Juan Manuel Sara (born 13 October 1976) is an Argentine

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manager and former player who manages

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club

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. He also holds Italian nationality.

Playing career

Sara was born in

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. He played for Argentine side

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and Nueva Chicago, Czech side

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, Paraguayan side

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before move to Scotland. Sara moved to Scottish side

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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

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, where he scored once against Nottingham Forest. Sara moved on to Reggiana in December 2003. Sara played the rest of that season before joining Irish side Shelbourne in August 2004, where he played for a year. In July 2005, Sara moved back to his homeland with

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but stayed for only a few months, joining

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er side

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in January 2006. After a year with them, Sara moved to Italy with

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, again spending only a few months before his departure in June 2007. Sara joined Lucena shortly afterwards, then returned to Challenge League for

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. On 20 January 2009 joined to

. In March 2010, he was loaned to River Plate Puerto Rico of the

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. He officially retired from playing in 2014.

Coaching career

Sara entered coaching in 2015 with

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under manager Diego Martínez, before leaving the following year with Martínez and his coaching team to Cañuelas. In 2018, Sara again followed Martínez to

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as assistant coach. He would later follow Martínez in roles at Godoy Cruz in 2020 and

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in 2021. While with ''El Matador'', Sara helped the club win the

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and achieve promotion to the

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. In December 2021, Sara would leave Martínez and was named manager of

side

. At the end of the season, Sara became manager of his final club as a player and fellow Primera Nacional side

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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'' to provide funds for the Dundee F.C. youth development fund.

Personal life

Sara is a devout Christian.En Una Baldosa Profile
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