Osmar Eduardo Castillo Rojas (born 3 August 1978) is a Venezuelan

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, currently in charge of Angostura.

Career

Born in

Cabudare Cabudare (, original indigenous name Kabudari), is a city in Lara State, in Venezuela, and capital of the Palavecino Municipality. Located at an elevation of 400 m on the Turbio River, it is on the major west-central freeway, the Au ...

, Castillo started working as manager at several local sides in

Lara state Lara State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Lara is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. The state capital is Barquisimeto. Lara State covers a total surface area of and, in 2015, had a census population of 2,019,211. ...

. He led Fundación Lara Deportiva to a first-ever promotion to the

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in 2019, after winning the

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promotion play-offs. After being in charge of the side during the 2020 and 2021 seasons (as the club was named Academia Rey), the side confirmed his departure on 24 March 2022. Castillo was an assistant of Jorge Durán at Deportivo Lara, before taking over Angostura in the second division on 2 June 2022. At the end of the season, he led the team to a first-ever promotion to the Primera División as champions. Castillo led Angostura to a mid-table finish in the 2023 season, and also qualified the club to the final rounds of the 2024 Apertura tournament. On 6 September 2024, however, he left the club by mutual consent after a poor performance in the Clausura tournament, but returned to the club the following 12 January, now back in the second division.

Honours

Angostura *

Venezuelan Segunda División Segunda División, officially known as Liga FUTVE 2, is the men's second professional football division of the Venezuelan football league system. The Venezuelan second division was established in 1979. List of champions Titles by Team Refer ...

: 2022

References

Living people 1978 births People from Lara (state) Venezuelan football managers Venezuelan Primera División managers Venezuelan Segunda División managers Angostura F.C. managers {{Venezuela-footy-bio-stub