Damián Ayude (born 14 April 1982) is an Argentine football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...

, currently in charge of

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Villa San Lorenzo, town and municipality in Salta P ...

Career

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Ayude worked in the youth sides of Nueva Chicago,

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

and

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

before joining Nicolás Larcamón's staff at Venezuelan side

Deportivo Anzoátegui ''Deportivo'' (Spanish, 'sporting') may refer to: * Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as simply Deportivo, a Spanish football club * Déportivo, a French rock band * Deportivo (Mexicable), an aerial lift station in Ecatepec, Mexico * Deport ...

in 2016, as his assistant. He left the latter in December, and subsequently became

Omar Asad Omar Andrés Asad (born 9 April 1971) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional. As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winni ...

's assistant at Sportivo Estudiantes back in his home country. On 19 September 2017, Ayude was announced as manager of

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B () is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renamed in 1996 to the current n ...

side

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

. Despite avoiding relegation with the side, he was sacked on 27 February 2018, after a poor start of the new season. In 2019, Ayude became a part of

Fernando Batista Fernando Ariel Batista (born 20 August 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of the Venezuela national team. Playing career Born in Buenos Aires, Batista started his playi ...

's staff at the Argentina national under-20 and under-23 teams. On 9 July 2022, he moved to Venezuela with Batista, after being named manager of the Venezuela national under-17 team. In 2023, Ayude reunited with Larcamón after becoming his assistant at León. He followed Larcamón to Cruzeiro under the same role in December of that year, but left in April 2024 when Larcamón was sacked. On 29 April 2024, Larcamón was appointed manager of

's reserve team. On 4 June of the following year, he was named in charge of the first team, replacing

Miguel Ángel Russo Miguel Ángel Russo (born 9 April 1956) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Boca Juniors. Playing career Club career Russo was a one club man; he ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayude, Damian 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Argentine football managers Primera B de Chile managers Unión San Felipe managers San Lorenzo de Almagro managers Club León non-playing staff Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Chile