Eduardo Lara Lozano (born 4 September 1959 in Cali) is a Colombian football manager. Lara has coached all levels of the Colombian national youth team.[9][10][11][12][13] He is currently the manager of Alianza.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Lara Lozano | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alianza (Manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2000 | Expreso Palmira | ||
| 2001 | Deportes Quindío | ||
| 2002–2007 | Colombia U17 | ||
| 2005–2008 | Colombia U20 | ||
| 2008–2009 | Colombia | ||
| 2010–2011 | Colombia U20 | ||
| 2012 | América de Cali | ||
| 2014 | Boyacá Chicó | ||
| 2016–2017 | El Salvador U20[1] | ||
| 2016–2017 | El Salvador[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | ||
| 2018–2019 | Envigado | ||
| 2020 | El Nacional | ||
| 2021 | Once Caldas | ||
| 2022–2023 | Alianza | ||
Career edit
Lara led the Colombia U17's to a third place finish at the 2002 South American Championship. This finish allowed them to qualify to the U-17 World Championship the following year, where they finished fourth after losing to champions Brazil in the semi-finals.
Lara and his U17 team were eliminated from the South American Championship and failed to qualify for the U17 World Cup. He led the Colombia U20s to the 2005 South American Championship title and to the U20 World Cup that same year, where they finished first in their group but lost in the round of 16 to champions Argentina which had Lionel Messi.
In 2007 his U20 team failed to make it to the World Cup, but the under-17s qualified for the World Cup by finishing runner-up to Brazil in the South American championship. In the World cup they were eliminated by eventual champions Nigeria at the round of 16.
On September 19, 2008, he was named as a provisional manager for the Colombian national team after Jorge Luis Pinto was dismissed by the Colombian Football Federation. He led the team in the matches against Paraguay and Brazil for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. After an important draw against Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the Colombia Football Federation decided to keep him as permanent manager for the rest of the qualifiers.[14] However, after Colombia failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, he resigned as manager, having only achieved 13 points in 10 games.[15]
Colombia had a poor performance at the 2011 South American Championship, finishing last in the final phase with just one point, which meant Colombia would miss out on the 2012 Summer Olympics, although Colombia already had their spot in the World Cup secured by being host of the 2011 U20 World Cup.
However Colombia had a better performance at the World Cup, finishing first in their group and winning all of their games, only conceding one goal. Colombia lost in the quarter-finals to Mexico 3-1 after having beat Costa Rica in the round of 16. Lara led Colombia to the title in the 2011 Toulon Tournament.[14]
On November 12, 2019, El Nacional of the Ecuadorian Serie A announced the signing of Lara as the new manager.
Honours edit
Deportes Quindío
- Categoría Primera B (1): 2001
References edit
- ^ "Lara llama a un sub 20 para trabajar en la selección mayor".
- ^ "Eduardo Lara: "El Salvador hará una linda Copa Oro"".
- ^ "Lara: "En el penal miré al cielo y pensé 'aquí Dios le va a dar la revancha a este hombre' (Carrillo)" - elsalvador.com". 14 July 2017.
- ^ "FESFUT adeuda noviembre y diciembre a Lara".
- ^ "FESFUT despidió a Eduardo Lara".
- ^ "La FESFUT finiquitó a Eduardo Lara".
- ^ "Eduardo Lara, el cuarto técnico cesado por el actual comité ejecutivo de la FESFUT".
- ^ "Eduardo Lara visitó la redacción de Grupo LPG Deportes".
- ^ "Alianza criticó despido de Eduardo Lara".
- ^ "FESFUT despidió a Eduardo Lara".
- ^ "Eduardo Lara lamentó el fallecimiento de "Superman"".
- ^ "Eduardo Lara: "Todo esto nos extrañó muchísimo, no era la forma de irnos de El Salvador" - elsalvador.com". 25 January 2018.
- ^ "En Houston ya se venden entradas para el partido entre El Salvador y Honduras".
- ^ a b "Eduardo Lara ratificado en la Seleccion". El Espectador (in Spanish). 21 October 2008. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ "Los nueve años de Eduardo Lara con las selecciones Colombia". futbolred.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2011. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
External links edit
- Eduardo Lara at Soccerway
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