Ariel Galeano
Paraguayan football manager (born 1996)
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Ariel Sebastián Galeano Arce (born 7 September 1996) is a Paraguayan professional football manager who was most recently in charge of Polish club ŁKS Łódź.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Sebastián Galeano Arce | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016 | Sol de América (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Sportivo Trinidense (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Deportivo Liberación (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | River Plate Asunción (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Fulgencio Yegros | ||
| 2020 | River Plate Asunción (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | River Plate Asunción (caretaker) | ||
| 2021 | 2 de Mayo | ||
| 2022–2023 | Libertad (youth) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Libertad | ||
| 2024–2025 | PAS Giannina | ||
| 2025 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
Career
Galeano worked as an assistant at Sol de América, Sportivo Trinidense, Deportivo Liberación and River Plate Asunción. On 9 June 2019, he replaced Ricardo Torressi at the helm of Fulgencio Yegros.[1]
In September 2019, Galeano was sacked by Fulgencio,[2] and subsequently returned to an assistant role at River Plate. On 7 December 2020, he was named caretaker manager of the latter side for the remainder of the year, replacing Carlos Aitor García.[3]
On 6 December 2020, Galeano agreed to become the manager of 2 de Mayo for the upcoming season.[4] He was dismissed on 26 May, after nine matches.[5]
In January 2022, Galeano joined Libertad as a manager of the youth sides. On 21 September 2023, he became a first team manager until the end of the year, after Daniel Garnero took over the Paraguay national team.[6]
Despite winning the 2023 Clausura and the 2024 Apertura, Galeano was sacked on 19 August 2024, after a poor run of form.[7] On 26 October, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after being named manager of Greek side PAS Giannina.[8]
On 6 February 2025, Galeano was sacked despite being in the third position and having just one defeat.[9] Nineteen days later, he was announced as new manager of Polish side ŁKS Łódź.[10] Two months later, on 24 April, Galeano was dismissed following a five-game winless streak.[11]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 21 April 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Fulgencio Yegros |  |
9 June 2019 | 1 September 2019 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 7.69 |
| River Plate Asunción (caretaker) | 8 December 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| 2 de Mayo | 1 January 2021 | 26 May 2021 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 22.22 | |
| Libertad | 21 September 2023 | 20 August 2024 | 52 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 93 | 47 | +46 | 51.92 | |
| PAS Giannina |  |
28 October 2024 | 6 February 2025 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 41.67 |
| ŁKS Łódź |  |
25 February 2025 | 24 April 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 25.00 |
| Total | 96 | 37 | 33 | 26 | 140 | 111 | +29 | 38.54 | |||