Cláudio Taffarel
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Born
1966 (60 years old)
Santa Rosa, BrazilPosition
Goalkeeper
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Hispanic
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1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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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.
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 Italian Coppa Italia | Parma Calcio 1913 | 2001-2002 | |
 UEFA Super Cup |  Galatasaray | 2000 | |
 English FA Cup | Galatasaray | 1999-2000 | |
 Turkish Super Lig | Galatasaray | 1999-2000 | |
| Turkish Super Lig |  Atletico MG | 1998-1999 | |
 FIFA World Cup |  Brazil | 1994 | |
| Italian Coppa Italia |  Parma Calcio 1913 | 1991-1992 |
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 Internacional | 1985-1990 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Brazil | 1988-1998 | International | - | - | |
 Parma Calcio 1913 | 1990-1993 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Reggio Audace | 1993-1994 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Atletico MG | 1995-1998 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Galatasaray | 1998-2001 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Parma Calcio 1913 | 2001-2003 | Permanent | - | - |
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| Galatasaray | 2014 | Caretaker Manager | - | - | |
| Galatasaray | 2015 | Caretaker Manager | - | - |
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