Rubén Glaria

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Rubén Glaría

Full name	Rubén Oscar Glaría
Date of birth	March 10, 1948 (1948-03-10) (age 60)
Place of birth	?, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left back
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968-1975 1975-1979	San Lorenzo Racing Club	? (?) ? (?)
National team
1974	Argentina	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Glaria made his professional debut for San Lorenzo in 1968, during his time with the club he participated in 4 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 New Party. [3]

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Season	Team	Title
1968 Metropolitano	San Lorenzo	Primera División Argentina
1972 Metropolitano	San Lorenzo	Primera División Argentina
1972 Nacional	San Lorenzo	Primera División Argentina
1974 Nacional	San Lorenzo	Primera División Argentina

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(Spanish) CV Rubén Oscar Glaria

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Carnevali • 2 Ayala • 3 Babington • 4 Balbuena • 5 Bargas • 6 Brindisi • 7 Carrascosa • 8 Chazarreta • 9 Glaria • 10 Heredia • 11 Houseman • 12 Fillol • 13 Kempes • 14 Perfumo • 15 Poy • 16 Sá • 17 Squeo • 18 Telch • 19 Togneri • 20 Wolff • 21 Santoro • 22 Yazalde • Coach: Cap