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Pere Clar (born 30 April 1965) is a Midrasian professional football coach who is currently the manager of the Midrasia national football team since 2018. Clar has won numerous trophies in his time as a manager, including several Liga 1 titles, the Mydran Cup, Super Cup, the Navish Superliga, Navish Cup, and one Copa d'Aeia. Clar began his professional football career signing for then Liga 3 side Laterna Cardinaux at the age of 15. Clar quickly established himself as an up and coming talent in the team. After three years at the club, during which Clar helped the team to promotion to Liga 2, he was signed by Liga 1 side Monza. However, Clar's time at the club was cut short by an ankle injury sustained in a match against close rivals Firenze in 1988, for which he sat out the remainder of the season. After an examination by team medics, Clar's injury was ruled untreatable, forcing his early retirement at only age 26. Finding himself unable to play professionally, Clar turned to management to stay within football, travelling around Asura in order to learn about management and footballing tactics.
After numerous informal stints as an adviser at clubs in Midrasia, Ardaima, Carcossica and Navack, Clar's first official position was at his first club Laterna Cardinaux as an assistant manager in 1995. Clar remained as assistant manager at Laterna, under the tutelage of Gabriele Rassi until Rassi's sacking in 1997. Clar took over as manager of Laterna, where he coached for several seasons until being sacked and becoming coach of Benedormo, followed by Olympique before returning to Benedormo, this time as manager. During his tenure, the team advances considerably, establishing themselves as a top-flight team, winning the Liga 1 title in 2005 and the Supercopa the following year. Following his time at Benedormo, Clar joined Midrasian team Internationale de Bordieu in 2006. Clar remained as manager of Internationale until 2015, during which time he won Liga 1 and the Copa de Mydra twice, and the Supercopa once. Clar became a club icon for his achievements at Internationale, something the club proved unable to replicate following his departure. In 2015 Clar left the Midrasian Liga 1 to manage Navish team Lhedvin FK in the Superliga. As manager of the Navish team, Clar dominated the league, winning the title and Navish Cup during his tenure. Following his successes in Navack, in late 2017 Clar announced that he was ready to move on to a new challenge following the conclusion of the season. In early 2018 it was announced that Clar would take over as manager of the Midrasian national team, following the departure of Klaes van Emerick after the 2017 Copa. Despite reaching the final of the 2018 tournament, Midrasia proved unable to beat Navack. However, the following year Clar's team went onto win the tournament becoming five-time world champions in the process. (See more...)