| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel del Valle Medina | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-12-03)3 December 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Newell's Old Boys (youth manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | River Plate | 5 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Lanús | 9 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Sarmiento | 37 | (3) |
| 1994–1996 | Nueva Chicago | 66 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Deportivo Morón | 29 | (8) |
| 1998–1999 | Cipolletti | 33 | (10) |
| 1999–2000 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 28 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | LDU Quito | 50 | (0) |
| 2003 | Técnico Universitario | 17 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Aldosivi | 35 | (0) |
| 2005 | Temperley | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Oriente Petrolero | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 329 | (24) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2018 | Lanús (youth) | ||
| 2019 | Aucas (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Blooming (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Mitre (SdE) (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Deportivo Cuenca (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Deportivo Cuenca | ||
| 2024– | Newell's Old Boys (youth) | ||
| 2024 | Newell's Old Boys (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel del Valle Medina (born 3 December 1970) is an Argentinefootballmanager and former player who played as adefender. He is the current manager ofNewell's Old Boys' youth categories.
Born inBuenos Aires, del Valle began his career with hometown sideRiver Plate, making his senior debut in 1991. He moved to fellowPrimera División sideLanús in the following years, but only remained one season at his new side, after featuring rarely.[1]
From 1994 onwards, del Valle played forPrimera B Nacional sidesSarmiento,Nueva Chicago,Deportivo Morón,Cipolletti andGimnasia y Tiro, before moving abroad for the 2001 season, with Ecuadorian sideLDU Quito. He helped the latter bounce back to theSerie A in 2001 as a starter, before featuring more sparingly in 2002 and subsequently signing forTécnico Universitario.
In 2003, del Valle returned to his home country and joinedAldosivi in theTorneo Federal A. He then played forPrimera B Metropolitana sideTemperley in 2005, before again moving abroad in the following year withOriente Petrolero; he retired with the latter in 2007, aged 36.
After retiring, del Valle returned to his former side Lanús and worked as a manager in the youth categories.[2] In 2016, he was also an assistant ofAriel Paolorossi in theArgentina national under-20 team during the2016 COTIF Tournament.[3]
In 2019, del Valle joinedGabriel Schürrer's staff at Ecuadorian clubAucas, as his assistant. He followed Schürrer toBlooming,Mitre (SdE) andDeportivo Cuenca under the same role,[4] before being named manager of the latter on 12 December 2022, withJuan Zubeldía.[5]
del Valle and Zubeldía both left Cuenca on a mutual agreement on 3 May 2023.[6]