Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (born 28 November 1957) is a Spanish

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Manager career

Born in

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, Aguiar started working as Gonzalo Hurtado's assistant at

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before moving to

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in 1994. He was named interim manager of the main squad in the following year, replacing fired

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. On 14 June 1997 Aguiar was appointed at the helm of the reserves in

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. On 15 February 1999 he replaced

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in the first team, being also knocked out of the season's

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shortly after. On 2 December 2000 Aguiar was named

Universidad de Las Palmas CF Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad, it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic pr ...

manager. However, after failing to avoid relegation, he left the club. In November 2001 Aguiar joined

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, also in the second level. Roughly one year later he was sacked, after suffering three consecutive defeats. On 1 December 2004 Aguiar was appointed manager of

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. He left the club in the end of the season, but returned to the

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in the 2006 summer; he was relieved from his duties on 1 October. In 2007 Aguiar returned to Toledo, now as manager, but leaving the club in the following year. On 27 November 2014 he returned to Atlético B, replacing fired Óscar Mena.Carlos Sánchez Aguiar, nuevo entrenador del Atlético B (Carlos Sánchez Aguiar, new manager of Atlético B)
; Atlético Madrid's official website, 27 November 2014 In 2018 he signed for Israeli club Hapoel Be'er-Sheva as a youth team coach, A part of Atletico's partnership with Be'er-Sheva. On November 8, 2018, he became the youth team manager.

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