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Omar Zarif

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Omar Zarif
Personal information
Full name Omar Zarif
Date of birth (1978-02-09) 9 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Avellaneda, Argentina
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Dock Sud 98 (5)
2002–2003 El Porvenir 32 (2)
2003–2004 Los Andes 31 (0)
2004–2005 Defensa y Justicia 14 (0)
2005–2007 Nueva Chicago 70 (2)
2007–2008 Huracán 28 (0)
2008–2009 Rosario Central 25 (1)
2009–2010 Chacarita Juniors 37 (2)
2010–2012 Rosario Central 46 (0)
2012–2015 Banfield 40 (1)
Total 421 (13)
Managerial career
2015 Banfield (assistant)
2015–2018 Guadalajara (assistant)
2018–2022 San Jose Earthquakes (assistant)
2022–2023 AEK Athens (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Zarif (born 9 February 1978) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

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Zarif started his playing career in 1998 with Dock Sud in the regionalised 4th division. The club were relegated and Zarif continued playing for them in the regionalised 5th division.

In 2002, he was signed by El Porvenir of the National 2nd division, he then had spells with other 2nd division teams; Los Andes, Defensa y Justicia and Nueva Chicago. In 2006, he was part of the Nueva Chicago team that won promotion to the Argentine Primera. The club was relegated at the end of the 2006–2007 season, but Zarif was signed by newly promoted Huracán keeping his place in the top division of Argentine football.

For the 2008–09 season Zarif signed for Rosario Central, and in 2009 he joined newly promoted Chacarita Juniors. For the 2010–11 season, Zarif returned to Rosario Central, this time to play in the second division.

Managerial career

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Zarif played under Matias Almeyda at Banfield, helping the club earn promotion to Argentina's top league during the 2013–14 season. Midway through Banfield's 2015 season, he switched from playing to coaching and remained on Almeyda's staff when Almeyda became manager of Chivas later in the year. Omar Zarif joined San Jose as an assistant coach under Almeyda ahead of the 2019 MLS season.[1]

References

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  1. ^ San Jose Earthquakes (11 August 2021). "Omar Zarif". San Jose Earthquakes.
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