- Mario Zanabria
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Mario Zanabria Personal information Full name Mario Nicasio Zanabria Date of birth October 1, 1948 Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1967-1969 Unión de Santa Fe 40 (5) 1970-1975 Newell's Old Boys 253 (56) 1976-1980 Boca Juniors 129 (11) 1981 Argentinos Juniors 25 (1) 1982 Boca Juniors 26 (4) 1983 Huracán 24 (1) National team Argentina 4 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).Mario Nicasio Zanabria (born 1 October 1948 in Santa Fe) is a former Argentine football (soccer) player and the current coach of Real España.[1]
A playmaker, Zanabria made debut in first division in 1967 with Unión de Santa Fe, where he played until 1969. From 1970 to 1975 he excelled with Newell's Old Boys, winning the Metropolitano in 1974. He then moved to Boca Juniors, where he would play until 1980, and then again in 1982, winning the 1976 Nacional and Metropolitano, the 1977 and 1978 Copa Libertadores de América and 1978 Intercontinental Cup under coach Toto Lorenzo. With the jersey #10, he played a total of 179 matches in all competitions with Boca, scoring 16 goals. In 1981 he played for Argentinos Juniors, and for Huracán in 1983 before retiring.
After retirement he coached several teams, including Boca Juniors (1986), Newell's Old Boys (1997), Unión de Santa Fe (1998), Lanús (1999), Talleres de Córdoba (2001) and Vélez Sársfield (2004) and Real España(2008) currently he is retired and back in Argentina but won't rule out coaching in the near future .
References
- ^ "“Voy a ponerlos en alto”" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-12-05. Archived from the original on 2007-12-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20071206124209/http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2007/12/05/voy_a_ponerlos_en_alto. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
External links
- (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)
- (Spanish) Informe Xeneize biography
- (Spanish) Boca statistics
- (Spanish) Vende Humos profile
Argentina squad – 1975 Copa América Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- 1975 Copa América players
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Huracán footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentine football managers
- Boca Juniors managers
- Newell's Old Boys managers
- Unión de Santa Fe managers
- Lanús managers
- Talleres managers
- Vélez Sársfield managers
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