Patricio Antonio Lara Giorgetti (born 15 August 1956) is an Argentine

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Career

Lara was born in

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

. After starting his career with hometown side

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' youth setup in 1983, he managed a number of teams in his home country (notably

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in 1997 and 1998) before moving to Ecuador in 2002, as manager of Audaz Octubrino. Lara was subsequently in charge of Estudiantes de Cuenca in the 2003 campaign before moving to

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; initially appointed to the youth setup, he was named interim manager for the latter stages of the competition. For the 2004 season, he was

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's assistant at Cuenca before joining Emelec, also an assistant. Lara returned to Deportivo Cuenca in 2005, where he was initially a youth football coordinator before returning to the manager role. In the following four seasons, he was in charge of

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sides

LDU Loja Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Loja was a professional association football team from the city of Loja, Ecuador. They played in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. In the First Stage of the 2012 seas ...

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, LDU Cuenca and Tecni Club, respectively. In June 2010, Lara was named manager of Universidad Católica. He resigned on 19 September, but was appointed assistant after the arrival of

Jorge Célico Jorge César Fortunato Célico (born 13 September 1964) is an Argentine retired football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Career A Huracán youth player, Buenos Aires-born Célico was promoted to the first team in 1982, ap ...

. In December 2012, Lara returned to Deportivo Azogues, but resigned the following May. He subsequently returned to work with Célico as an assistant at Universidad Católica, before being named interim of the club in July 2017, as Célico left for the Ecuador national team; after the appointment of

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, Lara joined Célico's staff. On 2 September 2020, Lara was presented as manager of Orense.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lara, Patricio 1956 births Living people People from Quilmes Argentine football managers Quilmes Atlético Club managers C.D. Cuenca managers L.D.U. Loja managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Ecuador C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador managers Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Deportivo Azogues managers Orense S.C. managers