{{short description|Argentine footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ricardo Dabrowski | full_name = Ricardo Mariano Dabrowski | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|3|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | height = 1.87 m | position = Forward | years1 = 1978–1982 | clubs1 = Temperley | caps1 = 55 | goals1 = 17 | years2 = 1983 | clubs2 = Huracán | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 6 | years3 = 1984–1985 | clubs3 = Toluca | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1985 | clubs4 = Platense | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 1986–1987 | clubs5 = Temperley | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 11 | years6 = 1987–1992 | clubs6 = Colo-Colo | caps6 = 189 | goals6 = 83 | manageryears1 = 1992 | managerclubs1 = Colo-Colo (assistant) | manageryears2 = 1993 | managerclubs2 = Magallanes | manageryears3 = 1993 | managerclubs3 = Palestino | manageryears4 = 1994 | managerclubs4 = Colo-Colo (assistant) | manageryears5 = 1998 | managerclubs5 = Newell's Old Boys (assistant) | manageryears6 = 1998 | managerclubs6 = Newell's Old Boys (interim) | manageryears7 = 1998–2001 | managerclubs7 = Palestino | manageryears8 = 2002 | managerclubs8 = Santiago Wanderers | manageryears9 = 2004 | managerclubs9 = Aldosivi | manageryears10 = 2004 | managerclubs10 = Colo-Colo | manageryears11 = 2005 | managerclubs11 = Colo-Colo <!--Clausura, second half of 2005--> | manageryears12 = 2008 | managerclubs12 = Deportes Melipilla | manageryears13 = 2009 | managerclubs13 = Tiro Federal | manageryears14 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs14 = Temperley | manageryears15 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs15 = Sol de América | manageryears16 = 2014 | managerclubs16 = 3 de Febrero | manageryears17 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs17 = Nacional Asunción }} '''Ricardo Mariano Dabrowski''' (born 28 March 1961) is an Argentine former football player and manager.<ref name="palestino-mag">{{cite journal |title="PALESTINO DEBE SENTIRSE ORGULLOSO DE TENER UN PLANTEL DE JUGADORES FORMADOS EN CASA" |journal=Revista Institucional Club Deportivo Palestino |date=2001 |volume=10 |pages=10 |url=https://palestinohistorico.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Revista.Institucional.Palestino.Nº10.2001.pdf |access-date=2 October 2025 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |format=pdf}}</ref><ref name="solofutbol-pal">{{cite web |title=Palestino 2001 - Campeonato de Clausura |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Palestino/palestino%202001%20nacional.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=2 October 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref name="solofutbol-cc2004">{{cite web |title=Colo Colo 2004 - Campeonato de Clausura |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Colo%20Colo/colo%20colo%202004%20clausura.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=2 October 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref name="solofutbol-cc2005">{{cite web |title=Colo Colo 2005 - Campeonato de Clausura |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Colo%20Colo/colo%20colo%202005%20clausura.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=2 October 2025 |language=es}}</ref> He played as a forward for clubs in Argentina, Chile and Mexico.
A native of Temperley, Dabrowski (also known as ''Ruso'') played football with his hometown's Club Atlético Temperley before spending most of his playing career in Chilean football. In 2010, he re-joined Temperley as the club's manager.<ref name="popular2010">{{cite news |publisher=Diario Popular |title=Dabrowski: "Hay que trabajar con capacidad y esfuerzo" |url=https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/sururbano/dabrowski-hay-que-trabajar-capacidad-y-esfuerzo-n14338 |language=es |date=29 June 2010}}</ref>
==Club career== After retiring as a player, Dabrowski began his coaching career in the early 1990s. In 1992 he joined Colo-Colo as an assistant coach and later returned to the role in 1994. In 1993 he had brief managerial spells with Magallanes and Palestino. In 1998 he worked with Newell's Old Boys, initially as an assistant and later as interim manager, before returning to Palestino, where he managed the club from 1998 to 2001.<ref name="worldfootball">{{cite web |title=Ricardo Dabrowski |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe263277/ricardo-dabrowski/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref>
He subsequently managed Santiago Wanderers in 2002,<ref name="cooperativa2002">{{cite web |title=Ricardo Dabrowski: "Estamos con bronca pero tranquilos por lo que se hizo" |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/ricardo-dabrowski-estamos-con-bronca-pero-tranquilos-por-lo-que-se-hizo/2002-10-08/233900.html |website=Cooperativa.cl |date=8 October 2002 |access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref> and Aldosivi in 2004. Later that year he was appointed manager of Colo-Colo,<ref name="emol2004">{{cite web |title=Dabrowski es el nuevo DT de Colo Colo |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2004/06/25/151383/dabrowski-es-el-nuevo-dt-de-colo-colo.html |website=Emol |date=25 June 2004 |access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref> remaining in charge until early 2005.<ref name="cooperativa2005">{{cite web |title=Colo Colo oficializó el despido de Ricardo Dabrowski |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/colo-colo/colo-colo-oficializo-el-despido-de-ricardo-dabrowski/2005-01-07/180234.html |website=Cooperativa.cl |date=7 January 2005 |access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref>
Later appointments included Deportes Melipilla in 2008 and Tiro Federal in 2009. Dabrowski later returned to Temperley, managing the Argentine club between 2010 and 2011,<ref name="popular2010" /> before continuing his career in Paraguayan football with Sol de América (2011–2013), 3 de Febrero (2014) and Nacional Asunción (2015–2016).
==Titles== ===Club=== ;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile (3): 1989, 1990, 1991 * Copa Libertadores (1): 1991
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==External links== * {{BDFA|7978}} * {{MedioTiempo|ricardo-dravowski}} * [https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/entrenadores/ricardo-dabrowski/ Ricardo Dabrowski] at MemoriaWanderers.cl {{inlang|es}}
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