Carlos Alberto "Piscis" Restrepo Isaza (born 5 March 1961) is a Colombian
football
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coach, currently in charge of
Jaguares de Córdoba
Jaguares de Córdoba is a professional Colombian football team based in Montería, that plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Jaraguay stadium.
History
The team was created on December 5, 2012 at a meeting he ...
.
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 Colombia national football team
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s. He then began coaching teams such as
Once Caldas
Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium.
They were the surprise winners ...
,
Independiente Medellín
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,
Atlético Junior
Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría ...
,
Deportes Quindío
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and
Deportes Tolima
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Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...
. He won the first division tournament of
Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
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in 1995 with
Atlético Junior
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.
He then went on to manage
Deportivo Táchira
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of the
Primera División Venezolana
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, or Venezuelan Professional Football League. He arrived to
Costa Rica
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in 2002, and coached
Municipal Pérez Zeledón
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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
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The team's most notable performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup was in 2003 ...
team to win their third
South American Youth Championship
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.
In 2017, he was named coach for
Olimpia after
Hector Vargas
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was fired.
In 2019, he was named coach for
Real España
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Currencies
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* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010)
...
. After that, in 2020 he was named coach of
AD San Carlos in Costa Rican first division.
Managerial statistics
''Statistics accurate as of 12 June 2017''
Honors
;Junior
*
Categoría Primera A
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(1):
1995
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;Olimpia
*
Liga Nacional (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