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Argentine footballer

Darío Espínola

Personal information
Full name Ludovino Darío Espínola Alegre
Date of birth (1973-09-15) 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 Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Argentino de Quilmes
1993–2010 Arsenal de Sarandí 406 (15)
2010–2011 Defensa y Justicia 25 (0)
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.

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]

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

Season Club Title
2007 Arsenal de Sarandí Copa Sudamericana
  1. ^ "Cafú deja Sarandí". Olé (in Spanish). 4 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Arsenal: regreso al trabajo con múltiples novedades". Politica del Sur. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.