Rubén Insúa

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Rubén Insúa
Full name	Rubén Darío Insúa
Date of birth	April 17, 1961 (1961-04-17) (age 47)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Attacking midfielder/striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1986 1986 ? ? ? 1991-1994 1994 1995-1996	San Lorenzo Las Palmas Club Atletico Independiente Estudiantes de La Plata Barcelona Sporting Club LDU Quito Deportivo Cali Quilmes	203 (38)
National team
-1983-	Argentina	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Rubén Darío Insúa (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
3 Teams as a manager
- 3.1 Titles as a manager

[edit] Playing career

Insúa 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

Insúa was part of the Independiente team that won the 1988/1989 Primera.

As a player, Insúa 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

Insúa 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.