Rubén Oscar Glaría (born 10 March 1948 in Argentina) is a former Argentine football player and manager, and a current politician. He played for San Lorenzo and Racing Club and represented the Argentina national football team at the 1974 World Cup.

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Rubén Glaría

Personal information
Full name	Rubén Oscar Glaría
Date of birth	(1948-03-10) 10 March 1948 (age 74)
Place of birth	Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1975	San Lorenzo
1975–1979	Racing Club
National team
1974	Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Glaria made his professional debut for San Lorenzo in 1968, during his time with the club he participated in four championship winning campaigns.

In 1974, Glaria was part of the Argentina squad for the World Cup and in 1975 he joined Racing Club.

After his retirement as a player Glaria became a football manager, he worked at a number of clubs in Argentina, including San Miguel, Sportivo Italiano, Chaco For Ever, Villa Dálmine and Atlanta.

Glaria became particularly involved in politics in the 1980s, serving on the campaign to elect Carlos Menem as President of Argentina. He was provincial sports minister for Buenos Aires Province From 1995 he served as the Justicialist Party mayor of José Clemente Paz, until 1999 when he was displaced by a rival group of Justicialists.[1] Glaria lost the internal selection of the PJ and launched his own faction, the Peronist Front. The subsequent election spilled over into a notable violent episode between the factions, which saw gunshots and stabbings, with eight wounded.[2] In 2005, he was a candidate for national senator for the Buenos Aires New Party.[3]

Honours

San Lorenzo

• Argentine Primera División: 1968 Metropolitano, 1972 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional, 1974 Nacional

References

External links

• CV Rubén Oscar Glaria (in Spanish)

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[ru] Глария, Рубен