Cláudio Taffarel
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Full name | Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 May 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santa Rosa, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1990 | Internacional | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Parma | 74 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Reggiana | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | Atlético Mineiro | 73 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2001 | Galatasaray | 89 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Parma | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 323 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1998 | Brazil | 104 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Galatasaray (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Galatasaray (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklawdʒu tafaˈɾɛw]; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the goalkeeping coach of Galatasaray SK and the Brazilian national team.
During an 18-year career he played professionally for five clubs, including Parma, Atlético Mineiro and Galatasaray.
The recipient of more than 100 caps for Brazil, Taffarel helped the national team win the 1994 World Cup, also appearing in other eight major international tournaments over the course of one full decade.
Club career
Born in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Taffarel began his career playing for Sport Club Internacional but only appeared in 14 Série A games during his five-year spell, being however awarded the Golden Ball award for the 1988 season. In 1990 he moved abroad and joined Parma A.C. in Italy, freshly promoted to Serie A for the first time in its history; he proceeded to appear in all 34 league games in the following season as the Emilia-Romagna club finished in sixth position and qualified to the UEFA Cup.
In 1993 Taffarel, now only a backup at Parma, signed for another Serie A team A.C. Reggiana 1919 being first-choice as they narrowly avoided relegation. After that campaign, he returned to his country and played three years with Clube Atlético Mineiro.
Aged 32, Taffarel returned to Europe and joined Galatasaray SK, winning six major trophies during his three-year stint, most notably two Süper Lig and the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, a 4–1 penalty shootout defeat of Arsenal (0–0 after 120 minutes);[1] he closed out his career at the age of 37 with former club Parma, after one 1/2 seasons as second-choice and after having refused an offer from Empoli FC: his car broke while he was going to sign the contract, and he defined such event as a "sign of God".[2][3]
In 2004 Taffarel rejoined Galatasaray as goalkeeper coach – under former teammate Gheorghe Hagi – returning to the club for the 2011–12 season, again with Fatih Terim as manager.
International career
Taffarel made his debut for Brazil on 7 July 1988 in the Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup, playing all four games and conceding two goals in an eventual win. He was also in goal for the following year's Copa América, in another international conquest (during his ten-year career, he appeared in five editions of the tournament).
Taffarel was the starter for Brazil during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, only allowing one goal in the first round and two in the knock-out phases, excluding two penalty kicks in the final. Four years later, in France, he helped the national team finish second, notably saving two penalties in the 4–2 shootout win against the Netherlands in the semifinals.
Taffarel gained 101 caps with the national team.[4] Upon his retirement in 2003, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira offered to arrange a farewell match but the player refused, stating that he was not interested in such fanfare. He did return to play alongside Romário in late 2004 against Mexico to commemorate the 1994 World Cup victory at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Post-retirement / Personal
Taffarel and his former Atlético Mineiro teammate Paulo Roberto started up a player agency, with the focus mainly on promising youngsters.[5]
During the 1998 World Cup, when the Brazilian national team was training at Trois-Sapins stadium in Ozoir-la-Ferrière, a suburb southeast of Paris, the town's mayor proposed renaming the stadium after him.[6]
Taffarel is a born-again Christian who has actively shared his faith in numerous venues. He was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes since 1988,[7] and had 17 children, 15 of them adopted.[3]
Statistics
Club
National team
Brazil | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1988 | 7 | 0 |
1989 | 16 | 0 |
1990 | 7 | 0 |
1991 | 10 | 0 |
1992 | 2 | 0 |
1993 | 15 | 0 |
1994 | 9 | 0 |
1995 | 5 | 0 |
1996 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | 15 | 0 |
1998 | 15 | 0 |
Total | 101 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Parma
- Galatasaray
- UEFA Cup: 1999–2000
- UEFA Super Cup: 2000
- Süper Lig: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Turkish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1995
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1997
Country
- FIFA World Cup: 1994; Runner-up 1998
- Copa América: 1989, 1997; Runner-up 1991, 1995
- Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 1988
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 1985
Individual
- Bola de Ouro: 1988
- Bola de Prata: 1988
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: Bronze ball 1991,[8] 1994[9]
- FIFA XI: 1998[10]
- Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
References
- ^ Andre Claudio Taffarel (1966–); Galatasaray's official website Template:Tr icon
- ^ "Taffarel dice no all' Empoli Colpa di un guasto all' auto" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
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- ^ a b Claudio André Mergen Taffarel – Century of International Appearances; at RSSSF
- ^ "Fledgling careers in safe hands". FIFA.com. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
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- ^ Clarey, Christopher (8 July 1998). "World Cup '98; Goalie has answers for Brazil fans". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1991; at RSSSF
- ^ IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1994; at RSSSF
- ^ FIFA XI´s Matches – Full Info; at RSSSF
External links
- CBF data Template:Pt icon
- Stats at Tutto Calciatori Template:It icon
- Cláudio Taffarel at the Turkish Football Federation
- Cláudio Taffarel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cláudio Taffarel – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Use dmy dates from June 2011
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Rio Grande do Sul
- Brazilian Pentecostals
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Sport Club Internacional players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro players
- Serie A players
- Parma F.C. players
- A.C. Reggiana 1919 players
- Süper Lig players
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Brazil international footballers
- 1989 Copa América players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Copa América-winning players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in football
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Brazilian expatriates in Italy
- Brazilian expatriates in Turkey
- FIFA Century Club
- Brazilian football managers
- Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil