Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Javier Larrea Marzol | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1988 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
1988–1990 | Progreso | ||
1990–1991 | Sud América | ||
1992 | Central Español | ||
1992–1994 | Estudiantes | 35 | (4) |
1995–1997 | Atlético Marte | ||
1997 | Aurora | ||
1997–1999 | Deportivo Saprissa | ||
1999 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
2001 | Guangzhou Geely | 9 | (1) |
2001 | Tianjin Teda | 0 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
2003–2004 | Ramonense | ||
International career‡ | |||
1992 | Uruguay | 2 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2005–2006 | Deportivo Saprissa (assistant) | ||
2006 | Santacruceña | ||
2007 | Turrialba | ||
2007 | Guanacasteca | ||
2007–2008 | Puntarenas | ||
2008 | Guanacasteca | ||
2014 | Hebei Zhongji (assistant) | ||
2014 | Hebei Zhongji (caretaker) | ||
2015–2018 | Costa Rica (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018 |
Alejandro Javier Larrea (born 5 December 1966) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player.
Larrea earned two caps for Uruguay national football team in 1992. [1] On 21 June 1992, he made his debut and scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Australia. [2] [3] He played another match on 4 July 1992 in a 3–1 win over Ecuador. [3]
In July 1999, Larrea transferred to Chinese Jia-A League side Beijing Guoan. [4] On 25 July 1999, he scored his first goal in China in a 3–3 away draw against Shenyang Haishi. [5] He joined Chinese second-tier club Guangzhou Geely in April 2001. [6] On 5 May, he made his debut for Guangzhou and scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw against Jiangsu Sainty. [7] Larrea joined another Jia-A League club Tianjin Teda, which was then coached by Uruguayan manager Nelson Agresta, on 28 July 2001. [8] He left the club in August, playing just two FA Cup matches for Tianjin in the two legs of the third round of 2001 Chinese FA Cup. [9]
On 23 December 2013, Larrea was appointed as the assistant coach of Nelson Agresta for China League One club Hebei Zhongji. [10] He became the caretaker manager of the club for the rest of the season on 11 August 2014 after Agresta was sacked. [11]
On 24 August 2015, Larrea was hired to serve as Óscar Ramírez's assistant in the Costa Rica national football team. [12]
The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 14th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their seventh consecutive title of the league.