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Armando Osma
Personal information
Full name	Armando Osma Rueda
Date of birth	7 December 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Atlético Bucaramanga
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1983	Atlético Bucaramanga
1983–1984	Once Caldas
1985–1990	Deportivo Cali
1992–1993	Deportes Tolima
1994–1995	Millonarios
1995–1996	Cortuluá
1996–1997	Atlético Bucaramanga
Managerial career
1999–2001	Deportivo Cali (youth)
2002	Deportes Tolima (assistant)
2003–2004	Aucas (assistant)
2004–2007	Ecuador (assistant)
2007	Ecuador U23
2008	Olmedo
2009	Aucas
2009–2010	Juan Aurich (assistant)
2011–2012	Manta
2013	Macará
2014	Manta
2015	El Nacional (youth)
2016–2017	Aucas
2017–2018	La Equidad (assistant)
2019	Junior (assistant)
2021	Águila
2021	América de Quito
2022	Atlético Bucaramanga
2023	Bogotá
2024	Cumbayá
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armando Osma Rueda (born 7 December 1961) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Playing career

Born in Bucaramanga, Osma began his career with hometown side Atlético Bucaramanga in 1981. He subsequently represented Once Caldas, Deportivo Cali, Deportes Tolima, Millonarios and Cortuluá before returning to his first club in 1996. He retired in 1997, aged 36.

Managerial career

After retiring, Osma began his managerial career with Deportivo Cali's youth categories in 1999. In 2002, he joined Luis Fernando Suárez's staff at Deportes Tolima, and subsequently followed Suárez to Aucas and the Ecuador national team.

In 2007, Osma was also manager of the Ecuador under-23 national team. In the December of that year, he took over Olmedo,^[1] but reunited with Suárez in 2009, at Peruvian side Juan Aurich.

In 2011, Osma was named manager of Manta. He took over Macará in April 2013,^[2] before returning to Manta in August the following year.^[3]

In 2015, Osma was appointed manager of El Nacional's youth categories. In August the following year, he was named at the helm of Aucas,^[4] and later rejoined Suárez's staff at La Equidad.

After working with Suárez at Junior, Osma returned to managerial duties in February 2021, with Honduran side Águila.^[5] He later returned to Ecuador to take over América de Quito in June of that year,^[6] before rejoining his first club Bucaramanga on 24 February 2022, in the place of resigned Néstor Craviotto.^[7] He was sacked from Atlético Bucaramanga on 10 October.^[8]

On 27 July 2023, he was announced as the new manager of Bogotá in the Colombian second tier competition Categoría Primera B.^[9]

References

^ "Osma es el nuevo DT del Olmedo" [Osma is the new manager of Olmedo] (in Spanish). El Universo. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Armando Osma nuevo DT de Macará" [Armando Osma new manager of Macará] (in Spanish). Confirmado.net. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Armando Osma regresa al Manta FC en reemplazo del DT Juan Manuel Llop" [Armando Osma returns to Manta FC in the replacement of manager Juan Manuel Llop] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Armando Osma es el nuevo DT de Aucas" [Armando Osma is the new manager of Aucas] (in Spanish). El Telégrafo. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "El colombiano Armando 'Piripi' Osma consiguió equipo luego de tres años" [Colombian Armando 'Piripi' Osma got a team after three years] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Tras la salida del Pipa González, América de Quito confirma a Armando Osma como su nuevo DT" [After the departure of Pipa González, América de Quito confirm Armando Osma as their new manager] (in Spanish). Mi Futbol Ecuador. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Armando Osma Rueda fue designado como nuevo entrenador del Atlético Bucaramanga" [Armando Osma Rueda was appointed as new manager of Atlético Bucaramanga] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ "Bucaramanga confirma la salida de Armando 'El Piripi' Osma" [Bucaramanga confirm the departure of Armando El Piripi Osma] (in Spanish). Marca Claro Colombia. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "¡Vuelve a dirigir! El entrenador Armando 'El Piripi' Osma ya tiene nuevo equipo" [He's back at managing! Coach Armando El Piripi Osma already has a new team] (in Spanish). Vanguardia. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.