Diego Dabove

Argentine football manager

Diego Dabove
Personal information
Dabove in 2020
Full name	Diego Omar Dabove
Date of birth	(1973-01-18) 18 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Banfield, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Instituto (head coach)
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–	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 is 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 15 April 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat.	From	To	Record								Ref
Team	Nat.	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref
Lanús (interim)		5 July 2003	5 July 2003	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	^[15]
Racing Olavarría		8 July 2013	15 October 2013	9	1	3	5	6	14	−8	011.11	^[4]
Godoy Cruz		13 December 2017	8 December 2018	31	19	6	6	48	22	+26	061.29	^[16]
Argentinos Juniors		13 December 2018	12 January 2021	65	27	23	15	63	53	+10	041.54	^[16]
San Lorenzo		19 January 2021	10 May 2021	22	8	6	8	26	28	−2	036.36	^[17]
Bahia		18 August 2021	6 October 2021	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	016.67	^[14]
Banfield		26 October 2021	10 May 2022	26	10	7	9	29	24	+5	038.46
Huracán		26 May 2022	7 May 2023	50	19	18	13	60	46	+14	038.00
Instituto		7 June 2023	present	38	12	12	14	39	38	+1	031.58
Career total				248	97	78	73	278	236	+42	039.11	—

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.