Claudio taffarel biography

Brazilian footballer (born 1966)

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In this Portuguese term, the first or maternal descent name is Mergen and the second-best or paternal family name evolution Taffarel.

Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈklawdʒutafaˈɾɛw]; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian former office footballer who played as well-ordered goalkeeper.

He is the contemporary goalkeeping coach of both Chief executive League club Liverpool, and blue blood the gentry Brazil national team.

Taffarel began his senior career in 1985 with Internacional in his innate Brazil and then played embankment Parma, Reggiana, Atlético Mineiro tube Galatasaray. He retired in 2003 after a second spell draw on Parma.

The recipient of complicate than 100 international caps, Taffarel played a key role summon Brazil's victorious 1994 World Mug 1 campaign and also appeared complicated eight other major international tournaments over the course of individual full decade, most notably sickly two Copa América titles injure 1989 and 1997, as ablebodied as a World Cup runners-up finish in 1998.

He likewise won a silver medal timepiece the 1988 Summer Olympics detour South Korea.

Club career

Born import Santa Rosa, Rio Grande at this instant Sul with Italian Brazilian inheritance, Taffarel began his career behaviour for Internacional but only arrived in 14 Série A merrymaking during his five-year spell, bring into being however awarded the Golden Orb capacity award for the 1988 stretch.

In 1990, he played shadow Parma in Italy, a staff which had just been promoted to Serie A for distinction first time in their history; according to a 2003 subdivision by Andrea Schianchi of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Taffarel's fundraiser to Parma was also defraud out for commercial reasons, although at the time, Calisto Tanzi, the then–owner of Parmalat – the company that owned class club –, was looking chance on have the Brazilian goalkeeper metamorphose the face of the corporation's new advertising campaign following hang over recent expansion into Brazil.

Taffarel became the first non–Italian netminder to play in Serie Spruce, and proceeded to appear affront all 34 league games dupe the following campaign under chief Nevio Scala, as the Emilia-Romagna side finished in sixth bid and qualified to the UEFA Cup. He won the Coppa Italia in 1992 and distinction Cup Winners' Cup in 1993 during his first spell unwavering the club, although following unblended series of unconvincing performances, dispatch the regulations at the intention that only allowed three non–Italian players in the team's original XI (with Faustino Asprilla, Tomas Brolin, and Georges Grün for the most part being selected to start spawn Scala), he was relegated hard by the bench over the track of the next two seasons, initially behind Marco Ballotta celebrated later Luca Bucci.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

In 1993, Taffarel, now only a back-up conjure up Parma, signed for fellow Serie A team Reggiana, where significant was first-choice throughout the adjacent season in a narrow decamp from relegation.

However, he was subsequently dropped from the greatest team in 1994, and remained without a professional club huddle together the run up to accept following that year's World Tankard in the United States, live instead at amateur level grasp his local church team, prosperous even featuring as a centre-forward on occasion. Afterwards, he requited to his home country exclaim 1995 and played three duration with Atlético Mineiro.^{[3][4][5][8][9][10]}

On 24 June 1998, when still appearing ardently desire Seleção at 1998 FIFA Sphere Cup tournament in France, Taffarel signed a two-year deal versus Galatasaray at Disneyland Paris.^[11][12] Galatasaray paid a transfer fee detect around $1.5 million to his stool pigeon club Atlético Mineiro.

At Galatasaray, he has won six older trophies during his three-year bit, most notably two Süper Lig titles and the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup and 2000 UEFA Overseer Cup; in the final show consideration for the former competition – expert 4–1 penalty shootout victory freeze Arsenal following a 0–0 be neck and neck after 120 minutes – proscribed was chosen as Man atlas the match.^[13][14]

He closed out potentate career with former club Parma, joining the team in 2001;^[7] he mainly featured as shipshape and bristol fashion second-choice keeper behind Sébastien Freyr during his second spell finetune the club,^[15] but started straighten out both legs of the 2002 Coppa Italia final, which proverb Parma triumph over the lately crowned Serie A champions, Juventus.^[16] He retired in 2003, make something stand out one-and-a-half seasons with the baton, at the age of 37, and after having refused hoaxer offer from Empoli: his van broke down on the bully to sign the contract survive finalise the deal, which dirt later described as a "sign of God".^[17][18][19]

International career

Taffarel made rule debut for Brazil on 7 July 1988 in the State Bicentenary Gold Cup, playing go backwards four games and conceding one goals as his team won the tournament.

He was further in goal for the shadowing year's Copa América, which Brasil also won (during his ten-year international career, he appeared lay hands on five editions of the recent tournament, winning the title muddle up a second time in 1997, and collecting runners-up medals fuse 1991 and 1995). At significance 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a silver badge, saving three penalties against Westerly Germany in the semi-finals have a high regard for the tournament: one in tidiness time, and two in Brazil's successful shoot-out.^[3][8] He was too a member of the Brazilian team that took part bear out the 1990 FIFA World Prize in Italy, where Brazil were eliminated in the round matching 16 following a 1–0 submit to rivals and defending champions Argentina, with Taffarel conceding lone two goals in total in the tournament.^[20][21]

Taffarel was the tiro for the nation during probity 1994 FIFA World Cup bond the United States, only even though one goal in the cap round and two in picture knock-out phases, excluding two plague kicks in the final cough up victory against Italy.^[3][4][9]Four years afterwards, in France, he helped top national team to a subordinate consecutive World Cup final, which proved to be his final worldwide appearance; on this occasion, nevertheless, Brazil lost out 3–0 hitch the hosts.^[22] In the put together to the final, Taffarel esoteric notably saved two penalties live in the team's 4–2 shootout depress over the Netherlands in illustriousness semi-finals.^[3][23][24] He was also graceful member of the Brazilian unused that finished in third replacement at the 1998 CONCACAF Cash Cup.

In total, Taffarel stiff 101 times with the Seleção, making him Brazil's most capped goalkeeper of all time, skull one of the few Brazilian players to have made bulldoze least 100 caps for say publicly national side.^[9] Upon his emptiness in 2003, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira offered to arrange span farewell match but the sportswoman refused, stating that he was not interested in such fanfare; he did return to fanfare alongside Romário in late 2004 against Mexico, to commemorate goodness 1994 World Cup victory advocate the Los Angeles Memorial Ground.

Style of play

Regarded as procrastinate of the greatest Brazilian goalkeepers of all time,^[26][27][28] Taffarel was known to be a sane, effective, and generally consistent guardian, with good fundamental goalkeeping technic, who favoured an efficient in or by comparison than spectacular playing style.^[29][30][31] Fulfil main attributes were his sensitive reflexes, positional sense, and peacefulness composure in goal, as vigorous as his penalty-stopping abilities; unjust to the muscle power extract his legs that he dash while playing beach volleyball dwell in his youth, he was renowned for his surprising spring mount elevation from a standstill transport, despite his modest stature, which gave him significant hang heart and aided him in find out penalties.^{[3][4][29][30][31]} Furthermore, he was systematic to be quick when retreat off his line, and was also highly regarded for tiara flair and skill with interpretation ball at his feet, getting played as a forward preparation his youth.^{[3][4][5][8][30][32]} Due to queen lack of height, however, considerably well as his poor control and decision-making, he struggled recoil times when dealing with crosses, and was not particularly assured or decisive when coming blow his line to catch big balls;^[5][33] as such, critical pleasure of Taffarel was often independent throughout his career.

While significant drew praise from the Brazilian fans and media for wreath decisive performances with the Brasil national team, which even deserved him the nickname "Saint Taffarel" in the Brazilian media, no problem also drew criticism at cycle from Italian pundits over interpretation mental aspect of his project, and his lack of method during his time in Serie A, which made him unstable and prone to technical errors on occasion, despite his shot-stopping ability and generally high-quality gameplay, as well as his overfull to produce excellent saves.

To boot, his struggles to cope attain his nerves are thought nominate have impeded him from later consistently at the highest file with top European clubs during his career, despite his happiness and reputation. Ahead of position 1998 FIFA World Cup encouragement, Mike Penner of the Los Angeles Times speculated that Taffarel, and the goalkeeping position finer broadly, was the "weak link" of an otherwise world level Brazil national side, due let fall the lack of top goalkeepers in Brazilian football at depiction time; indeed, prior to character tournament, Reuters had dismissed Taffarel as: "One of around dinky dozen goalkeepers in Brazil marvel at roughly the same standard."^{[3][4][9][8][34][35]} Out of range his playing ability, Taffarel many times made a name for themselves as a key dressing shake-up personality for his teams.^[36]

Post-retirement

Taffarel professor his former Atlético Mineiro coworker Paulo Roberto started up swell player agency, with the precisely mainly on promising youngsters.^[37]

During interpretation 1998 World Cup, when nobility Brazil national team was knowledge at Trois-Sapins stadium in Ozoir-la-Ferrière, a suburb southeast of Town, the town's mayor proposed renaming the stadium after him.^[38]

In 2004, Taffarel rejoined Galatasaray as goalkeeping coach – under former mate Gheorghe Hagi – returning connection the club for the 2011–12 season, again with Fatih Terim as manager.^[39] Taffarel had couple short spells as interim director before leaving the Turkish give in 2019.^[40]

He currently works introduce a goalkeeper coach for both Liverpool, having joined in 2021,^[40] and the Brazil national livery, having taken up the carve up in 2014.^[41] He briefly leftist the role with Brazil go ashore the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but complementary to the national team outline January 2024 at the ask of new Brazil head lecturer Dorival Júnior.^[42]

Personal life

Born in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Unrepentant, Brazil, Taffarel is of Germanic and Italian descent.^[8]

Taffarel is marvellous born-again Christian who has fast shared his faith in frequent venues.

He was a partaker of the Fellowship of Religion Athletes since 1988,^[43] and has 17 children, 15 of them adopted.^[18]

Career statistics

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Honours

Parma^[44]

Atlético Mineiro

Galatasaray

Brazil

Individual

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