Kiki Lara
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Lara | ||
| Date of birth | July 24, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Cruces, NM, United States | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
|
Current team
|
Eastern Illinois Panthers (Head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997-2000 | Bollettieri Soccer Academy | ||
| 2000-2004 | UIW Cardinals | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004-2006 | Minnesota Thunder | 38 | (1) |
| 2007-2008 | Portland Timbers | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009-2014 | Dayton Flyers (asst.) | ||
| 2015-future | Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ricardo "Kiki" Lara (born July 24, 1981 in Las Cruces, New Mexico) is a retired American soccer player who last played for the USL First Division side Portland Timbers and currently works as head coach of the Eastern Illinois Panthers.[1]
Career
Lara played college soccer in San Antonio, Texas at the University of the Incarnate Word. He captained the team from 2001 to 2003 and was also named a Divisi9on II All-American in each of those 3 seasons. In 2004, he joined the Minnesota Thunder and played 26 games in his inaugural season.[2] He then played 19 times and scored one goal the following campaign.[3]
Coaching career
He started his coaching career in 1995 as coach of the Las Cruces Strikers,[4] a youth soccer club founded by his sister Linda Lara.[5]
In 2005 while still a player with the Minnesota Thunder, he also worked as an assistant coach of the Washington State University women's soccer program.[6]
On June 8, 2009 he was named as an assistant coach for the Dayton Flyers men's soccer team.[7]
He was named the head coach of the Eastern Illinois Panthers men's soccer team on March 10, 2015.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ USL First Division 2005 Season
- ↑ USL First Division 2006 Season
- ↑ June 8, 2009 - Dayton Athletics
- ↑ Thank You Linda Lara(SFC Founder)
- ↑ 2011 DAYTON SOCCER CAMPS
- ↑ KIKI LARA NAMED DAYTON MEN'S SOCCER ASSISTANT COACH
External links
- Kiki Lara profile at Player History
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Minnesota Thunder players
- People from Doña Ana County, New Mexico
- Portland Timbers (2001–10) players
- Soccer players from New Mexico
- American soccer coaches
- American people of Mexican descent
- American soccer players
- USL A-League players
- USL First Division players
