Luis Osvaldo García (born 7 March 1988) is an Argentine football

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, currently in charge of

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Career

After beginning his career as an under-15 manager at Nueva Chicago, García also worked at

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' youth categories before being named assistant of Nueva Chicago in 2016. In June of that year, he was also an interim coach of the club, as manager Alejandro Nanía was unavailable. In August 2016, García joined Gabriel Cosenza's staff at Ecuadorian side

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, as an assistant. He returned to his home country in the following year, as an assistant coach at

, and later worked for a brief period at River Plate's youth categories before being named assistant of Nanía at

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in November. In 2018, García returned to Nueva Chicago to take over the reserve side. He left in March 2019 to join Nanía's staff at

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, but was appointed manager shortly after, as Nanía was named general manager of the club. He resigned from the side after just three matches. In August 2019, García was appointed

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' assistant in the Bolivia national team. He left his role in March 2022, after Farías resigned. On 6 June 2022, García was appointed manager of

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side Royal Pari, but was sacked on 28 July after just six matches. In November, he agreed to become manager of

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back in his home country for the upcoming season. On 22 December 2023, García switched teams and countries again, after being named manager of

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side

. He left the club on 6 April, and took over

in his home country four days later.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Luis 1988 births Living people Argentine football managers Primera B Nacional managers Bolivian Primera División managers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago managers Royal Pari F.C. managers Deportivo Maipú managers C.D. Cuenca managers Club Atlético Atlanta managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Ecuador