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Darío Espínola
Personal information
Full name	Ludovino Darío Espínola Alegre
Date of birth	15 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Posadas, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Arsenal de Sarandí (interim)
Youth career
	Argentino de Quilmes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Argentino de Quilmes
1993–2010	Arsenal de Sarandí
2010–2011	Defensa y Justicia
Managerial career
2016–	Arsenal de Sarandí (reserves)
2021	Arsenal de Sarandí (interim)
2023	Arsenal de Sarandí (interim)
2023–	Arsenal de Sarandí (interim)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ludovino Darío Espínola Alegre, known as Darío Espínola, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a right back. He is the current interim manager of Arsenal de Sarandí.

He is nicknamed "Cafu" after the famous Brazilian rightback.

Career

Espínola started his playing career in 1992 with Argentino de Quilmes. In 1993, he joined Arsenal de Sarandí where he remained for 16 years, making him one of the club's longest serving players and the player with the 2nd most appearances in the history of the club with over 400 games in all competitions, behind Carlos Ruiz. The highlights of his career were the club's promotion to the Argentine Primera División in 2002 and the victory on the 2007 Copa Sudamericana.

In 2010 Espínola left Arsenal and joined second division side Defensa y Justicia.^[1]

Personal life

Espínola is the brother of Oscar Espínola and uncle of Aníbal Leguizamón.^[2]

Honours

Season	Club	Title
2007	Arsenal de Sarandí	Copa Sudamericana

References

^ "Cafú deja Sarandí". Olé (in Spanish). 4 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
^ "Arsenal: regreso al trabajo con múltiples novedades". Politica del Sur. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.