Óscar Tabárez

Óscar Tabárez

Tabárez with Uruguay in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Óscar Wáshington Tabárez Sclavo
Date of birth	(1947-03-03) 3 March 1947
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Uruguay (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1971	Sud América
1972–1973	Sportivo Italiano
1975	Montevideo Wanderers
1976	Fénix
1976–1977	Puebla
1977–1979	Bella Vista
Managerial career
1980–1983	Bella Vista
1983	Uruguay U20
1984	Danubio
1985–1986	Montevideo Wanderers
1987	Peñarol
1987	Uruguay U20
1988	Deportivo Cali
1988–1990	Uruguay
1991–1993	Boca Juniors
1994–1995	Cagliari
1996	Milan
1997–1998	Oviedo
1998–1999	Cagliari
2001	Vélez Sársfield
2002	Boca Juniors
2006–	Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Tabárez and the second or maternal family name is Sclavo.

Óscar Wáshington Tabárez Sclavo (American Spanish: [ˈoskar taˈβaɾes]; born 3 March 1947), known as El Maestro (The Teacher), is a Uruguayan football manager and former footballer, who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of the Uruguay national team.

After an unassuming career as a player and after working as a primary school teacher, he embarked on an extensive coaching career which has lasted more than 30 years and included coaching teams in Colombia, Argentina, Italy and Spain. Tabárez managed the Uruguay national football team from 1988–1990, returning to the job for a second time in 2006. He led the team to fourth place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and to victory in the 2011 Copa América. With Tabárez, Uruguay qualified for three World Cups, achieving the round of 16th two times, and one semifinal. Actually, Tabárez share the record for the head coach with most World Cup Qualifying games in South America ( 46, Shared with Francisco Maturana), but with the singularity that he only manages the Uruguay National Football Team. Tabárez also is the 5th manager with most games in Copa América(23), participating in four tournaments(1989-2007-2011 and 2015), and with the chance to reach the 4th spot at Copa América Centenario.

Playing career

During his 12-year senior career, Tabárez played mainly for modest clubs, representing Sud América, Sportivo Italiano (Argentina), Montevideo Wanderers, Fénix, Puebla in Mexico and Bella Vista, retiring at the age of 32.

Managerial career

In 1980, a year after retiring as a player, Tabárez took up coaching at Bella Vista. The following year, he was named the Uruguay under-20s manager. He would coach the side on two separate occasions. He subsequently worked in many clubs in his country, without settling anywhere. However, in 1987, he led national giants C.A. Peñarol to their fifth Copa Libertadores, beating América de Cali. This success was fundamental in his appointment as manager of the Uruguayan national team, which he led to the Round of 16 of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, losing against the hosts. He later coached Argentine League giants Boca Juniors for two years.

In 1994 Tabárez moved to Italy to manage Serie A side Cagliari Calcio. After leading them to ninth place in the 1994–95 season and tenth place in the 1995–96 season, Tabárez was hired by A.C. Milan, but his spell would only last a few months: after an Italian Supercup defeat against ACF Fiorentina, at the San Siro, a 2–3 loss at Piacenza Calcio for the league cost him his position. He was replaced by Arrigo Sacchi, and the Rossoneri eventually finished 11th.

Tabárez then worked with Real Oviedo in Spain, with the Asturias club eventually only maintaining top division status in the promotion/relegation play-offs against UD Las Palmas, winning 4–3 on aggregate. He then returned to Cagliari, being sacked after one draw and three losses.

After two years in Argentina, with Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield and Boca, Tabárez spent four years away from football management. In 2006, after Uruguay had failed to qualify for three out of the preceding four FIFA World Cups, he took charge of the national team. His first tournament saw the side take fourth place in the 2007 Copa América, in Venezuela.

After a successful play-off against Costa Rica, Tabárez and the Charrúas qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,first winning group A (Uruguay did not win its group since 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, 56 years prior). In South Africa the national team reached the semi-finals for the first time in 40 years, only conceding five goals in six matches until that point. Uruguay ended the competition in fourth place, after a 2–3 defeat against Germany.

In the 2011 Copa América Tabárez led Uruguay to its 15th victory in the tournament, with the national side winning three games and drawing three in Argentina, and only conceding three goals. With these wins, Uruguay became the country with the most wins in the history of the Copa America. In 2011 and 2012, under Tabárez's leadership, Uruguay remained undefeated in 18 consecutive games (from June 2011 to August 2012), a national team record previously set by Juan Carlos Corazzo . Tabárez then led Uruguay in its qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, defeating Jordan in two play-off games, and thus becoming the first Uruguayan manager to do so in two consecutive World Cups. In Brazil, after an opening defeat to Costa Rica (3–1), followed by two wins (2–1 vs England, 1–0 vs Italy) to finish its group stage, Uruguay reached the round of 16th, the third time for Tabárez with Uruguay in a World Cup. This also marked the first time an Uruguayan team defeated a European opponent for the first time in 44 years, the last time being a win against the Soviet Union during the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Without Luis Suarez in the lineup, Uruguay lost to Colombia (0-2) in the round of 16, marking an unusual early world cup exit for the Uruguayan side. On June 19th the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol made a video tribute to celebrate 150 games of Tabárez as National Team Manager. After the 2015 Copa América in Chile, he was suspended for 3 official games for the incidents of the Chile-Uruguay match, in which Edinson Cavani was suspended for 2 games also. Despite this, and with the help of Celso Otero assisting in the bench, Uruguay won its first two games in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, the first time since the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification, and wining for the first time in La Paz against Bolivia. After the game against Chile (3-0 victory) Tabárez reached Francisco Maturana as the South American coach with most games in the CONMEBOL qualifiers, but with Tabárez always coaching only Uruguay National Football Team. He is part of a List of Football Managers with Most Games, and as of November 2015, Óscar Washington Tabárez is very close to the record hold by Sepp Herberger (167) and Morten Olsen (166) as the national team manager with most games as national football with the most games with one national team, leading a selected group with 100 games or more, that includes: Hugo Meisl, Alf Ramsey, Mario Zagallo, Helmut Schon, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Joachim Low, Lars Lagerback, Bruce Arena, Berti Vogts, Guillermo Stábile, Walter Winterbottom and Vicente del Bosque.

Uruguay record

First spell

      Win       Draw       Loss

Uruguay Olympic Team 2012

No.	Date	Home team	Visiting team	Score	Uruguay Goals	Venue	Competition	Report
1	25 April 2012	Uruguay	Egypt	0–0	—	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú	Friendly
2	11 July 2012	Uruguay	Chile	6–4	31' Suárez  35' Suárez  39' Cavani  47' Suárez  71' Cavani  84' Hernández	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado	Friendly
3	15 July 2012	Uruguay	Panama	2–0	2' Cavani  18' Ramírez	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Friendly
4	26 July 2012	United Arab Emirates	Uruguay	1–2	42' Ramírez  56' Lodeiro	Old Trafford, Manchester	2012 London Olympics	Report
5	29 July 2012	Senegal	Uruguay	2–0	—	Wembley Stadium, London	2012 London Olympics	Report
6	1 August 2012	Great Britain	Uruguay	1–0	—	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	2012 London Olympics	Report

Managerial record for the national teams

As of 17 November 2015.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Uruguay		1988	1990	34	17	8	9	50	28	+22	50.00
		2006	Present	127	63	34	30	215	131	+84	49.61
Uruguay Olympic team		2012 (Olympics)		6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	50.00
Total				167	83	43	41	275	166	+109	49.70

Honours

Manager

Club

Peñarol

• Copa Libertadores: 1987
• Intercontinental Cup: 1987 (Runner up)

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 1992 Apertura
• Supercopa Masters: 1992

International

Uruguay

• Pan American Games: 1983
• FIFA World Cup: 2010 (Fourth place)
• Copa América: 2011

Individual

• South American Coach of the Year: 2010, 2011

Personal life

Aside from his career in football, Tabárez also worked as a teacher.

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Weltfussball profile (German)