Gabriel Calderón

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Gabriel Calderón
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Humberto Calderón
Date of birth February 7, 1960 (1960-02-07) (age 48)
Place of birth    Rawson, Argentina
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978
1979-1981
1981-1983
1983-1987
1987-1990
1990-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994		 El Porvenir
Racing Club
Lanús
Racing Club
Independiente
Real Betis
Paris Saint-Germain
FC Sion
Caen
Lausanne Sports		 25 (3)
28 (3)
24 (0)
85 (13)
74 (15)
131 (38)
102 (11)
47 (17)
36 (2)
31 (5)   
National team
1982-1990 Argentina 23 (1)
Teams managed
1997-2000
2002-2003
2004-2005
2007-2008
2008-		 Caen
Lausanne Sports
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Al-Ittihad

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel Humberto Calderón (born February 7, 1960 in Rawson, Chubut Province) is a former Argentine football midfielder and striker.

Calderón played in several teams including Argentine Racing Club de Avellaneda and Club Atlético Independiente, Spanish Real Betis and French Paris Saint-Germain. He was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, and also played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

After his retirement and a short period working as TV commentator, Calderón moved to coaching. He coached former teams of Caen (1997~2000) and Lausanne (2002~2003).

Calderón then took over as the coach for the Saudi Arabia national football team at the end of 2004, and successfully guided the Saudi team to qualification for the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh. Calderón said "Qualifying to the World Cup is the dream of every coach and I'm more than satisfied with our campaign in the qualifiers." "I'm very happy with the qualification since that was the goal I was aiming at when I first arrived in the Kingdom," he added.

However, in December 2005, Calderón was fired by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation as they were dissatisfied by the team's poor showing in the West Asian Games, and was replaced by Marcos Paqueta.

On the 9th of April 2007, Calderón signed as the coach of the Oman national football team[1].

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1 Pumpido (Comizzo) • 2 Batista • 3 Balbo • 4 Basualdo • 5 Bauza • 6 Calderón • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Caniggia • 9 Dezotti • 10 Maradona • 11 Fabbri • 12 Goycochea • 13 Lorenzo • 14 Giusti • 15 Monzón • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Sensini • 18 Serrizuela • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Simón • 21 Troglio • 22 Cancelarich • Coach: Bilardo
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Argentina squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Ardiles • 2 Baley • 3 Barbas • 4 Bertoni • 5 Calderón • 6 Díaz • 7 Fillol • 8 Galván • 9 Gallego • 10 Maradona • 11 Kempes • 12 Hernández • 13 Olarticoechea • 14 Olguín • 15 Passarella • 16 Pumpido • 17 Santamaría • 18 Tarantini • 19 Trossero • 20 Valdano • 21 Valencia • 22 Van Tuyne • Coach: Menotti
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