Édgar de Jesús Ospina Echeverri (born 12 January 1956) is a Colombian

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Career

Born in Cartago, Ospina worked as a fitness coach for

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a Colombian professional football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play thei ...

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and

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in the 1980s. He moved to Peru in 1995, to work as a youth coach for

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

. Ospina's first senior managerial experience occurred in 1997, as he led

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side

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to the second position, missing out promotion by one point. In June 1998, he returned to Alianza, now as a first team manager. Ospina was sacked by Alianza on 15 November 1999, and returned to his home country after taking over

Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Américo Montanini stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafa ...

in 2000. Later in the year, he also worked at Ecuadorian side

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, but was replaced by

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; the club was ultimately relegated. Ospina started the 2003 season in charge of

Cienciano Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...

back in Peru, but was sacked in May of that year. During the 2004 campaign, he worked at Primera División sides Grau-Estudiantes and

Deportivo Wanka Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes. It was founded in 1969 and is named after the Wankas people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named. The curre ...

, with both sides suffering relegation. After a brief period at Cypriot side

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in 2005, Ospina was named manager of

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in July 2006. In 2007, he replaced

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at the helm of

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; initially an interim, he was permanently named manager in March but was later dismissed in July. He finished the year at

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. On 11 January 2008, Ospina was appointed

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manager, but was sacked in May. He worked at

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side Trujillanos later in the year, before returning to Peru with Inti Gas. Ospina led Inti Gas to the top tier, and was close to a continental qualification during the 2009 campaign. He returned to Cienciano in January 2010, but was sacked on 4 May. Ospina returned to Inti Gas on 19 July 2010, and left the club in December 2012. He was subsequently named in charge of

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco, more commonly known as León de Huánuco, is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is historically the biggest football club of Huánuco city. Founded in ...

on 11 December of that year, before leaving on a mutual agreement the following 11 April. Ospina was appointed

Unión Comercio Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru. The club plays in the Liga 2, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being ...

manager on 16 May 2013, but resigned on 26 September. On 28 October 2015, after more than two years without coaching, he returned to Inti Gas (now named

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, , derived from the words ''aya'' ("death" or "soul") and ''k'uchu'' ("corner") in honour of the battle of Ayacucho), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, i ...

), but resigned on 9 July 2016. On 8 August 2022, Ospina returned to Ayacucho after six years without coaching.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ospina, Edgar 1956 births Living people People from Valle del Cauca Department Colombian football managers Peruvian football managers Categoría Primera A managers Atlético Bucaramanga managers Deportivo Pereira managers Club Alianza Lima managers Cienciano managers Club Universitario de Deportes managers L.D.U. Quito managers Aris Limassol FC managers Trujillanos FC managers Colombian expatriate football managers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Venezuela León de Huánuco managers Unión Comercio managers Ayacucho FC managers