Pool Gavilánez

Pool Geovanny Gavilánez Solís (born 3 August 1981) is an Ecuadorian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Guayaquil City.

Pool Gavilánez

Personal information
Full name	Pool Geovanny Gavilánez Solís
Date of birth	(1981-08-03) 3 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Guayaquil City (manager)
Youth career
1999–2000	Emelec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2005	Emelec	0	(0)
2000–2001	→ Santa Rita (loan)	19	(0)
2002	→ Delfín (loan)	21	(1)
2003	→ Peñarol Portoviejo (loan)	2	(0)
2004	→ Audaz Octubrino (loan)	25	(3)
2005	Deportivo Quevedo	25	(3)
2006	Toreros	6	(0)
2007–2009	Patria	20	(4)
2010	Calvi	8	(0)
2011	Carlos Borbor Reyes	6	(2)
International career
2001	Ecuador U20
Managerial career
	Guayaquil Sport
2017–	Guayaquil City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Guayaquil, Gavilánez spent the most of his career linked to Emelec. However, he never made his first team debut with the side, serving loan deals at Santa Rita, Delfín, Peñarol Portoviejo and Audaz Octubrino before leaving in 2005.

Gavilánez subsequently represented Deportivo Quevedo, Toreros, Patria, Calvi and Carlos Borbor Reyes, retiring with the latter in the end of 2011, aged 32.

Managerial career

After retiring, Gavilánez started managing Guayaquil Sport.^[1] For the 2017 season, he became the sporting director of River Ecuador^[2] before being named manager of the club (now named Guayaquil City) in September.^[3][4]

On 6 November 2017, Gavilánez renewed his contract with Guayaquil City for the 2018 campaign.^[5]