Héctor Claudio Jara Medina is a former Chilean

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player and manager

Coaching career

Sonsonate FC

In March 2014, Jara signed as new coach of

Sonsonate Sonsonate () is a city and municipality of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of Sonsonate; on the Sensunapan River and the Pan-American Highway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Acajutla, south. Pop. (2007), about 71,541. E ...

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, replacing

Wilson Sánchez Wilson Sánchez Ibarra (born May 25, 1978 in Colombia) is a retired Colombian-Salvadoran footballer. He played for several clubs in El Salvador, including Platense, Santa Tecla F.C., Vista Hermosa and Atlético Marte Atlético, Spanish for ...

. In June 2014, Jara was replaced by

Cesar Acevedo Cesar Acevedo (born 5 September 1953) is a retired football player from El Salvador and currently head coach of Nuevo San Sebastian. Career Acevedo spent his entire playing career at FAS in the primera division scoring 47 goals. He was part of t ...

Return to Sonsonate FC

In August 2015, Jara signed again as coach of Sonsonate, replacing Ennion Mendoza and

Mario Elias Guevara Mario Elías Guevara Rivera (born March 1, 1971) is a former Salvadoran professional football player. Club career Nicknamed ''el Jefe'' (the boss), Guevara started his career at local club Tiburones, then had a lengthy spell at Primera Divisi ...

. In October 2015, Jara was replaced by

Edwin Portillo Edwin Ernesto Portillo (born November 17, 1962, in Metapán) is a former Salvadoran professional footballer and current manager. Coaching career CESSA In 1996, he began his coaching career with CESSA, now called Isidro Metapán. Fuerte San Fra ...

, after a strong discussion with the president of Sonsonate FC, Pedro Contreras.

Vendaval

In August 2017, he signed as new coach of Vendaval.

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