Andrés García Soler (born 10 April 1984) is a Spanish

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and former player who played as a defender. He is the current assistant manager of Iraqi club

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Career

Born in

Algete Algete () is a town and municipality in central Spain. It lies in the comarca de Alcalá in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid. It had a population of 20,767 in 2022. Algete is northeast of the capital. Sights include the church ...

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, García was known as Karpin during his playing career, which consisted mainly of

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

and regional league football. In May 2007, he played 21 minutes in a

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match for

CD Cobeña Club Deportivo Cobeña was a Spanish football team based in Cobeña, a small suburb of Madrid. Founded in 1998, it last played in Segunda División B - Group 1 in 2006–07, holding home matches at '' Municipal La Dehesa'' (The meadow) munici ...

; the club subsequently folded. After retiring, he worked in the youth categories of Alcobendas CF before taking over EMF CD Cobeña (the replacement team of Cobeña in the city), and promoted the latter to the ''Segunda de Aficionados''. In 2014, García moved to China to work in the

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Foundation, but subsequently returned to his home country after being named manager of

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' ''Juvenil B'' side. On 14 July 2015, he was appointed at the helm of CD El Casar, but left in October to work as an assistant at

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's ''Juvenil A'' side. On 27 May 2016, García was appointed manager of

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in the fourth division. He was sacked the following 4 April, and worked in the LaLiga Football Academy in

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and in the Spanish Soccer Institute in

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before returning to Getafe in December 2017, now as manager of the ''Juvenil B'' team. On 26 December 2018, García switched teams and countries again after being named under-19 manager of Norwegian side

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. He left the club in November, and was named manager of the under-18 team of Dalian Professional in August 2020. On 7 June 2021, García replaced sacked

Patricio Lara Patricio Antonio Lara Giorgetti (born 15 August 1956) is an Argentine football manager. Career Lara was born in Quilmes. After starting his career with hometown side Argentino de Quilmes' youth setup in 1983, he managed a number of teams in his ...

as manager of

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side Orense SC. On 12 August of the following year, he resigned. On 1 November 2022, García returned to Raufoss, now as a first team manager. On 1 January 2023, however, he left the club after accepting an offer from

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of the Swedish

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. García left Jönköpings on a mutual agreement on 14 September 2023, and returned to his home country on 15 October, after being named manager of

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side

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. He was dismissed from the latter on 19 December, after just nine matches.

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