Abel Picabea

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Picabea and the second or maternal family name is Allero.

Abel Picabea

Personal information
Full name	Abel Picabea Allero
Date of birth	(1906-06-20)20 June 1906
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	(1993-06-20)June 20, 1993
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925	San Lorenzo
1926–1927	Estudiantil Porteño
1928	Almagro
1931	Barracas Central
1932	Rosario Central	12	(1)
1937–1941	São Cristóvão
Managerial career
1941	Canto do Rio
1942–1944	São Cristóvão
1945–1946	Madureira
1946–1947	Santos
1948	Portuguesa Santista
1949–1950	América Mineiro
1951	Olaria
1952	Palmeiras
1953	Ferroviária
1954	Portuguesa
1956–1957	Sporting CP
1957–1959	Oviedo
1959–1960	Sporting Gijón
1960–1961	Vasco da Gama
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abel Picabea Allero (20 June 1906 – 1993) was an Argentine football manager and player. He played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Buenos Aires, Picabea started his career with San Lorenzo before representing Estudiantil Porteño and Rosario Central in his homeland. In 1937, he moved to Brazil and joined São Cristóvão, where he retired in 1941.

Immediately after retiring Picabea took up coaching, with his first managerial club being Canto do Rio. He subsequently returned to São Cristóvão and won the Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal in 1943.

In 1946, after being in charge of Madureira, Picabea was appointed manager of Santos, becoming the club's first Argentine manager; he is also the foreign manager who managed the club for the most times. He subsequently worked at Portuguesa Santista, América Mineiro, Olaria, Palmeiras, Ferroviária and Portuguesa, winning the Fita Azul with the latter.

Picabea arrived at Sporting CP in the later stages of the 1955–56 season, he was in charge of the club during the whole 1956–57 campaign before taking over Real Oviedo in the Spanish Segunda División. After winning the second division with the club, he was later in charge of neighbouring Sporting de Gijón before returning to Brazil in 1960 with Vasco da Gama.

Honours

Manager

São Cristóvão

• Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal: 1943

Oviedo

• Segunda División: 1957–58

External links

• Abel Picabea manager profile at BDFutbol