Raúl Armando

Raúl Agustín Armando (born 23 June 1965) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career
Born in Providencia, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province, Armando represented Unión de Santa Fe for the most of his career, also spending short periods at San Martín de Tucumán, Lanús and Patronato. He retired with the latter in 1997, aged 32.

Managerial career
After working in the youth categories of his main club Unión de Santa Fe, Armando was named Frank Darío Kudelka's assistant at Patronato in 2004. He returned to Unión later in that year, and moved to Sportivo Belgrano in 2007 as the assistant of Cristian Domizzi.

On 5 December 2009, Armando was appointed manager of Tiro Federal de Morteros, but left in June 2010 to return to Unión, again as Kudelka's assistant. He continued to follow Kudelka in the following years, being his assistant at Instituto, Huracán, Talleres de Córdoba, Universidad de Chile and Newell's Old Boys.

In October 2021, Armando joined Claudio Spontón's staff at Platense. He returned to managerial duties on 25 April of the following year, being named in charge of Sportivo Belgrano.

Armando left Sportivo Belgrano on 29 November 2022, and moved to Colombia on 5 December after being named Atlético Bucaramanga manager. He was sacked by the Colombian club on 1 April 2023.