Cláudio Taffarel

**Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel** (; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of Liverpool and the Brazil national team.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Internacional|1985|Série A|1|0|—|—|1|0||||
|1986|2|0|—|—|2|0||||||
|1987|10|0|—|—|10|0||||||
|1988|14|0|—|—|14|0||||||
|1989|12|0|—|—|12|0||||||
|1990|11|0|—|—|11|0||||||
|Parma|1990–91|Serie A|34|0|2|0|—|36|0|||
|1991–92|34|0|3|0|1|0|38|0||||
|1992–93|6|0|1|0|1|0|8|0||||
|Reggiana|1993–94|Série A|31|0|2|0|—|33|0|||
|Atlético Mineiro|1995|Série A|22|0|—|—|22|0||||
|1996|27|0|—|—|27|0||||||
|1997|24|0|—|—|24|0||||||
|1998|—|—|—|24|0|||||||
|Galatasaray|1998–99|1.Lig|32|0|8|0|8|0|48|0||
|1999–00|30|0|3|0|16|0|49|0||||
|2000–01|27|0|3|0|14|0|44|0||||
|Parma|2001–02|Serie A|6|0|8|0|—|14|0|||
|2002–03|0|0|2|0|—|2|0|||||

### International

|colspan=3|Brazil||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1988|7|0|
|1989|16|0|
|1990|7|0|
|1991|10|0|
|1992|2|0|
|1993|15|0|
|1994|9|0|
|1995|5|0|
|1996|0|0|
|1997|15|0|
|1998|15|0|

### Club

- Parma
- Coppa Italia: 1991–92, 2001–02
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1992–93

- Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1995
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1997

- Galatasaray
- Süper Lig: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Turkish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- UEFA Cup: 1999–2000
- UEFA Super Cup: 2000

### International

- Brazil
- FIFA World Cup: 1994; Runner-up 1998
- Copa América: 1989, 1997; Runner-up 1991, 1995
- Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 1988
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 1985

### Individual

- Bola de Ouro: 1988
- Bola de Prata: 1988
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1989: 7th Place
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1990: 5th Place
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1991: Bronze ball (3rd Place)
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1994: Bronze ball (3rd Place)
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1997: 9th Place
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 1998: 7th Place
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper 2000: 7th Place
- FIFA XI: 1998
- Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
- Man of the Match: 2000 UEFA Cup Final

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Cláudio Taffarel
- **image**: Taffarel 2018.png
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Taffarel with Brazil national football team, Brazil in 2018
- **fullname**: Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel
- **birth place**: Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Rosa, Brazil
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **currentclub**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool (goalkeeper coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1984–1985
- **youthclubs1**: Sport Club Internacional, Internacional
- **years1**: 1985–1990
- **clubs1**: Sport Club Internacional, Internacional
- **caps1**: 50
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1990–1993
- **clubs2**: Parma F.C., Parma
- **caps2**: 74
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1993–1994
- **clubs3**: A.C. Reggiana 1919, Reggiana
- **caps3**: 31
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1995–1998
- **clubs4**: Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
- **caps4**: 73
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1998–2001
- **clubs5**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps5**: 89
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2001–2003
- **clubs6**: Parma F.C., Parma
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 323
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 1988–1998
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps1**: 101
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2014
- **managerclubs1**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray (interim)
- **manageryears2**: 2015
- **managerclubs2**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray (interim)
- **medaltemplates-expand**: yes