Omar Raúl Labruna (, born 3 April 1957) is an Argentine football

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and former player.

Biography

"Omarcito" Labruna started his playing career at River Plate in 1976 during his father

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's time as manager of the club. He left River in 1981 and had spells with

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, Platense and Deportivo Italiano. Labruna spent several years working in coaching and as an assistant manager before becoming the manager of

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in 2003. He then joined Huracán de Tres Arroyos and led the small provincial team to 2nd place in the

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in the Clausura 2004 championship In 2005, he became the manager of

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in the

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and in 2006 he was appointed as the manager of Colombian side Deportivo Cali. In 2008, he took over as manager of

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and was fired on 11 March 2009. In March 2009, Labruna returned to

of the 2nd division.Omar Labruna es el nuevo técnico de Belgrano de Córdoba

References

External links

Omar Labruna – Managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera
at Fútbol XXI

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