Joaquín Antonio Monasterio Suárez (born 13 June 1984) is a Bolivian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

The Strongest Club The Strongest is a Bolivian professional football club based in La Paz, that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafael Me ...

Playing career

Born in

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, Monasterio made his debut with

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, and subsequently represented Primero de Mayo,

Sport Boys Warnes Club Sport Boys Warnes was a Bolivian professional football team based in Warnes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, that competes in the Bolivian Primera División. History The club was founded on 17 August 1954. The club reached in 2013 second place ...

and Guabirá. He also played for the Bolivia national under-20 team.

Managerial career

Monasterio began his career in 2015, as manager of the youth sides of

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

. On 16 August 2020, he moved to Brazil and was named head coach of

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. On 15 October 2020, Monasterio left Vitória da Conquista after failing to acquire a work permit; he was unable to coach the club in official matches. He joined

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's staff at

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the following April, before being named manager of Universidad Cruceña for the 2022 season. On 10 April 2023, Monasterio was announced as manager of

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. In February 2024, he returned to Oriente as manager of the reserve squad, before becoming an interim in the main squad on 11 June; on 4 July, he was confirmed as first team manager for the remainder of the year. On 4 March 2025, Monasterio was sacked by Oriente after a poor start of the year. Eighteen days later, he was named at the helm of San Antonio Bulo Bulo, but was also dismissed on 8 June. On 11 July 2025, Monasterio took over

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