Gabriel Ivan Heinze is an Argentine football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Newell's Old Boys.
17 Facts About Gabriel Heinze
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Gabriel Heinze started and finished his 18-year professional career with Newell's Old Boys.
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Gabriel Heinze was born in Crespo, Entre Rios to a father of Volga German descent and a mother of Sicilian descent, thus holding an Italian and a German passport.
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Gabriel Heinze began his career in his home country with Newell's Old Boys and, following attention from various European clubs, the 19-year-old signed for Real Valladolid in Spain, not managing one single La Liga appearance in his first season and being loaned to Sporting CP in December 1998.
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On 14 September 2005, Gabriel Heinze was injured in a UEFA Champions League match with Villarreal and was ruled out of first-team action for the rest of the campaign.
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Gabriel Heinze made a comeback with the reserve team in April 2006, but a minor injury picked up in his third game back prevented him from making a first-team appearance before the end of the season.
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Gabriel Heinze was more regularly used in his second year at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, but the club came out empty in silverware, with the exception of that year's Supercopa de Espana.
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On 30 July 2009, Gabriel Heinze joined Marseille on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reuniting at the Ligue 1 club with countryman Lucho Gonzalez.
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On 1 June 2011, it was announced on Marseille's website that 33-year-old Gabriel Heinze would leave the club at the end of the season.
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On 19 March 2012, after appearing in his 25th official game, Gabriel Heinze had his contract automatically renewed for another year.
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Gabriel Heinze first represented Argentina on 30 April 2003, in a friendly away win with Libya.
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On 11 December 2017, Gabriel Heinze was appointed at Velez Sarsfield.
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On 18 December 2020, Gabriel Heinze was named manager of Major League Soccer club Atlanta United on a two-year contract.
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Gabriel Heinze banished Atlanta's star striker Josef Martinez from training, and publicly said that this was his own decision, rather than a precaution based on the Venezuelan's COVID-19 diagnosis at the 2021 Copa America.
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On 25 October 2022, Gabriel Heinze was hired by Newell's, having rejected an offer from the club the previous December.
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Gabriel Heinze was named in the Panama Papers, a 2016 leak of offshore accounts used for tax evasion.
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An urban myth, published in sources including UEFA's website, alleged that Gabriel Heinze was a member of Y Wladfa, the Welsh-speaking colony in Patagonia.