Cristián Roberto Arán Rubio (born 4 July 1971) is an Argentine

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Coaching career

Born in

Casilda Casilda is a city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the head town of the Caseros Department, and lies about west of Rosario and 202 km south-southwest of the provincial capital Santa Fe, ...

, Arán began his career with hometown side CA Unión Casildense before joining

Jorge Sampaoli Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya (; born 13 March 1960) is an Argentine football coach. Sampaoli started out as a youth player and eventually switched to management after a severe injury. Sampaoli started with an impressive coaching run at Coronel Bol ...

's staff at local sides CA Alumni de Casilda,

Argentino de Rosario Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is an Argentine football club from the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the regionalised fifth division of the Argentine football leag ...

and was later in charge of CA Belgrano de Arequito. In 2001, he also worked at

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. Arán joined O'Higgins in 2007, after a recommendation from Sampaoli. In 2011, he took over the first team in the place of

Ivo Basay Ivo Alexie Basay Hatibović (born 13 April 1966) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Magallanes. Apart from being a regular choice for the Chile national football team in the ...

as interim manager, and in December 2015, was definitely named manager of the main squad after replacing Pablo Sánchez. Arán resigned from O'Higgins on 31 July 2017, and was appointed in charge of

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the Chilean Primera División B, second level of the Chilean football system. Their home g ...

on 1 August 2018. He left the club on 12 May of the following year, and returned to his home country on 27 November to take over Belgrano de Arequito. Arán started the 2021 season in charge of CA 9 de Julio de Arequito before returning to Chile on 1 September, after being named at the helm of

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

. In 2022, he managed

Deportes Temuco Club de Deportes Temuco is a Chile, Chilean Soccer, football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new ''Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''. T ...

in the

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. In April 2023, Arán was appointed manager of

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for the

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, but left a week later to join Sampaoli's staff at

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

, as an assistant. On 9 January 2024, he returned to Bolivia to take over Real Tomayapo, but resigned on 24 May.

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