Ariel Sebastián Galeano Arce (born 7 September 1996) is a Paraguayan professional football manager, currently in charge of Guaraní.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Sebastián Galeano Arce | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guaraní (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016 | Sol de América (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Sportivo Trinidense (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Deportivo Liberación (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | River Plate Asunción (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Fulgencio Yegros | ||
| 2020 | River Plate Asunción (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | River Plate Asunción (caretaker) | ||
| 2021 | 2 de Mayo | ||
| 2022–2023 | Libertad (youth) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Libertad | ||
| 2024–2025 | PAS Giannina | ||
| 2025 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
| 2026– | Guaraní | ||
Career
editGaleano worked as an assistant at Sol de América, Sportivo Trinidense, Deportivo Liberación and River Plate Asunción. On 9 June 2019, he replaced Ricardo Torressi at the helm of Fulgencio Yegros.[1]
In September 2019, Galeano was sacked by Fulgencio,[2] and subsequently returned to an assistant role at River Plate. On 7 December 2020, he was named caretaker manager of the latter side for the remainder of the year, replacing Carlos Aitor García.[3]
On 6 December 2020, Galeano agreed to become the manager of 2 de Mayo for the upcoming season.[4] He was dismissed on 26 May, after nine matches.[5]
In January 2022, Galeano joined Libertad as a manager of the youth sides. On 21 September 2023, he became a first team manager until the end of the year, after Daniel Garnero took over the Paraguay national team.[6]
Despite winning the 2023 Clausura and the 2024 Apertura, Galeano was sacked on 19 August 2024, after a poor run of form.[7] On 26 October, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after being named manager of Greek side PAS Giannina.[8]
On 6 February 2025, Galeano was sacked despite being in the third position and having just one defeat.[9] Nineteen days later, he was announced as new manager of Polish side ŁKS Łódź.[10] Two months later, on 24 April, Galeano was dismissed following a five-game winless streak.[11]
On 14 July 2026, Galeano was announced as manager of Guaraní back in his home country.[12]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 15 August 2026
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Fulgencio Yegros |  |
9 June 2019 | 1 September 2019 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 7.69 |
| River Plate Asunción (caretaker) | 8 December 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| 2 de Mayo | 1 January 2021 | 26 May 2021 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 22.22 | |
| Libertad | 21 September 2023 | 20 August 2024 | 52 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 93 | 47 | +46 | 51.92 | |
| PAS Giannina |  |
28 October 2024 | 6 February 2025 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 41.67 |
| ŁKS Łódź |  |
25 February 2025 | 24 April 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 25.00 |
| Guaraní | |
16 July 2026 | present | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 33.33 |
| Total | 102 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 147 | 119 | +28 | 38.24 | |||
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Se mueven las líneas del frente" [The front lines change] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "Carlos Paredes ahora va a dirigir a Fulgencio Yegros" [Carlos Paredes will now manage Fulgencio Yegros] (in Spanish). Hoy. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "No va más Aitor en River Plate y le dan las riendas a Ariel Galeano" [Aitor is no longer at River Plate and they give the reins to Ariel Galeano] (in Spanish). Hoy. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "Deportes: Ariel Galeano, nuevo técnico del Sportivo 2 de Mayo de Pedro Juan Caballero" [Sports: Ariel Galeano, new manager of Sportivo 2 de Mayo de Pedro Juan Caballero] (in Spanish). Pedro Juan Digital. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "OFICIAL. Deseamos el mayor de los éxitos al Prof. Ariel Galeano y todo su cuerpo técnico por los servicios prestados a nuestra institución" [OFFICIAL. We wish every success to coach Ariel Galeano and all his technical staff for the services provided to our institution.]. Club 2 de Mayo (in Spanish). Facebook. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "Libertad: Ariel Galeano asume el mando" [Libertad: Ariel Galeano takes over] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "Ariel Galeano dejó de ser entrenador de Libertad" [Ariel Galeano ceased to be coach of Libertad] (in Spanish). D10. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ↑ Προσληψη Ariel Galeano [Recruitment of Ariel Galeano] (in Greek). PAS Giannina FC. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ↑ "PAS Giannina anunció la salida de Ariel Galeano: perdió solo..." [PAS Giannina announced the departure of Ariel Galeno: lost just once] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ↑ "Ariel Galeano nowym trenerem ŁKS" [Ariel Galeano new manager of ŁKS] (in Polish). ŁKS Łódź. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ↑ Michalak, Przemysław (24 April 2025). "Totalny niewypał. Ariel Galeano zwolniony z ŁKS-u" [A total failure. Ariel Galeano fired by ŁKS]. weszlo.com (in Polish). Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ↑ "Ariel Galeano, nuevo director técnico de Guaraní" [Ariel Galeano, new manager of Guaraní] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 14 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
External links
edit- Ariel Galeano coach profile at Soccerway (archived)