Mario Marcelo Claros Enriquez (born 12 July 1964) is a Bolivian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Real Mizque.

Career

After notably playing for the American side

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, Claros subsequently became a manager. He began his career in 2002 with Independiente Cochabamba, leaving in 2005, and joined

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in 2007 as a manager of the youth categories. Claros was an interim manager of Wilstermann on two occasions, in 2007 and 2008. He also managed the Cochabamba regional team in the latter year, before being named manager of in 2009. In 2013, Claros joined

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as a youth manager, before being named in charge of the first team in 2015. He was dismissed in the following year. Claros subsequently managed , Cochabamba FC and Universitario de Vinto, helping the latter side in their first-ever promotion to the

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in 2021. On 19 December of that year, he was maintained in charge of the side for the 2022 season. Claros left ''La U'' on 26 May 2022, as the club opted not to extend his contract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Claros, Marcelo 1964 births Living people People from Cochabamba Bolivian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Washington Diplomats (1988–1990) players Bolivian football managers Bolivian Primera División managers C.D. Jorge Wilstermann managers Club Aurora managers F.C. Universitario de Vinto managers