Osmar Castillo
Venezuelan football manager
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Osmar Eduardo Castillo Rojas (born 3 August 1978) is a Venezuelan football manager, currently in charge of Angostura.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osmar Eduardo Castillo Rojas | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Cabudare, Venezuela | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Angostura (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Fundación Lara (youth) | |||
| 2018–2021 | Academia Rey | ||
| 2022 | Deportivo Lara (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Angostura | ||
| 2025– | Angostura | ||
Career
Born in Cabudare,[1] Castillo started working as manager at several local sides in Lara state.[2] He led Fundación Lara Deportiva to a first-ever promotion to the Segunda División in 2019, after winning the Tercera División 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.[3]
Castillo was an assistant of Jorge Durán at Deportivo Lara, before taking over Angostura in the second division on 2 June 2022.[4] At the end of the season, he led the team to a first-ever promotion to the Primera División as champions.[5]
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,[6] but returned to the club the following 12 January, now back in the second division.
Honours
Angostura
