Carlos Leonardo Barra Díaz (born 6 November 1968) is a Mexican professional football

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and former

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, who is the current assistant manager of

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club

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Playing career

The debut of Carlos Barra was the play-off with

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on Saturday, 11 November 1989.

Coaching career

Veracruz

His first experience as

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in the Liga MX was in the Clausura 2007, as an internship with

, on 17 February 2007, when he directed a team against the San Luis and won.

Monterrey

Failing to reach an agreement in the Torneo de Clausura 2009 with La Volpe, the club

offered the opportunity of managing the team to

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and Barra served as his assistant. After several years of success, during the 2013 Apertura tournament, Vucetich was stopped and, as a consequence, Carlos Barra was handed over the direction of the team. In the middle of the 2014 Clausura tournament José Guadalupe Cruz was invited by Monterrey to relieve the managing of the team, together with Jose Treviño. After obtaining good results during the rest of the tournament, and after a failed attempt by Monterrey to hire another coach, Barra was announced as the coach definitively for the 2014 Apertura tournament, on 16 May 2014. On 15 February 2015, Barra was sacked from Monterrey due to poor results in Clausura 2015.

Honours

Cruz Azul *

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: Invierno 1997 *

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: 1996–97 *

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barra, Carlos 1968 births Living people Footballers from Veracruz Men's association football midfielders Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Atlético Morelia players Cruz Azul footballers Mexican football managers C.D. Veracruz managers C.F. Monterrey managers Mexican expatriate football managers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain C.F. Monterrey non-playing staff C.D. Guadalajara non-playing staff C.D. Veracruz non-playing staff 20th-century Mexican sportsmen