Mauricio Taricco

Argentinos Juniors

Taricco began his football career at Buenos Aires club Argentinos Juniors, coming through the club's famous youth team to make his first team debut in 1993. After only one season in the first team, he moved to English side Ipswich Town.

Ipswich Town

In September 1994, Taricco joined Ipswich Town for around £150,000 after then Ipswich Town manager John Lyall looked for new players in South America. He was signed alongside Uruguayan Adrián Paz, who played at Estudiantes. Both were represented by FIFA agent, Marcelo Houseman, brother of 1978 FIFA World Cup champion René Houseman. Taricco made his debut in a League Cup match which ended as a 3–0 home loss against Bolton Wanderers, playing the whole match in his sole appearance of the season, which saw Ipswich Town relegated from Premier League. On 26 August 1995, Taricco played his first league match under manager George Burley, who replaced Lyall midway in the previous season. The match against West Bromwich Albion ended 0–0. He 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. During the 1996–97 season, Taricco scored his first goal for Ipswich Town in a 5–2 win over Reading and his second on 8 March 1997 in a 1–0 away win over Stoke City. His performances earned him the 1997 Player of the Year, an award he received on 18 April, just before a match against rivals Norwich…

On 10 November 2009, it was announced that Taricco would be assistant manager to Gus Poyet at English team Brighton & Hove Albion. During his spell, he also played 15 league matches after being away from professional football for six years. When manager Poyet left the club in June 2013, Taricco also left his position. On 8 October 2013, Taricco joined Sunderland, again as assistant manager to Poyet. When Poyet was sacked on 16 March 2015 after a poor run of results, Taricco also left the club. Taricco followed Poyet at AEK Athens, when the Uruguayan has been named manager of the Greek club on 30 October 2015. After Poyet was hired by Real Betis on 9 May 2016, Taricco joined the Spanish club as assistant manager. On 29 November 2016, Taricco joined Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, still again as assistant coach to Poyet. On 20 January 2018, after Poyet was named manager at Bordeaux, he joined the club as an assistant coach alongside Fernando Menegazzo.

Tottenham Hotspur

Football League Cup runner-up: 2001–02 Individual

Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1996–97 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 1997–98