Darío Jara Saguier (27 January 1930 – 22 January 2023) was a Paraguayan football player and coach who played as a striker. Dario is one of the seven

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brothers that played professional football in Paraguay.

Career

As player

Jara Saguier started his career in his hometown club

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in 1946 before moving to

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where he spent most of his career and became a key player. He was the 1st division topscorer two years in a row (1949 and 1950), scoring 18 goals on each season. In 1960, after a long career with Cerro Porteño, Saguier went on to play for several Paraguayan clubs such as General Caballero ZC,

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, Luis Alberto de Herrera (

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) and Olimpia de Itá before retiring in 1965. At the national team level, Darío Jara Saguier was part of the Paraguay squad that competed in the

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As coach

Darío Jara Saguier started his coaching career while playing for Olimpia de Itá, where he had the role of player-manager. Along the years he coached teams like

Sportivo Trinidense Sportivo Trinidense, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Santísima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio Martín Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio ...

, Rubio Ñu, Resistencia S.C.,

Deportivo Recoleta Deportivo Recoleta, or simply known as Recoleta, is a Paraguayan association football club from the neighbourhood of the same name, in Asunción; founded in 1931. After winning the 2022 Primera B Metropolitana championship, in the 2023 season th ...

, Pdte. Hayes,

Club Cerro Corá Club Cerro Corá, was a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Asunción (Paraguay). The club was founded March 1, 1925 and played in the Primera División B Metropolitana, the third division of Paraguayan football. Their home games were p ...

Sportivo Ameliano Club Sportivo Ameliano, also simply known as Ameliano, is a Paraguayan football club based in Virgen del Huerto neighborhood in the city of Asunción. The club competes in the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2022 season after their promot ...

, Cerro Porteño, Luis Alberto de Herrera de Guarambaré, and Olimpia de Ita.

Honours

Cerro Porteño *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...

: 1950, 1954

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jara Saguier, Dario 1930 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Asunción Paraguayan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Paraguay men's international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players Cerro Porteño players club Rubio Ñu footballers General Caballero Sport Club footballers Club Olimpia (Itá) players Paraguayan football managers cerro Porteño managers Sportivo Trinidense managers Sportivo Ameliano managers