Abel Balbo

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Abel Eduardo Balbo (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 1 June 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Balbo played for various clubs in Argentina and Italy during the course of his career. He was also an Argentine international.

Club career

Balbo was born in Empalme Villa Constitución, Santa Fe.

At club level, Balbo played for Newell's Old Boys (1987–88), River Plate (1988–89), before moving to Italy and Udinese (1989–93), Roma (1993–98 and 2000–02), Parma (1998–99) and Fiorentina. He played four games for Boca Juniors before finally retiring. He scored a total of 138 goals in Serie A; his best seasons came in 1992–93 for Udinese and 1994–95 for Roma, with 22 goals in each of them.

In 2000, Roma paid Fiorentina 1.75 billion Italian lire to re-sign him and offered him a two-year contract with 1.7 billion annual salary before tax.[1]

International career

For Argentina, Balbo scored eleven goals in 37 caps, and played at the 1990, the 1994, the 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 1989 and 1995 Copa América. In the 1995 tournament in Uruguay, Balbo partnered Gabriel Batistuta in attack, and scored a goal against Brazil's Claudio Taffarel in an infamous quarter-final game that Argentina eventually lost in a penalty shootout after Brazilian striker Tulio Costa scored the Brazilian equalizer with ten minutes to go – after clearly controlling the ball with his arm.

Post-retirement and coaching

After his retirement, Balbo eventually became a musician, performing songs in Italian and Spanish. He took his UEFA Pro coaching badges in 2007,[2] and currently works as a football commentator for RAI Radio1.[3]

In February 2009, he took his first head coaching job, succeeding to Luca Gotti as manager of bottom-table Serie B club Treviso.[4] He resigned only a few rounds later, on 18 March, after having achieved only one point in four games, citing lack of professionalism and organizational issues as the main reasons for his choice to step down as Treviso manager.[5]

In November 2010, he was appointed as new technical area coordinator and assistant coach of Serie D club Atletico Arezzo until the end of the season.[6][7]

In the 2012–23 season, he coached the Serie D club Arezzo from the start of the season until 30 October 2012, when he left by mutual consent with the club. He subsequently worked as football commentator for Italian public broadcasting group RAI.

In June 2022, after almost ten years without a coaching job, Balbo moved back to Argentina to accept the managerial position at Argentine Primera División club Central Córdoba.[8] On 20 October, after guiding his club to safety in the 2022 Argentine Primera División, Central Córdoba announced the departure of Balbo by the end of the season.[9]

On 22 October 2022, Balbo took over fellow top-tier side Estudiantes.[10] He left the following 4 March after only seven matches,[11] and agreed to return to Central Córdoba on 22 December 2023.[12]

Style of play

Described as "an authentic centre-forward," by Il Corriere dello Sport in 2019, Balbo was a physically strong forward, with good feet and a powerful shot, who was renowned for his composure in front of goal and his efficient playing style. He was mainly known for his eye for goal and his movement, in particular inside the penalty area, which also made him a threat on counter–attacks; he also excelled in the air. In addition to his playing ability, he was also known to be a correct player.[13]

Personal life

Abel Balbo is married and a practising Roman Catholic.[14]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cupTemplate:Efn Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newell's Old Boys 1986–87 Primera División 0 0 — — — 0 0
1987–88 23 9 — — — 23 9
Total 23 9 — — — 23 9
River Plate 1988–89 Primera División 38 12 — — — 38 12
Udinese 1989–90 Serie A 28 11 1 0 — — 29 11
1990–91 Serie B 37 23 3 2 — — 40 25
1991–92 37 11 4 1 — — 41 12
1992–93 Serie A 32 21 1 0 — 1Template:Efn 1 34 22
Total 134 66 9 3 — 1 1 144 70
Roma 1993–94 Serie A 30 12 2 1 — — 32 13
1994–95 32 22 4 0 — — 36 22
1995–96 26 13 1 0 7Template:Efn 4 — 34 17
1996–97 30 17 — 4Template:Efn 2 — 34 19
1997–98 28 14 3 2 — — 31 16
Total 146 78 10 3 11 6 — 167 87
Parma 1998–99 Serie A 25 4 8 4 11Template:Efn 4 — 44 12
Fiorentina 1999–2000 Serie A 19 3 2 0 10Template:Efn 4 — 31 7
Roma 2000–01 Serie A 2 0 2 0 3Template:Efn 0 — 7 0
2001–02 1 0 4 0 2Template:Efn 0 1Template:Efn 0 8 0
Total 3 0 6 0 5 0 1 0 15 0
Boca Juniors 2002–03 Primera División 4 0 — — — 4 0
Career total 392 172 35 10 37 14 2 1 466 197

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International

Source:[15]
Argentina
Year Apps Goals
1989 5 0
1990 5 1
1991 – –
1992 – –
1993 3 2
1994 9 3
1995 9 4
1996 4 1
1997 – –
1998 2 0
Total 37 11

Honours

Club

Newell's Old Boys

Parma

Roma

International

Argentina[17][18]

Individual

References

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