Rubén Darío Insúa

Rubén Darío Insúa

Personal information
Full name	Rubén Darío Insúa Carballo
Date of birth	(1961-04-17) 17 April 1961 (age 60)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1985	San Lorenzo	203	(38)
1985–1986	Las Palmas	10	(4)
1986–1988	Estudiantes LP	69	(11)
1988–1991	Independiente	87	(23)
1990–1994	Barcelona SC	80	(30)
1994–1995	Deportivo Cali
1995–1996	Quilmes	7	(2)
National team
1983–1984	Argentina	5	(0)
Teams managed
1997–1999	Barcelona SC
1999	Ferro Carril Oeste
2001–2003	San Lorenzo
2004	Barcelona SC
2005	Alianza Lima
2007	Wilstermann
2007–2008	Talleres
2009–2010	Deportivo Quito
2010–2011	Barcelona SC
2011–2012	Deportivo Cali
2012–2013	Deportivo Quito
2015	El Nacional
2016	Bolívar
2019–2020	LDU Portoviejo
2021	Binacional
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rubén Darío Insúa Carballo (born 17 April 1961) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Insúa represented the Argentina national team several times. During his playing career, he earned the nickname "el Poeta del Futbol" (the Poet of Football).

Playing career[]

Insúa was born in Buenos Aires. He played most of his career in the Argentine top league. He was part of the Independiente team that won the 1988–89 Primera title. He also played for Barcelona in Ecuador and Deportivo Cali in Colombia, and had a spell with Spanish side UD Las Palmas.

Style of play[]

As a player, Insúa was regarded as a swift midfielder with an excellent touch and a penchant for scoring from free kicks. These qualities earned him his nicknames "el Poeta del Gol" (the Poet of the Goal) and "el Poeta del Futbol" (the Poet of Football). Although he was primarily an attacking midfielder, he was also capable of playing as a striker.

Managerial career[]

Insúa coached for Ecuador's Barcelona to a national title in 1997, and the Copa Libertadores finals in 1998. He coached San Lorenzo de Almagro to the Copa Sudamericana 2002 title.

Insúa coached Ecuador's Deportivo Quito to the 2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A title.

On 1 October 2010, Insúa reached a verbal agreement with Barcelona's president Eduardo Maruri to return and coach the club that won his last national title achievement in 1997.^[1] On 25 March 2011, he was fired from Barcelona and replaced with Alex Aguinaga.

Insúa was Deportivo Cali's manager since approximately October 2011^[2] until 4 March 2012.^[3]

Honours[]

Player[]

Independiente

• Primera: 1988–89.

Manager[]

Barcelona Sporting Club

• Serie A: 1997

San Lorenzo

• Copa Sudamericana: 2002

Deportivo Quito

• Serie A: 2009

References[]

External links[]

• Rubén Darío Insúa at BDFutbol
• Rubén Darío Insúa at BDFA (in Spanish)