Cláudio Taffarel

Cláudio Taffarel
Taffarel with Brazil in 2018
Personal information
Full name Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel
Date of birth (1966-05-08) 8 May 1966
Place of birth Santa Rosa, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Youth career
1984–1985 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1990 Internacional 50 (0)
1990–1993 Parma 74 (0)
1993–1994 Reggiana 31 (0)
1995–1998 Atlético Mineiro 73 (0)
1998–2001 Galatasaray 89 (0)
2001–2003 Parma 6 (0)
Total 323 (0)
International career
1988–1998 Brazil 101 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2019 Galatasaray (goalkeeping coach)
2014 Galatasaray (interim)
2014–2023 Brazil (goalkeeping coach)
2015 Galatasaray (interim)
2021– Liverpool (goalkeeping coach)
2024– Brazil (goalkeeping coach)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner1994 United States
Runner-up1998 France
Copa América
Winner1989 Brazil
Winner1997 Bolivia
Runner-up1991 Chile
Runner-up1995 Uruguay
Olympic Games
1988 SeoulTeam
CONCACAF Gold Cup
1998 United States
FIFA U–20 World Cup
Winner1985 Soviet Union
South American U-20 Championship
Winner1985 Paraguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈklawdʒu tafaˈɾɛw]; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeping coach of both Premier League club Liverpool, and the Brazil national team.

Taffarel began his senior career in 1985 with Internacional in his native Brazil and then played in Parma, Reggiana, Atlético Mineiro and Galatasaray. He retired in 2003 after a second spell at Parma.

The recipient of more than 100 international caps, Taffarel played a key role in Brazil's victorious 1994 World Cup campaign and also appeared in eight other major international tournaments over the course of one full decade, most notably winning two Copa América titles in 1989 and 1997, as well as a World Cup runners-up finish in 1998. He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.