Rubén Insúa

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Ruben Insua
Full name	Ruebn Dario Insua
Date of birth	[[Missing required parameter 1=month! {{{3}}}]] 1961 (age Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "{")
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nickname	Poeta del Gol
Playing position	Attacking midfielder/striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Club Atletico Independiente Estudiantes de la Plata San Lorenzo Barcelona Sporting Club Quilmes Las Palmas	{{{caps(goals)}}}
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ruben Dario Insua (born 1961, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football coach and former player. He played for the Argentine national team a number of times.

1 Playing career
- 1.1 Titles and Awards as a player
2 Managerial career
- 2.1 Titles as a manager
3 References

[edit] Playing career

Insua played most of his career in the Argentinean top league. He also played in Barcelona de Guayaquil and Deportivo Cali. He had a spell with Spanish side UD Las Palmas.

[edit] Titles and Awards as a player

As a player, Insua was regarded as a swift midfielder with an excellent touch for free kicks. This quality gained him his nickname of "Poeta del Gol" (Poet of the Goal).

[edit] Managerial career

Insua was the coach of San Lorenzo de Almagro winning the Mercosur Cup in 2001. He also successfully coached Barcelona de Guayaquil reaching the Ecudoarian Championship in 1997 and the Libertadores Cup finals in 1998.