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Armando Osma Rueda (7 December 1961 – 28 March 2025) was a Colombian
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and player who played as a
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Playing career

Born in
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, Osma began his career with hometown side
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in 1981. He subsequently represented
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,
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,
Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department, that competes in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has won the C ...
,
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and
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before returning to his first club in 1996. He retired in 1997, aged 36.


Managerial career

After retiring, Osma began his managerial career with
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's youth categories in 1999. In 2002, he joined
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's staff at
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, and subsequently followed Suárez to Aucas and the Ecuador national team. In 2007, Osma was also manager of the Ecuador under-23 national team. In the December of that year, he took over Olmedo, but reunited with Suárez in 2009, at Peruvian side
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. In 2011, Osma was named manager of
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. He took over
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in April 2013, before returning to Manta in August the following year. In 2015, Osma was appointed manager of El Nacional's youth categories. In August the following year, he was named at the helm of Aucas, and later rejoined Suárez's staff at
La Equidad Club Deportivo La Equidad, also known as La Equidad, is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History La Equid ...
. After working with Suárez at
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, Osma returned to managerial duties in February 2021, with Honduran side Águila. He later returned to Ecuador to take over
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in June of that year, before rejoining his first club Bucaramanga on 24 February 2022, in the place of resigned
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. He was sacked from Atlético Bucaramanga on 10 October. On 27 July 2023, he was announced as the new manager of
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in the Colombian second tier competition Categoría Primera B.


Death

On 28 March 2025, Osma died after suffering a heart attack. He was 63. The death happened during a training session with Club Deportivo La Unión at the end.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osma, Armando 1961 births 2025 deaths Footballers from Bucaramanga Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Once Caldas footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Millonarios F.C. players Cortuluá footballers Colombian football managers C.D. Olmedo managers Manta F.C. managers C.S.D. Macará managers C.D. El Nacional managers S.D. Aucas managers C.D. Águila managers Atlético Bucaramanga managers Cumbayá F.C. managers Colombian expatriate football managers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Peru Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Honduras Expatriate football managers in Honduras 20th-century Colombian sportsmen