Martín Bernardo Lasarte Arróspide (born 20 March 1961) is a Uruguayan former

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who played as a defender, and recently the

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of Nacional Montevideo. He represented five teams in his country, and also had a three-and-a-half-year spell in Spain with Deportivo during a 16-year senior career. Lasarte began working as a coach in 1996, and managed several clubs over the next decades including

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where he also had played.

Playing career

Lasarte was born in

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to a Spanish father and an Uruguayan mother, with the former having immigrated from the Basque Country. In his country, he represented C.A. Rentistas (two spells),

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(twice),

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and

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, winning four major titles with the fourth club including the 1988 edition of the

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followed by the Intercontinental Cup. Abroad, Lasarte played four seasons for

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in Spain. In 1990–91 he helped the

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return to

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, appearing in 35 complete matches the following campaign as the side finally avoided relegation. He also acted as

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in several games.

Coaching career

Lasarte's career as manager began at the age of 35 with

, which he led to the second position in the Primera División in the 1996

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. In the following years he was in charge of several clubs, including Al Wasl F.C. from the

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in 2002, which he joined with the side in last place, eventually leading them to fifth. In 2003, Lasarte was appointed at

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, helping to promotion from the

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in his second season. He led his following team, Nacional de Uruguay, to two consecutive national championships. After finishing fifth in the 2006–07 Apertura he did not have his contract renewed and left, going on to have a very brief spell in

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. After one season with

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in his country, Lasarte returned to the land of his father and signed for

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in the

. In his first season they returned to the top flight after an absence of three years and, in late August 2010, he extended his contract until June 2012. In

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, Real were close to the qualifying positions to the

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late into the first half of the campaign, but eventually had to wait until the last matchday to be safe from relegation, which eventually happened. On 24 May 2011, however, he was relieved of his duties. On 15 May 2014, Lasarte was named manager of

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. In June 2016, in the same capacity, he returned to Nacional. Lasarte was appointed at

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in December 2018. He led the club to its 41st national championship in his first season but, on 18 August 2019, was dismissed after being ousted from the

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. On 10 February 2021, the

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announced Lasarte as their national team's new coach. On April 1, 2022, Martin Lasarte decided not to continue with the Chile national team.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Nacional *

: 1988 * Intercontinental Cup: 1988

Manager

River Plate Montevideo *

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: 2004 Nacional *

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: 2005, 2005–06, 2016, 2017-I, 2024-I * Supercopa Uruguaya:

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Real Sociedad *

: 2009–10 Universidad de Chile *

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: 2014 Apertura *

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: 2015 *

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: 2015 Al Ahly *

: 2018–19

References

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