Tata for Tito: Who is new Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino?
A fact-file of the Argentinian head coach known as 'Tata' that has taken over at the Nou Camp
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Your support makes all the difference.With Barcelona today confirming that Gerardo Martino will replace Tito Vilanova as head coach, we take a look at his career to date and ask the question - who is Tata?
Name: Gerardo 'Tata' Martino
Date of Birth: November 20 1962
Place of Birth: Rosario, Argentina
Playing Career:
1980-1990 Newell's Old Boys
1991 Tenerife
1991-1994 Newell's Old Boys
1994-1995 Lanus
1995 Newell's Old Boys
1996 Barcelona SC
1996 O'Higgins
Managerial career:
1998 Brown de Arrecifes
1999 Platense
2000 Instituto
2002–2003 Libertad
2003–2004 Cerro Porteño
2005 Colón
2005–2006 Libertad
2006–2011 Paraguay
2012–2013 Newell's Old Boys
2013 FC Barcelona
Honours:
As a player:
Newell's Old Boys - Argentine Primera División (3): 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992 Clausura
Voted Newell's Old Boys best ever player.
As a manager:
Libertad - Paraguayan Primera División: 2002, 2003, 2006
Cerro Porteño - Paraguayan Primera División: 2004
Paraguay - South American Coach of the Year: 2007
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