Marcelo Claros

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

Marcelo Claros

Personal information
Full name	Mario Marcelo Claros Enriquez[1]
Date of birth	(1964-07-12) 12 July 1964 (age 61)[1]
Place of birth	Cochabamba, Bolivia
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder[2]
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 [es]
2013–2015	Aurora (youth)
2015–2016	Aurora
2016–2018	Bata [es]
2019–2021	Cochabamba FC
2021–2022	Universitario de Vinto
2023	Real Mizque
2024	Petrolero
2025	Union Tarija
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

After notably playing for the American side Washington Diplomats,^[3] 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^[4] and 2008. He also managed the Cochabamba regional team in the latter year,^[5] before being named manager of Arauco Prado [es] in 2009.

In 2013, Claros joined Aurora as a youth manager, before being named in charge of the first team in 2015.^[6] He was dismissed in the following year.

Claros subsequently managed Bata [es], 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.^[7]

Claros left La U on 26 May 2022, as the club opted not to extend his contract.^[8]