Alberto Isidoro Jara Saguier (born 30 September 1943) is a former football

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and coach. Alberto is one of the seven

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brothers that played professional football in Paraguay.

Career

As player

Born in

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, Paraguay, Jara Saguier started his career in the youth divisions of his hometown club

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and eventually made the first team, helping the club win the second division tournament in 1963. He was then transferred to French club

Red Star Saint-Ouen Red Star Football Club, also known simply as Red Star (), is a French association football club founded in Paris in 1897, and is the fourth oldest French football club, after Standard AC of Paris, Le Havre AC and Girondins de Bordeaux. In the ...

in 1966, and the following year signed for

Real Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

of Spain before returning to Paraguay to play for Olimpia Asunción (1969), Libertad (1970) and River Plate de Asunción (1971).Alberto, otro grande de la dinastía Jara Saguier
by Artemio Villanueva At the national team level, Alberto Jara Saguier was part of the Paraguay squad that competed in the qualifiers for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which Paraguay failed to qualify.

As coach

Alberto Jara Saguier managed the youth divisions of Olimpia,

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

, General Caballero ZC and other small teams in the

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area. He managed the first team of clubs like

Sportivo Iteño Sportivo Iteño is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Itá, in Asunción. The club was founded on June 1, 1924 and plays in the Paraguayan División Intermedia The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as ...

, Sportivo Isla Pucú, Sportivo Coronel Oviedo, Minga Guazú, Deportivo Boquerón and Club Atletico 3 de Febrero

Titles

As player

References

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