Daniel Farrar (born November 8, 1985) is an American

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Career

Born in

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to a Uruguayan father and a Bolivian mother, Farrar was raised in Paraguay, where he never played professionally. After switching to a managerial role, he returned to the US and worked at

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's school in

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. Back to Paraguay, Farrar managed Olimpia and

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's youth sides before being named manager of

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side River Plate Asunción on 8 August 2016. He left the club on 31 October to take over fellow league team Sol de América. On 6 March 2017, Farrar was named in charge of División Intermedia side

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. He moved to fellow second division team

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in the following month, and returned to River Plate in 2018, with the club now also in the second level. Farrar led River Plate to the 2018 Intermedia title, ensuring a return to the top tier, but resigned on 2 October 2019. He was presented at

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late in the month, and achieved another promotion to the first division. Farrar was sacked by 12 de Octubre on 21 February 2020. The following 10 January, he moved abroad after being named in charge of

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side Yaracuyanos, but resigned on 16 May. On 11 January 2022, Farrar switched teams and countries again after taking over Bolivian side

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. He was sacked on 12 March, after only six matches.

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