Juan Sara Explained

Juan Sara
Fullname:Juan Manuel Sara
Birth Date:1976 10, df=y
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:1.87 m
Currentclub:Deportivo Maipú (manager)
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:Almirante Brown
Years1:1993–1997
Years2:1997–1998
Years3:1998–1999
Years4:1999–2000
Years5:2000–2003
Years6:2003
Years7:2004
Years8:2004–2005
Years9:2005
Years10:2006
Years11:2007
Years12:2007
Years13:2008
Years14:2009
Years15:2010
Years16:2010–2011
Years17:2011–2012
Years18:2012–2013
Clubs1:Almirante Brown
Clubs2:Nueva Chicago
Clubs3:FC Hradec Králové
Clubs4:Cerro Porteño
Clubs5:Dundee
Clubs6:Coventry City (loan)
Clubs7:Reggiana
Clubs8:Shelbourne
Clubs9:Huracán
Clubs10:Vaduz
Clubs11:Gallipoli
Clubs12:Lucena
Clubs13:Locarno
Clubs14:Cerro Porteño
Clubs15:River Plate Puerto Rico (loan)
Clubs16:Lobos de la BUAP
Clubs17:Correcaminos UAT
Clubs18:Ferro Carril Oeste
Caps1:30
Goals1:3
Caps2:15
Goals2:4
Caps3:7
Goals3:0
Caps4:34
Goals4:14
Caps5:88
Goals5:28
Caps6:3
Goals6:1
Caps7:2
Goals7:0
Caps8:0
Goals8:0
Caps9:2
Goals9:0
Caps10:30
Goals10:21
Caps11:2
Goals11:0
Caps12:6
Goals12:2
Caps13:24
Goals13:17
Caps14:7
Goals14:1
Caps15:2
Goals15:4
Caps16:32
Goals16:22
Caps17:27
Goals17:11
Caps18:6
Goals18:2
Totalcaps:317
Totalgoals:130
Manageryears1:2015–2016
Managerclubs1:Club Atlético Ituzaingó (assistant)
Manageryears2:2016–2017
Managerclubs2:Cañuelas (assistant)
Manageryears3:2018
Managerclubs3:Comunicaciones (assistant)
Manageryears4:2018
Managerclubs4:Midland (assistant)
Manageryears5:2018–2020
Managerclubs5:Estudiantes BA (assistant)
Manageryears6:2020
Managerclubs6:Godoy Cruz (assistant)
Manageryears7:2021
Managerclubs7:Tigre (assistant)
Manageryears8:2021–2022
Managerclubs8:Deportivo Maipú
Manageryears9:2022–2023
Managerclubs9:Ferro Carril Oeste
Manageryears10:2023
Managerclubs10:Estudiantes BA
Manageryears11:2023
Managerclubs11:Tigre
Managerclubs12:Deportivo Maipú
Manageryears12:2024–

Juan Manuel Sara (born 13 October 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer and currently the manager of Primera Nacional club Deportivo Maipú. He also holds Italian nationality.

Playing career

Sara was playing with Argentine side Almirante Brown and Nueva Chicago, Czech side Hradec Králové, Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño before move to Scotland.

Sara moved to Scottish side Dundee in 2000. Sara played 88 league matches during his three and a half years with the Dark Blues but left in November 2003 due to Dundee's threat of administration. He previously had a short loan spell with Coventry City,[1] where he scored once against Nottingham Forest.[2]

Sara moved on to Reggiana in December 2003.[3] Sara played the rest of that season before joining Irish side Shelbourne in August 2004,[4] where he played for a year. In July 2005, Sara moved back to his homeland with Huracán but stayed for only a few months, joining Liechtensteiner side Vaduz in January 2006. After a year with them, Sara moved to Italy with Gallipoli, again spending only a few months before his departure in June 2007. Sara joined Lucena shortly afterwards, then returned to Challenge League for Locarno. On 20 January 2009 joined to Cerro Porteño.[5] [6] In March 2010, he was loaned to River Plate Puerto Rico of the Puerto Rico Soccer League. He officially retired from playing in 2014.

Coaching career

Sara entered coaching in 2015 with Club Atlético Ituzaingó under manager Diego Martínez, before leaving the following year with Martínez and his coaching team to Cañuelas.[7] [8] In 2018, Sara again followed Martínez to Estudiantes de Buenos Aires as assistant coach.[9] He would later follow Martínez in roles at Godoy Cruz in 2020 and Club Atlético Tigre in 2021.[10] [11] While with El Matador, Sara helped the club win the 2021 Primera Nacional and achieve promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[12] In December 2021, Sara would leave Martínez and was named manager of Primera Nacional side Deportivo Maipú.[13] At the end of the season, Sara became manager of his final club as a player and fellow Primera Nacional side Ferro Carril Oeste.[14]

Miscellany

In 2001 Sara attended a recording session to provide a reading of The Serenity Prayer which was used as a basis for the track Sara's Song (I Thank God) as part of the album It's My Dundee[15] to provide funds for the Dundee F.C. youth development fund.

Personal life

Sara is a devout Christian.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Coventry sign Sara. BBC Sport website. 10 January 2003.
  2. Web site: Nottm Forest 1–1 Coventry. BBC. 13 February 2003 . 28 March 2010.
  3. News: Sad Georgi heads home. Evening Telegraph. 24 December 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081120125705/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2003/12/24/story5476385t0.shtm. 20 November 2008.
  4. News: Shels suffer UEFA Cup blow. BBC Sport website. 15 September 2004.
  5. Web site: Schweizerischer Fussballverband – SFV .
  6. News: El Ciclón con dos postulantes a ocupar el puesto de "9" y "Cachi" mete presión. 29 January 2009. 16 February 2009. Cerro Porteño.
  7. Web site: @juanmanuelsara on Twitter. Sara. Juan. 23 November 2015. Twitter. 12 May 2020.
  8. Web site: @juanmanuelsara on Twitter. Sara. Juan. 1 July 2016. Twitter. 12 May 2020.
  9. Web site: @juanmanuelsara on Twitter. Sara. Juan. 24 July 2018. Twitter. 12 May 2020.
  10. Web site: 10 August 2020. Godoy Cruz presentó a Diego Martínez, su nuevo DT. Godoy Cruz presented Diego Martínez, their new manager. 20 December 2020. TyC Sports. es.
  11. Web site: Noticias. I. A. M.. 2021-01-12. Diego Martínez asumió en Tigre. 2021-10-15. IAM Noticias. es-AR.
  12. Web site: Tigre le ganó la final de la Primera Nacional a Barracas Central y ascendió a Primera – TyC Sports. 2022-01-08. tycsports.com.
  13. Web site: Deportivo Maipú: Juan Manuel Sara firmó su vínculo como técnico del Cruzado Vía Mendoza. 2022-01-08. Vía País. es.
  14. Web site: FERRO: Se confirmó oficialmente la llegada de Sara a Ferro . 2022-12-08 . soloascenso.com.ar . es.
  15. Web site: It's My Dundee – Sara's Song . Joe Covenant Lamb .
  16. https://enunabaldosa.com/2005/06/01/sara-juan-manuel/ En Una Baldosa Profile