Juan Manuel Sara (born 13 October 1976, in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
) is a retired
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
and currently a manager. He also holds Italian nationality.
Playing career
Sara was playing with Argentine side
Almirante Brown and
Nueva Chicago,
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
*Czech, ...
side
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...
,
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
an side
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...
before move to Scotland.
Sara moved to
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
side
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
in 2000. Sara played 88 league matches during his three-and-a-half years with the ''Dark Blues'' but left in November 2003 due to Dundee's threat of administration. He previously had a short loan spell with
Coventry City
Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...
,
where he scored once against Nottingham Forest.
Sara moved on to
Reggiana in December 2003.
Sara played the rest of that season before joining Irish side
Shelbourne in August 2004,
where he played for a year. In July 2005, Sara moved back to his homeland with
Huracán
Huracan (; es, Huracán; myn, Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ people, Kʼicheʼ Maya mythology, Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in ...
but stayed for only a few months, joining
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
er side
Vaduz
Vaduz ( or , High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' Hrsg. ...
in January 2006. After a year with them, Sara moved to Italy with
Gallipoli
The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles ...
, again spending only a few months before his departure in June 2007. Sara joined Lucena shortly afterwards, then returned to
Challenge League for
Locarno
, neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra
, twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia
* Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
...
. On 20 January 2009 joined to
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...
. In March 2010, he was loaned to
River Plate Puerto Rico
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
of the
Puerto Rico Soccer League
The Puerto Rico Soccer League or PRSL is an association football league in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto ...
. He officially retired from playing in 2014.
Coaching career
Sara entered coaching in 2015 with
Club Atlético Ituzaingó
Club Atlético Ituzaingó is an Argentine football club based in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine ...
under manager
Diego Martínez, before leaving the following year with Martínez and his coaching team to
Cañuelas. In 2018, Sara again followed Martínez to
Estudiantes de Buenos Aires
Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Caseros or Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, is an Argentine football club from Caseros, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera ...
as assistant coach. He would later follow Martínez in roles at
Godoy Cruz in 2020 and
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is an Argentine professional football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, having secured promotion as the 2021 Pri ...
in 2021. While with ''El Matador'', Sara helped the club win the
2021 Primera Nacional
The 2021 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional 2021, was the 37th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football. The season began on 12 March 2021 and ended on 21 December 2021. Thir ...
and achieve promotion to the
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
. In December 2021, Sara would leave Martínez and was named manager of
Primera Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...
side
Deportivo Maipú
Club Deportivo Maipú, mostly known as Deportivo Maipú is an Argentine football club based in the city of Maipú, Mendoza. The team currently plays in Primera Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B ...
. At the end of the season, Sara became manager of his final club as a player and fellow Primera Nacional side
Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its footb ...
.
Miscellany
In 2001 Sara attended a recording session to provide a reading of
The Serenity Prayer which was used as a basis for the track ''Sara's Song (I Thank God)'' as part of the album ''
It's My Dundee''
[
] to provide funds for the Dundee F.C. youth development fund.
Personal life
Sara is a devout Christian.
En Una Baldosa Profile
/ref>
References
External links
*
*
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sara, Juan
1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Men's association football forwards
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Cerro Porteño players
Dundee F.C. players
Coventry City F.C. players
Shelbourne F.C. players
League of Ireland players
Scottish Premier League players
FC Locarno players
Lucena CF players
AC Reggiana 1919 players
ASD Città di Gallipoli players
FC Vaduz players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
Lobos BUAP footballers
Correcaminos UAT footballers
Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in England
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
Argentine football managers
Ferro Carril Oeste managers
Estudiantes de Buenos Aires managers
Club Atlético Tigre managers