Raúl Armando

Raúl Armando
	Armando with Unión de Santa Fe
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Agustín Armando
Date of birth	23 June 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth	Providencia [es], Argentina
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Unión de Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1992	Unión de Santa Fe
1992–1993	San Martín de Tucumán
1993–1994	Unión de Santa Fe
1994	Lanús
1995	Unión de Santa Fe
1996–1997	Patronato
Managerial career
	Unión de Santa Fe (youth)
2004	Patronato (assistant)
2004–2007	Unión de Santa Fe (youth)
2007–2009	Sportivo Belgrano (assistant)
2010	Tiro Federal de Morteros [es]
2010–2012	Unión de Santa Fe (assistant)
2012–2013	Instituto (assistant)
2013–2014	Huracán (assistant)
2015–2018	Talleres (assistant)
2018–2019	Universidad de Chile (assistant)
2019–2021	Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2021–2022	Platense (assistant)
2022	Sportivo Belgrano
2023	Atlético Bucaramanga
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Agustín Armando (born 23 June 1965) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career[edit]

Born in Providencia [es], Santa Fe Province, Armando represented Unión de Santa Fe for the most of his career, also spending short periods at San Martín de Tucumán, Lanús and Patronato. He retired with the latter in 1997, aged 32.

Managerial career[edit]

After working in the youth categories of his main club Unión de Santa Fe, Armando was named Frank Darío Kudelka's assistant at Patronato in 2004. He returned to Unión later in that year,^[1] and moved to Sportivo Belgrano in 2007 as the assistant of Cristian Domizzi [es].

On 5 December 2009, Armando was appointed manager of Tiro Federal de Morteros [es],^[2] but left in June 2010 to return to Unión, again as Kudelka's assistant.^[3] He continued to follow Kudelka in the following years, being his assistant at Instituto, Huracán, Talleres de Córdoba, Universidad de Chile and Newell's Old Boys.^[4]

In October 2021, Armando joined Claudio Spontón's staff at Platense.^[5] He returned to managerial duties on 25 April of the following year, being named in charge of Sportivo Belgrano.^[6]

Armando left Sportivo Belgrano on 29 November 2022,^[7] and moved to Colombia on 5 December after being named Atlético Bucaramanga manager.^[8] He was sacked by the Colombian club on 1 April 2023.^[9]

References[edit]

^ "Frank Darío Kudelka es el nuevo entrenador de Libertad de Sunchales" [Frank Darío Kudelka is the new manager of Libertad de Sunchales] (in Spanish). Análisis. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Una "pepa" en Morteros" [A "pepa" in Morteros] (in Spanish). Diario Sports. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Barraza vuelve al ruedo" [Barraza returns to the arena] (in Spanish). Solo Ascenso. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Raúl Armando: "A Frank le avisé por teléfono que me iba"" [Raúl Armando: "I told Frank on the phone that I was leaving"] (in Spanish). Cadena 3. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Claudio Spontón, con cuerpo técnico completo" [Claudio Spontón, with a complete technical staff] (in Spanish). Club Atlético Platense. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Raúl Armando, nuevo DT de Sportivo" [Raúl Armando, new manager of Sportivo] (in Spanish). Radio Estación. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Es oficial, Raúl Armando ya no dirigirá a Sportivo Belgrano" [It is official, Raúl Armando will not manage Sportivo Belgrano] (in Spanish). Radio Estación. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Raúl Armando, nuevo director técnico de Atlético Bucaramanga" [Raúl Armando, new manager of Atlético Bucaramanga] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Bucaramanga despidió al técnico Raúl Armando: ya son tres en la Liga I" [Bucaramanga fired manager Raúl Armando: there are already three in the Liga I] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

External links[edit]

Raúl Armando at BDFA (in Spanish)
Raúl Armando coach profile at Soccerway
Raúl Armando at PlaymakerStats.com

[1] "Frank Darío Kudelka es el nuevo entrenador de Libertad de Sunchales" [Frank Darío Kudelka is the new manager of Libertad de Sunchales] (in Spanish). Análisis. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[2] "Una "pepa" en Morteros" [A "pepa" in Morteros] (in Spanish). Diario Sports. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[3] "Barraza vuelve al ruedo" [Barraza returns to the arena] (in Spanish). Solo Ascenso. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[4] "Raúl Armando: "A Frank le avisé por teléfono que me iba"" [Raúl Armando: "I told Frank on the phone that I was leaving"] (in Spanish). Cadena 3. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[5] "Claudio Spontón, con cuerpo técnico completo" [Claudio Spontón, with a complete technical staff] (in Spanish). Club Atlético Platense. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[6] "Raúl Armando, nuevo DT de Sportivo" [Raúl Armando, new manager of Sportivo] (in Spanish). Radio Estación. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[7] "Es oficial, Raúl Armando ya no dirigirá a Sportivo Belgrano" [It is official, Raúl Armando will not manage Sportivo Belgrano] (in Spanish). Radio Estación. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[8] "Raúl Armando, nuevo director técnico de Atlético Bucaramanga" [Raúl Armando, new manager of Atlético Bucaramanga] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[9] "Bucaramanga despidió al técnico Raúl Armando: ya son tres en la Liga I" [Bucaramanga fired manager Raúl Armando: there are already three in the Liga I] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

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