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

Playing career

Born in , 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.

Raúl Armando

Managerial career

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, and moved to Sportivo Belgrano in 2007 as the assistant of .

Raúl Armando

On 5 December 2009, Armando was appointed manager of , but left in June 2010 to return to Unión, again as Kudelka's assistant. 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.

Raúl Armando

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

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

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1965 births

Living people

Footballers from Santa Fe Province

Argentine men's footballers

Men's association football defenders

Argentine Primera División players

Unión de Santa Fe footballers

San Martín de Tucumán footballers

Club Atlético Lanús footballers

Club Atlético Patronato footballers

Argentine football managers

Atlético Bucaramanga managers

Argentine expatriate football managers

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia

Expatriate football managers in Colombia