Cláudio Taffarel - TheSportsDB.com

Home / Sport / Soccer / _No League Soccer / _Retired Soccer / Cláudio Taffarel

Name
Cláudio Taffarel

Thumb
Player blurred out thumb

Image Source: Unknown report

User Rating

(0 users)
Data Complete

50%

Born
1966 (58 years old)

Birth Place
Shiny National flag

Santa Rosa, Brazil

Position
Goalkeeper

Status

Ethnicity
Hispanic

Team Number

Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Outfitter

Kit

Side

Agent

Wage Year

Player Cutout
No Cutout thumb

Full Body Render
No Render Icon

Player Poster
No Poster thumb

Sport

Soccer

Team
_Retired Soccer

2nd Team

League
_No League Soccer

Creative Commons Artwork
No

Description

Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (Brazilian Portuguese: ; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of the Brazil national team and Galatasaray. During an 18-year career he played professionally for five different clubs in both Brazil and Europe. He began his senior career in 1985 with Brazilian side Internacional, whereas his latter clubs were Parma, Reggiana, Atlético Mineiro, and Galatasaray; he ended his career in 2003, after a second spell with Italian team Parma.

The recipient of more than 100 caps for Brazil, Taffarel helped the national team win the 1994 World Cup, also appearing in other eight major international tournaments over the course of one full decade, most notably helping Brazil to a second place in the 1998 World Cup, and two Copa América titles in 1989 and 1997; he also won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.

Career Honours

Italian Coppa Italia 2001-2002 Parma Calcio 1913	UEFA Super Cup 2000 Galatasaray	Turkish Super Lig 1999-2000 Galatasaray	English FA Cup 1999-2000 Galatasaray
Turkish Super Lig 1998-1999 Atletico MG	FIFA World Cup 1994 Brazil	Italian Coppa Italia 1991-1992 Parma Calcio 1913