| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Gustavo Perrone | ||
| Date of birth | 1965 (age 59–60) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires,Argentina | ||
| Position | Central defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | River Plate | 13 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 28 | (0) |
| 1990–? | Atlanta | 1 | (0) |
| CD FAS | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| –1999 | Gimnasia La Plata (assistant) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Real Betis (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Gimnasia La Plata (assistant) | ||
| 2002 | Unión Santa Fe (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Gimnasia La Plata (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Olmedo | ||
| 2008 | Deportivo Cuenca | ||
| 2008–2009 | Emelec | ||
| 2010–2011 | Manta FC | ||
| 2011–2012 | Rangers | ||
| 2012–2013 | San Martín de San Juan | ||
| 2014 | Olmedo | ||
| 2014–2015 | All Boys | ||
| 2017 | River Plate Ecuador | ||
| 2017 | Guayaquil City | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel Gustavo Perrone (born 1965 inBuenos Aires) is a retiredArgentinefootballer who currently works as acoach.
As a player, Perrone played as a central defender and he started his career playing for Argentine giantsRiver Plate where he played for two seasons from 1986 to 1988. Then he was transferred toFerro Carril Oeste, where he stayed for another couple of seasons. He did not have great success as a player his career was ended by aCruciate ligament injury after playing in the lower leagues withAtlanta andCD FAS ofEl Salvador.[1]
Perrone started his work as a football coach as the assistant manager toCarlos Griguol and thenDaniel Bertoni for a number of top division teams in Argentina such asGimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and River Plate.[2]
Perrone took the step up to first team coaching inEcuador managing with relative success teams likeOlmedo andDeportivo Cuenca. In the city ofRiobamba coaching a very modest Olmedo he finished fourth at the end of the 2006 season,[3] he was then hired byDeportivo Cuenca for the next two seasons. InCuenca he managed to make his team a contender for the title and to qualify for the 2008Copa Libertadores. In the 2008 season he was having a pretty good year qualifying early to the final stages of the Ecuadorian championship, but the club's financial problems were unsustainable and he resigned as its manager. Soon after he left many of his players followed him. It is said that when he left the club owed him hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid salary.
Soon after he leftDeportivo Cuenca, he initiated negotiations with Ecuadorian giantsEmelec. Rumors were quickly dissipated and the club announced Perrone as its new coach for the next two seasons.[4] Along with Perrone Emelec hired many ofDeportivo Cuenca's best players likeJavier Klimowicz,Marcelo Fleitas,Polo Wila, andMariano Mina.
Perrone's teams are usually very organized and conservative, taking few risks in defense and being extremely effective in attack. He is also very famous in Ecuador for having good vision and hiring unknown players that end up playing well.
BeforeEcuador's National Team officializedSixto Vizuete as its head coach, the Ecuadorian press considered Perrone as the first candidate to take that job.[citation needed]
In 2011 Perrone became the coach ofRangers of Talca, team which was playing in Second Division of Chile, getting the second place of the championship, and then, go up to the Football First Division of Chile since 2012.[5][6]
In 2014, he returned to Olmedo.[3] In December of the same year, he returned to Argentina and signed withAll Boys.[7]
In 2017, Perrone ledRiver Plate Ecuador, later known as Guayaquil City.[8]
Perrone is married with one of the daughters of famous Argentine coachCarlos Griguol. He acted as a mentor for Perrone's coaching career and has even visited Perrone during some of his spells as coach in many of his teams.
In January 2008 he had to be taken to a hospital for severe chest pains caused by stress. He stayed in the hospital inCuenca for a couple of days after a cardiac problem was ruled out.