Raúl Arias Rosas (born 29 October 1957) is a Mexican former professional

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and

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. He is the current manager for Liga Nacional club Achuapa.

Career

He played with various clubs, including

Tampico Madero Club Deportivo y Social Tampico Madero is a Mexican professional football club based in Tampico, Tamaulipas that plays in the Liga Premier de México. History CD Tampico The club was founded on July 8, 1945 soon after the club played a promot ...

, Atletico Potosino,

Club Puebla Club Puebla, formerly Puebla F.C. is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the city of Puebla City, Puebla, competing in the Liga MX. Known as ''La Franja'' ("The Striped Ones"), the team shirt features a diagonal ...

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...

Club León Club León Fútbol Club, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football. León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...

Atlante F.C. Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943. Atlante has won three national league championships, two ...

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...

Correcaminos UAT Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. The team wa ...

and once again with

, where he officially retired. He won the 1982–83 league title with Puebla where he is still remembered for being a great defensive player. After he retired he took up coaching, and coached

Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria. History Foundation (Light and Power Company ...

from 1998 to 2005. He led Necaxa to third place in the

2000 FIFA Club World Championship The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup, the world club championship for men's club association football teams. It took place in Brazil from 5 January to 14 January 2000. FIFA as football's international gover ...

. In 2006, he coached San Luis till 2009 when he returned to coach

who would eventually be relegated to the second division. In 2009, he had a short stay with Chivas.

International

Raul was capped twice for the Mexico national team he played versus Canada and Martinique. he scored his first goal in a 5–0 win versus Canada in the

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on 3 December 1983

Honours

Player

Puebla *

Mexican Primera División The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in al ...

: 1982–83

Manager

Necaxa *

: Invierno 1998 *

CONCACAF Champions' Cup The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 200 ...

Third Place:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, Raul 1957 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Association football defenders Mexico international footballers Tampico Madero F.C. footballers Atlético Potosino footballers Club Puebla players Tigres UANL footballers Club León footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Cruz Azul footballers Correcaminos UAT footballers Mexican football managers Club Necaxa managers San Luis F.C. managers C.D. Guadalajara managers Tecos F.C. managers Cienciano managers Mexican expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Peru Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Peru Mexican footballers