{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Jara|Granados|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Claudio Jara | fullname = Claudio Miguel Jara Granados | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Heredia, Costa Rica | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1982–1992 | years2 = 1992–1994 | years3 = 1994 | years4 = 1994–1995 | years5 = 1995 | years6 = 1995–1996 | years7 = 1996 | clubs1 = Herediano | clubs2 = Alajuelense | clubs3 = Bucaramanga<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://colombia.golgolgol.net/equipos/bucaramanga_173-9415.html |title=Statistics at Golgolgol.net |access-date=2012-06-12 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045009/http://colombia.golgolgol.net/equipos/bucaramanga_173-9415.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | clubs4 = Herediano | clubs5 = Alianza | clubs6 = Guanacasteca | clubs7 = Carmelita | caps1 = 375 | caps2 = 80 | caps3 = 10 | caps4 = | caps5 = 15 | caps6 = 12 | caps7 = 10 | goals1 = 99 | goals2 = | goals3 = 1 | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 1983–1994 | nationalteam1 = Costa Rica | nationalcaps1 = 46 | nationalgoals1 = 11 | manageryears1 = 2010 | managerclubs1 = Sagrada Familia | manageryears2 = 2012 | managerclubs2 = Herediano }}
'''Claudio Miguel Jara Granados''' (born 6 May 1959) is a former Costa Rican football striker who played more than a decade for Herediano and participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.
==Club career== Born in Heredia, Jara began playing football with local side Herediano. He made his debut in 1982, and became Herediano's all-time leading goal-scorer, with 98 league goals during his 11 years with the club.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Al Día|title=Jara es gloria del Herediano|trans-title=Jara is the glory of Herediano|url=http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2009/abril/06/ovacion1928341.html|language=Spanish|date=6 April 2009}}</ref> He totalled 375 matches for the club.<ref name=Unafut>[http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=466:en-el-herediano-el-record-se-llama-german-chavarria&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49b En el Herediano el record se llama Germán Chavarría] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060211/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=466:en-el-herediano-el-record-se-llama-german-chavarria&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49b |date=2014-08-08 }} - UNAFUT {{in lang|es}}</ref> He spent 15 seasons playing in the Costa Rican Primera División with Herediano, Alajuelense, Guanacasteca and Carmelita. In 1992, Jara left Herediano to sign with Alajuelense. A six-month spell with Colombian side Atlético Bucaramanga followed.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Al Día|author=Zúñiga Keith, Isaac|title=Minor, afine la puntería|trans-title=Minor, tune the aim|url=http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2012/enero/26/deportes3050093.html|language=Spanish|date=26 January 2012}}</ref>
In 1994, he returned to Heredia, but quickly moved to El Salvador to play one season with Alianza.<ref name="DE">{{cite web|publisher=Diario Extra |author=Retana Cuendis, Pedro |title=El máximo goleador de la historia del Herediano debuta hoy en el banquillo del equipo sagradeño ante el campeón Barrio México |trans-title=The top goal-scorer in the history of Herediano debuts on the bench of Sagrada Familia against the champion ante Barrio México |url=http://www.diarioextra.com/2010/enero/09/deportes01.php |language=Spanish |date=9 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229141520/http://www.diarioextra.com/2010/enero/09/deportes01.php |archivedate=2012-02-29 }}</ref> Next, he returned to Costa Rica and played for Guanacasteca<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2005/marzo/14/deportes15.html Guanacasteca del torneo 1995-1996] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> and Carmelita, retiring from football after suffering a serious knee injury in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Al Día|author=Hernández Cerdas, Kenneth|title=Nunca me hicieron despedida|trans-title=I never did bounce|url=http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2011/julio/20/deportes2849793.html|language=Spanish|date=20 July 2011}}</ref>
==International career== He was part of the national team squad, that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy and featured in all four games played.<ref>{{FIFA player|174636|Claudio Jara}}</ref> The striker made his debut for the ''Ticos'' in 1983 and collected 46 caps, scoring 11 goals.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Costa Rica - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html|accessdate=2009-06-02}}</ref>
He played his final international on 17 December 1994 against Saudi Arabia.
==Managerial career== After he retired from playing football, Jara became a football coach. He was appointed manager of Sagrada Familia in January 2010.<ref name="DE" /> In December 2012 he resigned at Herediano after 4 months at the helm.<ref>[http://www.aldia.cr/futbol-costa-rica/herediano/Claudio-Jara-deja-banquillo-Herediano_0_51594852.html Claudio Jara deja el banquillo de Herediano] - Al día {{in lang|es}}</ref>
==Personal life== His brother Geovanny Jara played 422 matches for Herediano<ref name=Unafut/> and also played for the national team.{{fact|date=November 2024}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jara, Claudio Miguel}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Heredia Province Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Costa Rican men's footballers Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players Category:1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Category:C.S. Herediano footballers Category:Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Category:Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Category:Alianza FC (El Salvador) players Category:Asociación Deportiva Carmelita footballers Category:Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Category:Liga FPD players Category:Categoría Primera A players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Category:Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Category:Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Category:Costa Rican football managers