Abel Picabea Allero (20 June 1906 – 1993) was an Argentine

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and player. He played as a

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Career

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Picabea started his career with

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before representing

Estudiantil Porteño Club Atlético Estudiantil Porteño, mostly known as Estudiantil Porteño is an Argentina, Argentine sports club, located in the Ramos Mejía district of Greater Buenos Aires. The institution hosts many activities such as artistic roller skating, ...

and

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...

in his homeland. In 1937, he moved to Brazil and joined

São Cristóvão São Cristóvão (, ''Saint Christopher'') is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern state of Sergipe. Founded at the mouth of the Vaza-Barris River on January 1, 1590, the municipality is ...

, 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

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, Olaria,

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, Ferroviária and Portuguesa, winning the ''Fita Azul'' with the latter. Picabea arrived at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

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 Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

in the Spanish

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. After winning the second division with the club, he was later in charge of neighbouring

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before returning to Brazil in 1960 with

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Honours

Manager

São Cristóvão * Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal:

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

Oviedo *

: 1957–58

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Picabea, Abel 1906 births Date of death unknown Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Almagro players Barracas Central players Rosario Central footballers São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Argentine football managers Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club managers São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas managers Madureira Esporte Clube managers Santos FC managers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) managers América Futebol Clube (MG) managers Olaria Atlético Clube managers SE Palmeiras managers Associação Ferroviária de Esportes managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers CR Vasco da Gama managers Primeira Liga managers Sporting CP managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Real Oviedo managers Sporting de Gijón managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Spain 20th-century Argentine sportsmen