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My Take
Gustavo Alfaro interests me as a coach far more than as the player he briefly was. A modest playing career, capped by captaining Atletico Rafaela to promotion in 1989, gave way to a long life in the dugout that took him across South America and into national team management. I read that arc as someone who understood early that his real gift was reading the game from the side, not playing it. Retiring at thirty to coach is a clear-eyed decision I find admirable. To me Alfaro represents the journeyman who becomes a strategist, building authority through study rather than highlight reels.
Overview
Gustavo Julio Alfaro (born 14 August 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former player who manages the Paraguay national football team. Although Alfaro had a short career as a footballer, he was captain of the Atlético de Rafaela when they were promoted to the Argentine Primera División in 1989. Alfaro retired as a player from football in 1992 to concentrate on his coaching career.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gustavo Alfaro
- Name (Japanese)
- グスタボ・アルファロ
- Reading
- ぐすたぼ・あるふぁろ
- Born
- August 14, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
- Origin
- Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.