Gabriel Francisco Schürrer Peralta (born in

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16 August 1971) is an Argentine professional

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and former player. He spent the better part of his career in Spain, appearing as a defender for five different clubs in nearly one full decade (1996 to 2004, 2006–07) and amassing

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totals of 235 games and 13 goals.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, Schürrer was best known for his eight-year stint in four

clubs (two seasons apiece), most notably with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

where he helped with 19 league games in the team's 1999–2000 league conquest. In 2004, he moved to Greece with

Olympiacos FC Olympiacos Football Club ( ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (''Olympiakós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós'', "Olymp ...

, where he also remained two seasons. After retiring at the end of the 2006–07 campaign at the age of almost 36, with

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

, having played only ten competitive matches with the

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ns in the

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, Schürrer returned to Argentina, serving as a youth coach at

Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentina, Argentine sports club based in Lanús, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are association football, football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Arge ...

which he also represented as a player in the early 90s.

International

Schürrer gained four

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for

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, his debut coming in 1995. He was picked for the squad at that year's

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, as the national team exited in the quarterfinals against

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Managerial career

In November 2010, Schürrer was appointed head coach of Lanús' first team after the departure of

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. He left in July 2012.

Honours

; Lanús *

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 teams ...

: 1991–92 ; Deportivo de La Coruña *

: 1999–2000 ; Olympiacos F.C. *

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: 2004–05, 2005–06 *

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: 2004–05, 2005–06

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* at Fútbol XXI * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schurrer, Gabriel 1971 births Living people Footballers from Rafaela Argentine people of German descent Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Lanús footballers Atlético de Rafaela footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Racing de Santander players Deportivo de La Coruña players UD Las Palmas players Real Sociedad footballers Málaga CF players Super League Greece players Olympiacos F.C. players Argentina men's international footballers 1995 Copa América players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Argentine football managers Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Club Atlético Lanús managers Argentinos Juniors managers Crucero del Norte managers Club Atlético Sarmiento managers People named in the Panama Papers Independiente del Valle managers S.D. Aucas managers C.D. Cuenca managers Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy managers