Carlos Alberto "Piscis" Restrepo Isaza (born 5 March 1961) is a Colombian football coach, currently in charge of

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Career

Never having the opportunity of playing the sport professionally because of an injury, he began his coaching career at his early 20s. After some time spent managing in minor leagues and regional teams in his home country, he took over several U-17 and U-20

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s. He then began coaching teams such as Once Caldas,

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and

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. He won the first division tournament of

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in 1995 with

. He then went on to manage

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of the

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, or Venezuelan Professional Football League. He arrived to Costa Rica in 2002, and coached Municipal Pérez Zeledón for three years, where he won the Apertura Championship of Costa Rica's first division in 2004, against all odds. In 2005, he was signed by Brujas where he was able to build a very competitive team and battled to win the Costa Rica's first division title. In 2013, he managed Colombia U-20 team to win their third

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. In 2017, he was named coach for Olimpia after Hector Vargas was fired. In 2019, he was named coach for

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. After that, in 2020 he was named coach of

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in Costa Rican first division.

Managerial statistics

''Statistics accurate as of 12 June 2017''

Honors

;Junior *

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(1):

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;Olimpia *

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(1): 2009 Clausura ;Pérez Zeledón * Primera División (1): 2004 Apertura

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Restrepo, Carlos 1961 births Living people Colombian football managers Once Caldas managers Deportes Tolima managers Independiente Medellín managers Atlético Junior managers L.D. Alajuelense managers Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica C.D. Olimpia managers Puntarenas F.C. managers Colombia national under-20 football team managers Deportivo Pereira managers Jaguares de Córdoba managers Deportivo Pasto managers