{{Short description|Argentinean football coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Orlando Casares | image = | full_name = | birth_place = Argentina | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Dynamos Giyani<ref name="soccer"/><ref name="kick"/> | manageryears2 = 1980–1981 | managerclubs2 = Nicaragua | manageryears3 = 1983 | managerclubs3 = Kaizer Chiefs }}
'''Orlando Casares''' was an Argentinean retired football coach who is last known to have managed Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. He is the father of Matias Casares, the president of the Haitian Soccer Association based in Fort Lauderdale.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/haitiansoccerassoc/posts/343226689160061 Did you know...???] Haitian Soccer Association</ref>
==South Africa==
Assuming the role of Kaizer Chiefs head coach in 1983, Casares steered the ''Amakhosi'' to that year's Datsun Challenge,<ref name="kick">[http://www.kickoff.com/news/28309/kaizer-motaungs-best-imports-at-kaizer-chiefs Kaizer Motaung's best imports at Kaizer Chiefs] Kick Off</ref> but had an enmity with former coach Banks Setlhodi and poor league results which eventually got him dismissed.<ref name="soccer">[https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/supporters_club/home/why-banks-had-to-escape-from-the-supporters/2301 Why Banks Had To Escape … From The Supporters] Soccerladuma.coza</ref> The Argentine was also unpopular with the Kaizer Chiefs players who questioned his qualifications.<ref name="kick"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Kaizer Chiefs F.C. managers}}
Category:Argentine expatriate football managers Category:Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Category:Argentine football managers Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Category:Kaizer Chiefs F.C. managers Category:Dynamos F.C. (South Africa) managers
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