Juan Vita
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Club Lácar
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Alvarado 4 (0)
2011–2012 Deportivo Morón 5 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Fénix (youth)
2014 Fénix (interim)
2014–2018 Banfield (youth)
2019 Costa del Este
2020–2022 Nicaragua
2022 Guanacasteca
2023 Real Tomayapo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Vita (born 11 May 1987) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Vita began his career at Club Lácar, joining River Plate's youth ranks at the age of 13. During Vita's senior career, he played for Alvarado and Deportivo Morón, before retiring at the age of 22 to focus on coaching.[1]

Managerial career

In 2014, Vita was named interim manager of Argentinian club Fénix.[2] In 2019, after working in the youth sides of Banfield, he moved to Panama to manage Costa del Este.

Vita led the club to second place in Panama's 2019 Apertura. After being named manager of the year, he resigned from the club, and was named mananger of the Nicaragua national team in August 2020.[3]

Sacked by Nicaragua on 2 March 2022, Vita was presented at Costa Rican side Guanacasteca on 7 June 2022.[4] His relationship with the Guanaco team ended on September 23 of that same year.[5]

On 15 March 2023, Vita switched teams and countries again, after being appointed in charge of Real Tomayapo in Bolivia,[6] but resigned on 22 June.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Estudió en la 134, jugó al fútbol en el lácar y hoy es el nuevo DT de Nicaragua" (in Spanish). FM de la Montaña. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Fénix tiene nuevo DT" (in Spanish). Pilar a Diario. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Un marplatense, que jugó en Alvarado, nuevo DT de Nicaragua" (in Spanish). 0223. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Guanacasteca presentó al argentino Juan Vita como su nuevo director técnico" [Guanacasteca presented the Argentine Juan Vita as new manager] (in Spanish). Hoy en el Deporte. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Juan Vita dejó de ser técnico de Guanacasteca" [Juan Vita left as manager of Guanacasteca] (in Spanish). Teletica. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. ^ "El argentino Juan Vita será el nuevo entrenador de Real Tomayapo" [Argentine Juan Vita will be the new manager of Real Tomayapo] (in Spanish). ERBOL. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Juan Vita renunció a la dirección técnica de Real Tomayapo" [Juan Vita resigned from the technical direction of Real Tomayapo] (in Spanish). Late!. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

External links

Nicaragua national football team – managers
Real Tomayapo – managers
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