Alejandro Rubén Apud Varela (born 22 October 1967) is a Uruguayan

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manager and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. Beside football, the cl ...

Career

Born in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Apud played as a goalkeeper for Uruguayan clubs

Centro Atlético Fénix Centro Atlético Fénix is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The football team currently plays in Uruguayan Segunda División. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Mo ...

Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'') is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in La Blanqueada, La Blanqueada, Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' an ...

Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan professional association football, football club based in Montevideo. The team was first promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División, Primera División in 1919 and plays its home games at Estadio Belvedere. ...

and

Rampla Juniors Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, commonly known as Rampla Juniors, is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The team was actively playing the 2021 season by January 2021. In their home stadium, Rampla won the Uruguayan championship in 1927. I ...

. After retiring, Apud became a football manager. He led

Sud América Institución Atlética Sud América, usually known as Sud América or just IASA, is a football club from Montevideo. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda Division. History Sud América was formed from the team formerly known as the "Mo ...

, Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) and

Atenas de San Carlos Club Atlético Atenas de San Carlos is a football club from San Carlos, Maldonado in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División. History Atenas played two seasons in the Uruguayan Primera División, 2009–10 and 2014–1 ...

, before being appointed manager of

Boston River Club Atlético Boston River, simply known as Boston River, is a Uruguayan sports club located in Montevideo. Founded on 20 February 1939, their football section is currently playing in the Uruguayan Primera División. At the futsal Futsal i ...

during its first season in the

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...

, earning a place in the

2017 Copa Sudamericana The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 16th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or ), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Argentinian club Independiente ...

. On April 17, 2024 he replaced Mario Saralegui as manager of Danubio F.C.

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* 1967 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Centro Atlético Fénix players Club Nacional de Football players Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Rampla Juniors players Footballers from Montevideo Men's association football goalkeepers Uruguayan football managers C.A. Cerro managers Sud América managers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) managers Boston River managers Racing Club de Montevideo managers Academia Deportiva Cantolao managers Uruguayan expatriate football managers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Peru Ayacucho FC managers Juventud de Las Piedras managers Danubio F.C. managers Montevideo Wanderers managers 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen People of Arab descent {{Uruguay-footy-goalkeeper-stub