Édgar Carvajal Villa (born 29 September 1969) is a Colombian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

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Playing career

Carvajal was born in Bello,

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, and began his career with

Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Deportivo Fútbol Club S. A. (Spanish ), commonly referred to as Cúcuta Deportivo, is a professional Colombian football club from the city of Cúcuta. Founded on 10 September 1924, it is one of the oldest active football clubs in the co ...

in 1990. He moved to

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in the following year, winning the

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and subsequently establishing himself as a starter. In 1998, after a one-year spell at

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, Carvajal signed for

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...

. In 2000, he was loaned to

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, playing in the

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. Carvajal retired in 2002, aged 33, due to

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injuries.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Carvajal was appointed Víctor Luna's assistant at Independiente Medellín. He remained in that role for several years, being also an interim in 2006 after the dismissal of . On 27 August 2010, Carvajal was appointed manager of ''DIM'' after the dismissal of Leonel Álvarez. On 7 April of the following year, he was replaced by Luna after a poor run of form, and subsequently returned to his assistant role. Carvajal left Independiente Medellín in 2013, and subsequently became an assistant of

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at the Panama national team. He followed Gómez to the Ecuador national team, the Honduras national team,

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and

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, always as his assistant. On 21 August 2024, Carvajal was appointed manager of

Honours

Envigado *

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América de Cali *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carvajal, Edgar 1969 births Living people Footballers from Antioquia Department Colombian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Categoría Primera A players Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Envigado F.C. players Deportivo Pereira footballers Independiente Medellín footballers América de Cali footballers Colombian football managers Categoría Primera A managers Independiente Medellín managers Jaguares de Córdoba managers 20th-century Colombian sportsmen