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Fabián Frías
Personal information
Full name	Fabián Alberto Frías
Date of birth	5 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Gualaceo (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Colegiales
	Excursionistas
	Chacarita Juniors
	Platense
	Central Ballester
Managerial career
2011	Sporting Cristal (assistant)
2013	Deportivo Cuenca (assistant)
2013	Deportivo Cuenca
2015	Excursionistas
2016	Gualaceo
2017	Colón de Manabí
2017–2018	Gualaceo
2018–2019	Técnico Universitario
2019	Atlético Porteño
2019–2021	Manta
2022–2023	Manta
2023–	Gualaceo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabián Alberto Frías (born 5 March 1971) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club Gualaceo.

Career

Born in Buenos Aires, Frías represented Colegiales, Excursionistas, Chacarita Juniors, Platense and Central Ballester. He retired at the age of 29, and started working as a fitness coach at Platense, Atlanta, All Boys, Deportivo Morón, River Plate and Sportivo Italiano.^[1]

In 2011, Frías moved to Peru and joined Guillermo Rivarola's staff at Sporting Cristal, as his assistant. He was also Rivarola's assistant at Deportivo Cuenca in 2013, and was named manager in April of that year after Rivarola left.^[2]

Frías left Cuenca in December 2013,^[3] and was named in charge of former club Excursionistas back in his home country on 23 December 2014.^[4] He resigned from the latter club the following 7 May,^[5] and returned to Ecuador on 20 January 2016 after being named manager of Gualaceo.^[6]

On 8 December 2016, after narrowly missing out promotion, Farías took over fellow Serie B team Colón de Manabí.^[7] He left the club in June, and returned to Gualaceo in the following month.^[8]

Frías resigned from Gualaceo on 24 April 2018,^[9] and was appointed Técnico Universitario manager on 24 July.^[10] He was dismissed on 30 April 2019,^[11] and was named in charge of Atlético Porteño on 27 May.^[12]

Frías left Porteño on 30 August 2019, and was appointed manager of Manta.^[13] He helped the club in their promotion to the Serie A in 2020, after finishing second.

Frías left Manta in December 2021, after their relegation, but returned to the club on 15 April 2022.^[14] He left again on 20 September 2023, and returned to Gualaceo three days later.^[15]

References

^ "Fabián Frías, técnico del Manta, es un experto en la cocina" [Fabián Frías, Manta manager, is an expert in the kitchen] (in Spanish). Expreso. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Cuenca vence gracias a su nuevo entrenador" [Cuenca win thanks to their new manager] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Fabián Frías dejó al Deportivo Cuenca" [Fabián Frías left Deportivo Cuenca] (in Spanish). Mi Fútbol Ecuatoriano. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Tiene nuevo DT" [They have new manager] (in Spanish). Solo Ascenso. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Suena fuerte el "Búfalo"" [The "Buffalo" is hotly tipped] (in Spanish). Mundo Ascenso. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Gualaceo Confirmó A Fabián Frías Como DT" [Gualaceo confirmed Fabián Frías as manager] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Fabián Frías Es Nuevo DT De Colón De Manabí" [Fabián Frías is the new manager of Colón de Manabí] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Gualaceo presenta su nuevo DT" [Gualaceo present their new manager] (in Spanish). EcuaGol. 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Fabián Frías renuncia al Gualaceo SC" [Fabián Frías resigns from Gualaceo SC] (in Spanish). Excelencia Radio. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Fabián Frías asume el banquillo de Técnico Universitario" [Fabián Frías takes over the bench of Técnico Universitario]. El Universo (in Spanish). 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Técnico Universitario 'agradeció' servicios del DT Fabián Frías" [Técnico Universitario 'thanked' the services of manager Fabián Frías] (in Spanish). El Universo. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Tentado por el Ponchito, ¡eligió dirigir en el Ascenso!" [Tempted by the Ponchito, he chose to manage in the Ascenso!] (in Spanish). Futbol Ecuador. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Fabián Frías es el nuevo técnico del Manta Fútbol Club" [Fabián Frías is the new manager of Manta Fútbol Club] (in Spanish). El Diario. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ Sánchez, Aurelio (15 April 2022). "(FOTO) Manta FC oficializó el regreso de Fabián Frías al banquillo técnico". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ "Oficial: Fabián Frías es el nuevo entrenador de Gualaceo" [Official: Fabián Frías is the new manager of Gualaceo] (in Spanish). Olé. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.