Luis Osvaldo García (born 7 March 1988) is an Argentine football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

, currently in charge of Atlanta.

Career

After beginning his career as an under-15 manager at Nueva Chicago, García also worked at

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

' youth categories before being named assistant of Nueva Chicago in 2016. In June of that year, he was also an interim coach of the club, as manager Alejandro Nanía was unavailable. In August 2016, García joined Gabriel Cosenza's staff at Ecuadorian side

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

, as an assistant. He returned to his home country in the following year, as an assistant coach at Atlanta, and later worked for a brief period at River Plate's youth categories before being named assistant of Nanía at Barracas Central in November. In 2018, García returned to Nueva Chicago to take over the reserve side. He left in March 2019 to join Nanía's staff at Colegiales, but was appointed manager shortly after, as Nanía was named general manager of the club. He resigned from the side after just three matches. In August 2019, García was appointed

César Farías César Alejandro Farías Acosta (born 7 March 1973) is a Venezuelan football manager, currently in charge of Ecuadorian club Aucas. Farías is known for having coached Deportivo Táchira, Mineros de Guayana, Deportivo Anzoátegui and the Ve ...

' assistant in the Bolivia national team. He left his role in March 2022, after Farías resigned. On 6 June 2022, García was appointed manager of

Bolivian Primera División The División de Fútbol Profesional is the top-flight professional football league in Bolivia. Until 2017 it was known as the "Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano" (; en, Bolivian Professional Football League). Since 1950, a total of 16 clubs ...

side Royal Pari, but was sacked on 28 July after just six matches. In November, he agreed to become manager of

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 ...

back in his home country for the upcoming season. On 22 December 2023, García switched teams and countries again, after being named manager of Ecuadorian Serie A side

. He left the club on 6 April, and took over Atlanta in his home country four days later.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Luis 1988 births Living people Argentine football managers Primera B Nacional managers Bolivian Primera División managers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago managers Royal Pari F.C. managers Deportivo Maipú managers C.D. Cuenca managers Club Atlético Atlanta managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Ecuador