Mauricio Taricco
Taricco in a training session as assistant manager of Brighton & Hove Albion in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mauricio Ricardo Taricco | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shanghai Greenland Shenhua (Assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Argentinos Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Argentinos Juniors | 21 | (0) |
| 1994–1999 | Ipswich Town | 189 | (7) |
| 1999–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 158 | (2) |
| 2004 | West Ham United | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | A.S. Villasimius | ||
| 2010–2012 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 384 | (9) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2013 | Brighton & Hove Albion (Assistant manager) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Sunderland (Assistant manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mauricio Ricardo Taricco (born 10 March 1973) is an Argentine former professional footballer who is currently assistant coach at Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.
As a player, he was a defender who initially played from 1993 to 2004. He began his career in his native Argentina for Argentinos Juniors before transferring to England where he spent the next 10 years representing Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. He suffered a hamstring injury on his debut for West Ham and agreed to tear up his contract after the game, after initially retiring following the injury he came out of retirement a year later playing for lower league Italian side A.S. Villasimius before later joining Brighton & Hove Albion as player/assistant manager to Gus Poyet in 2010. He retired for the second time at the end of the 2012–13 season and would go on to follow Poyet to Sunderland, AEK Athens and Real Betis during the following seasons.
Taricco began his football career at Argentinos Juniors in Buenos Aires in 1993, he came through the club's famous youth team to make his first team debut in 1993. After only one season in the first team he signed with FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman who made the transfer to Ipswich Town in England.
Taricco arrived at Ipswich Town from Argentinos Juniors for around £150,000 in September 1994, making his debut soon after in a 3–0 home defeat by Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup. His league debut did not arrive until the following season, in a 0–0 draw at West Bromwich Albion in Division One on 26 August 1995. Taricco quickly made an impression as a solid defender blessed with immaculate passing ability and considerable attacking flair, and he went on to make 47 appearances that season. Taricco began 1996–97 with his first goal for Ipswich in a 5–2 win over Reading. His burgeoning talent earned him the supporters vote for player of the year, and he confirmed his popularity with a goal against rivals Norwich City on the evening that he collected the award. Ipswich's 2–0 victory that night went a long way towards securing their place in the play-offs. There they were edged out by Sheffield United and Taricco's disappointment was clear to see. Taricco made another 53 appearances as Ipswich missed out in the play-offs again in 1997–98. An eventful season saw them enjoy a thrilling League Cup run, in which Taricco scored against both Manchester United – a superb long-range, curling effort – and Chelsea. Continued good form at the start of 1998–99, which included a spectacular goal following a run from inside his own half against Crystal Palace, caught the attention of Tottenham Hotspur, whose bid of £1.775m Ipswich found impossible to refuse. His final game for the club turned out to be a 2–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 3 November 1998, when he was stretchered off in the last few minutes.
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