Marcelo Claros

Marcelo Claros

Personal information
Full name	Mario Marcelo Claros Enriquez
Date of birth	(1964-07-12) 12 July 1964
Place of birth	Cochabamba, Bolivia
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Washington Diplomats
Managerial career
2002–2005	Independiente Cochabamba
2007–2009	Jorge Wilstermann (youth)
2007–2008	Jorge Wilstermann (caretaker)
2009–2011	Arauco Prado
2013–2015	Aurora (youth)
2015–2016	Aurora
2016–2018	Bata
2019–2021	Cochabamba FC
2021–2022	Universitario de Vinto
2023	Real Mizque
2024	Petrolero
2025	Union Tarija
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Marcelo Claros Enriquez (born 12 July 1964) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career

After notably playing for the American side Washington Diplomats, Claros subsequently became a manager. He began his career in 2002 with Independiente Cochabamba, leaving in 2005, and joined Jorge Wilstermann in 2007 as a manager of the youth categories.

Claros was an interim manager of Wilstermann on two occasions, in 2007 and 2008. He also managed the Cochabamba regional team in the latter year, before being named manager of Arauco Prado in 2009.

In 2013, Claros joined Aurora as a youth manager, before being named in charge of the first team in 2015. He was dismissed in the following year.

Claros subsequently managed Bata, Cochabamba FC and Universitario de Vinto, helping the latter side in their first-ever promotion to the Primera División in 2021. On 19 December of that year, he was maintained in charge of the side for the 2022 season.

Claros left La U on 26 May 2022, as the club opted not to extend his contract.

External links

• Marcelo Claros coach profile at Soccerway (archived)