Raúl Lara
Mexican footballer (born 1973)
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Raúl Rodrigo Lara Tovar (born 28 February 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and manager. He is the current assistant manager of Liga MX club América.
Full name
Raúl Rodrigo Lara Tovar
Date of birth
28 February 1973
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Height
1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
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| Full name | Raúl Rodrigo Lara Tovar | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | América (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–2002 | América | 386 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | San Luis | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Puebla | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | BUAP | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Mexico | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | América Reserves and Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | América (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | América Reserves and Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | América Coapa (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | América Reserves and Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | América Premier (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | América Reserves and Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | América (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 14, 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals as of August 22, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Career
Lara was a member of the Mexico national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, playing three games at the tournament. He participated also at 1996 Summer Olympics. Famous for two mistakes that caused Mexico's elimination against Germany in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Honours
América
Mexico
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1996, 1998
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 1995
- CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1996
Individual
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Ball: 1996
External links
- Raúl Lara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Raúl Lara – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
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