Sebastián Domínguez
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sebastián Enrique Domínguez | ||
Date of birth | 29 July 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tigre (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Newell's Old Boys | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2004 | Newell's Old Boys | 79 | (2) |
2005–2006 | Corinthians | 24 | (1) |
2007 | Estudiantes LP | 29 | (1) |
2008 | América | 22 | (1) |
2009–2015 |
Vélez Sársfield | 192 | (6) |
2015–2016 | Estudiantes LP | 18 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Newell's Old Boys | 31 | (1) |
International career | |||
2009–2017 | Argentina | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2022–2023 | Al-Duhail (assistant) | ||
2024– | Tigre | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sebastián Enrique Domínguez (born 29 July 1980) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of Tigre.
Dominguez' professional football career spanned 19 years during which he played for teams in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, winning titles with all but one.
Early life
Domínguez was born in
Club career
Dominguez made his professional debut for Newell's Old Boys in 1998, at 18 years. At an early age he was purchased by a third-party and loaned to Talleres de Córdoba along with his teammate Maxi Rodríguez, but he was never authorized to play for the club and returned to Newell's shortly after.[1] He played as a defensive midfielder until 2004, when he was moved to centre back by coach Américo Gallego and he captained the team that won the 2004 Apertura tournament, thus breaking the club's 12-year title drought. The central defender played 18 games (out of 19) during the tournament, all of them as a starter.[2]
After winning the league championship with Newell's, Domínguez was purchased by third-party
During the 2007 January transfer window, Domínguez returned to Argentina to play for
On 27 January 2009,
In 2013, the defender obtained two further titles with Vélez: the 2012–13 Superfinal (defeating his former team Newell's Old Boys) and the 2013 Supercopa Argentina (defeating Arsenal de Sarandí), in both of which he was a starter for his team. During that year Domínguez also played his 200th official game with the club in a 1–1 draw with All Boys.[8]
International career
On 31 August 2009 Domínguez was called up by coach Diego Maradona for the Argentina national team, along fellow Vélez Sársfield teammates Nicolás Otamendi and Emiliano Papa.[9] With Argentina, the defender started the World Cup qualifier games against Brazil and Paraguay (both defeats for Argentina).
Domínguez was later called by coach Alejandro Sabella for the 2011 and 2012 editions of the friendly competition Superclásico de las Américas, in which he captained the national team.[10][11] He was also called by Sabella for 2014 World Cup qualifying matches, including the last two against Peru and Uruguay.[12] However, he did not take part of the squad for the World Cup.
Managerial career
After retiring, Domínguez worked as a panelist in TV sport programmes before joining the staff of Hernán Crespo at Al-Duhail in 2022.[13] On 5 April 2024, he was appointed maanger of Tigre.[14]
Personal life
Domínguez studied architecture, but did not get far in his career.
In 2014, Domínguez graduated as a football coach in Argentina.[16]
In November 2020, Domínguez spoke about homosexuality in association football, saying that it is a problem for footballers to not "interpret, understand, and accept" homosexuals and that it was a "debt" that footballers had with the gay community. He went on to say that footballers were "cavemen" regarding homosexuality and said that it did not matter "whether [you] are gay to play football."[17]
Managerial statistics
- As of 13 June 2024
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Tigre | ![]() |
5 April 2024 | present | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0.00 |
Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0.00 |
Titles
- Newell's Old Boys
- Corinthians
- América
- Vélez Sársfield
- Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013
References
- ^ a b c d e Diego Borinsky (2014-09-01). "Sebastián Domínguez, 100x100: 'el fútbol premia más al que se pone el casete que al que dice la verdad'". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Opening '04 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ^ "Parceria MSI/Corinthians será remetida ao MP Federal" (in Portuguese). Conjur. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Closing '09 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Initial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ^ "Tu voto decide" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- Olé(in Spanish). 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Maradona citó a Salvio y Sebastián Domínguez". Perfil (in Spanish). 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ Oscar Barnade (2011-09-28). "Domínguez - Canteros Presente y futuro". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ^ "Messi le presta la cinta a Seba Domínguez". TN (in Spanish). 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Ahora sí: desde AFA confirman a los seis convocados del medio local". TN (in Spanish). 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Seba Domínguez: "Todos los técnicos que tuve me dijeron que iba a dirigir"" [Seba Domínguez: "All managers that I have had said that I was going to manage"] (in Spanish). Olé. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Tigre tiene nuevo DT: Sebastián Domínguez dirigió su primera práctica" [Tigre have a new manager: Sebastián Domgínguez managed his first training] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- Olé(in Spanish). 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- Olé(in Spanish). 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Seba Domínguez y la homosexualidad en el fútbol: "Somos unos cavernícolas"" [Seba Domínguez and homosexuality in football: "We are cavemen"]. Olé (in Spanish). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Profile at Vélez Sársfield official website (in Spanish)
- Sebastián Domínguez – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sebastián Domínguez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2012)
- Sebastián Domínguez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Sebastián Domínguez at Soccerway