 | 50 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 38.00 | |
| Instituto |
|
7 June 2023 | 14 November 2024 | 60 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 33.33 | |
| Career total | 270 | 105 | 83 | 82 | 306 | 261 | +45 | 38.89 | — | |||
References
- ^ "Argentina - D. Dabove - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Diego Dabove" (PDF) (in Spanish). Campus Virtual ATFA. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Se confirmo a Diego Dabove como DT de Racing de Olavarria" [Dabove was confirmed as manager of Racing de Olavarría] (in Spanish). Ascenso del Interior. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Se terminó el ciclo de Diego Dabove" [The cycle of Diego Dabove ended] (in Spanish). Diario El Popular. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Diego Dabove, el entrenador de arqueros del Reino de Bahrein" [Diego Dabove, the goalkeeping coach of the Kingdom of Bahrain] (in Spanish). Interior Futbolero. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Dabove es el nuevo DT de Godoy Cruz" [Dabove is the new manager of Godoy Cruz] (in Spanish). El Sol. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Diego Dabove se va de Godoy Cruz" [Diego Dabove leaves Godoy Cruz] (in Spanish). El Popular. 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Oficial: Diego Dabove, nuevo entrenador de Argentinos Juniors" [Official: Diego Dabove, new manager of Argentinos Juniors] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Renunció Dabove en Argentinos: San Lorenzo, Racing e Independiente, atentos" [Dabove resigned at Argentinos: San Lorenzo, Racing and Independiente, watching] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Dabove, nuevo entrenador de San Lorenzo" [Dabove, new manager of San Lorenzo] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "San Lorenzo en llamas: renunció Dabove tras la eliminación" [San Lorenzo on fire: Dabove resigned after the elimination] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Bienvenido" [Welcome] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Bahia. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Com Diego Dabove, Bahia volta a ter técnico estrangeiro após mais de 40 anos" [With Diego Dabove, Bahia have a foreign manager again after more than 40 years] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Após seis jogos, Bahia demite técnico Diego Dabove; Guto Ferreira assume time" [After six matches, Bahia sack manager Diego Dabove; Guto Ferreira takes over]. ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "¿Cómo fueron los debuts de Dabove?" [How it went the debuts of Dabove?] (in Spanish). Vamos Ciclón. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ a b "¿Por qué Diego Dabove es el DT buscado por Independiente, Racing y San Lorenzo?" [Why Diego Dabove is the manager wanted by Independiente, Racing and San Lorenzo?] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Eliminado y sin técnico: Diego Dabove renunció en San Lorenzo" [Knocked out and managerless: Diego Dabove resigned at San Lorenzo] (in Spanish). Goal.com. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
External links
- Diego Dabove at BDFA (in Spanish)