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{{short description|Ecuadorian football coach (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Zambrano|Viera|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Octavio Zambrano
| image = Octavio Zambrano 2017.jpg
| image_size = 205px
| caption = Zambrano in 2017
| fullname = Octavio Zambrano Viera
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Monagas S.C.|Monagas]] (manager)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| collegeyears1 = 1980–1983
| college1 = [[Chapman University|Chapman Panthers]]
| years1 = 1979
| clubs1 = [[Union Deportiva Valdez|Valdez]] 
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1982–1983
| clubs2 = [[Los Angeles Lazers]] (indoor)
| caps2 = 17  
| goals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1990 
| managerclubs1  = [[California Emperors]] (assistant) 
| manageryears2 = 1992–1993 
| managerclubs2  = [[Los Angeles Salsa]] (assistant) 
| manageryears3 = 1992–1994 
| managerclubs3  = [[East Los Angeles Cobras]] 
| manageryears4 = 1996–1997 
| managerclubs4  = [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] (assistant) 
| manageryears5 = 1997–1999 
| managerclubs5  = [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] 
| manageryears6 = 2000–2002 
| managerclubs6  = [[MetroStars]] 
| manageryears7 = 2006–2008 
| managerclubs7  = [[CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol|Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol]]
| manageryears8 = 2008–2009  
| managerclubs8  = [[FC Tatabánya|Tatabánya]]
| manageryears9 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs9  = [[Sporting Kansas City]] (assistant)
| manageryears10 = 2011–2013
| managerclubs10 = [[Deportivo Pereira]]
| manageryears11 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs11 = [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]]
| manageryears12 = 2016
| managerclubs12 = [[Delfín Sporting Club|Delfín]]
| manageryears13 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs13 = [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]
| manageryears14 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs14 = [[Independiente Medellín]]
| manageryears15 = 2019
| managerclubs15 = [[Deportivo Pasto]]
| manageryears16 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs16 = [[CD FAS|FAS]]
| manageryears17 = 2026–
| managerclubs17 = [[Monagas S.C.|Monagas]]
}}
'''Octavio Zambrano Viera''' (born 3 February 1958) is an Ecuadorian [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player who played as a [[midfielder]]. He is the current manager of Venezuelan club [[Monagas S.C.|Monagas]]. 

Zambrano has coached in North America, Latin America, and Europe, and holds a UEFA "A" diploma and a USSF "A" coaching license. He was a successful coach in [[Major League Soccer]] during the late 1990s and early 2000s, with his 58.7% regular season winning record ranking second to [[Bruce Arena]]'s 60.4%, according to the 2015 MLS facts and record book.

==Playing career==
Zambrano was born  in [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador. He was an attacking midfielder and made his professional debut with Unión Deportiva Valdez of the Ecuadorian First Division. He moved to the United States from his native Ecuador in 1980 to attend [[Chapman University]], and later played two seasons with the [[Los Angeles Lazers]] in the [[Major Soccer League|Major Indoor Soccer League]].

==Coaching career==

===United States===
In 1990, Zambrano was an assistant coach to Rildo Menezes (Ex-Santos of Brasil and New York Cosmos) with the [[California Emperors]] in the [[American Professional Soccer League]]. In 1992, he became both the assistant coach with the [[Los Angeles Salsa]] of the APSL and head coach of the [[East Los Angeles Cobras]] of [[USISL]]. He also coached the successful largely ethnic team from Southern California, LA Salsa U-19, a McGuire Cup finalist and was the 1994 USISL Western Division Coach of the Year. Following his work with the LA Salsa Zambrano was hired as director by the Mission Viejo Pateadores, one of the United States Top Soccer Academies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccertimes.com/mls/1999/nov29.htm|title=MLS: Zambrano is MetroStars head coach, Revolution hands reins to Clavijo.|work=soccertimes.com|access-date=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510054922/http://www.soccertimes.com/mls/1999/nov29.htm|archive-date=10 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He joined MLS as an assistant for [[Lothar Osiander]] with [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] reaching the MLS Cup final the first year of the league. Zambrano assumed head coaching duties when Osiander was fired early in the 1997 season. Zambrano's 1997 team went from last in the conference (3–9) to a record of 15–13, finished the season with 6 straight wins and made the playoffs. The 1998 Galaxy went 24 and 8 and broke all MLS scoring records, ending the year with 85 goals scored and a 2.66 goal per game average. The 1998 Galaxy became the first American professional soccer team to make it to a CONCACAF clubs final against Cruz Azul of Mexico. Zambrano coached the Western Division All Star Team and the Galaxy 97/98 achieved the record for most consecutive regular season wins (12). But in the playoffs they faltered, falling to expansion team [[Chicago Fire Soccer Club|Chicago Fire]]. Five games into the 1999 season, Zambrano was fired, the Galaxy made it to the MLS final the same year, losing against DC United.

Zambrano re-surfaced as the head coach of the [[MetroStars]] in 2000, replacing the much-traveled [[Bora Milutinović]]. He coached the team for three years. In 2000, he led the team from last in the East to first, winning the first trophy for the franchise, the MLS Eastern Division championship. For the first time, the MetroStars advanced the playoffs, defeating the [[FC Dallas|Dallas Burn]]. Zambrano was fired after the 2002 season after failing to reach the playoffs.

From 2003 to 2006, Zambrano served a three-year term as elected Vice-President of FENODE (Ecuadorian/American Sports Federation).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metrofanatic.com/team/coach.jsp?ID=6|title=Octavio Zambrano – MetroStars / Red Bull New York – Major League Soccer|work=metrofanatic.com|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>

===Europe===
In 2006, Zambrano was hired as the head coach for [[CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol|Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol]] in Moldova.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=378629&root=mls&cc=5901|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525204457/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=378629&root=mls&cc=5901|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2011|title=Zambrano shortchanged by MLS|work=ESPNFC.com|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>  In 2008, after successfully taking Tiligul from the relegation zone to a fourth place overall, he left Tiligul and moved to [[FC Tatabánya|Tatabánya]] in the Hungarian [[Soproni Liga]]. In 2009, he left Tatabanya.

===Americas===
Zambrano was hired by FIFA to write the CONCACAF Technical Report for the Gold Cup 2009. On 3 December 2009 Zambrano was hired by [[Kansas City Wizards]] now Sporting KC as assistant head coach, during his two-year term Sporting KC went from a non play-off team in five years, to the league semifinals and within one goal of the MLS 2011 final.

In January 2012, Zambrano was named head coach for [[Deportivo Pereira]] of the Colombian [[Categoría Primera B]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2011/11/zambrano-manage-deportivo-pereira-2012|title=Zambrano to manage Deportivo Pereira in 2012|work=Sporting Kansas City|access-date=30 May 2015|archive-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910205306/http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2011/11/zambrano-manage-deportivo-pereira-2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Deportivo Pereira during the second semester of 2012 broke the record of points obtained in a single season by any Colombian professional soccer team since the installment of short tournaments. The team obtained 43 out 54 possible points, went unbeaten at home for 11 months and 20 days and was the highest scoring team in the league and the least scored against. During the first tournament of 2013, after a good start a string of injuries to main players coincided with a failure to secure a victory in four consecutive games and left the team out of the group of 8. In April 2013, the president and owner of Deportivo Pereira Alvaro Lopez Bedoya, opted to relieve Octavio Zambrano of his coaching duties and assigned him those of manager and technical director. Zambrano resigned his position in November 2013.

In June 2014, Zambrano became a TV game analyst for the Ecuadorian International Network Ecuavisa, as a member of Codigo Mundial, the highest-rated World Cup show in Ecuadorian TV; his participation in this show opened the door to take the reins of [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]], getting the club out of the relegation zone and into the group of 6, trying to secure a berth into Conmebol's International Tournaments: Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores. In July 2015, Zambrano resigned from El Nacional.

===Canada===
In March 2017, it was announced that Zambrano would become the head coach of the [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canadian men's national soccer team]], replacing interim coach [[Michael Findlay (soccer)|Michael Findlay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-introduces-new-head-coach-octavio-zambrano-to-lead-the-men-s-national-team-program-p160654|title=Canada Soccer introduces new Head Coach Octavio Zambrano to lead the Men's National Team Program {{!}} Canada Soccer|date=16 March 2017|website=www.canadasoccer.com|access-date=17 March 2017|archive-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317184728/http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-introduces-new-head-coach-octavio-zambrano-to-lead-the-men-s-national-team-program-p160654|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Zambrano made his Canada debut with the [[Canada men's national under-23 soccer team|under 23 team]] at the Aspire U-23 Tournament in Qatar, where the Canadians defeated [[Uzbekistan national under-23 football team|Uzbekistan]] and [[Qatar national under-23 football team|Qatar]] to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-perfect-with-second-straight-win-in-qatar-u-23-series-with-2-0-victory-over-qatar-p160685 |title=Canada perfect with second straight win in Qatar U-23 series with 2:0 victory over Qatar {{!}} Canada Soccer |website=www.canadasoccer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401030917/http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-perfect-with-second-straight-win-in-qatar-u-23-series-with-2-0-victory-over-qatar-p160685 |archive-date=1 April 2017}} </ref> His debut with the senior team was in a friendly against [[Curaçao national football team|Curaçao]] on 13 June in a 2–1 in [[Montreal]] before leading Canada to the quarter-finals of the [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] a month later, Canada's first appearance in the knock-out stage of the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup|Gold Cup]] since 2009.

On 8 January 2018, Zambrano was replaced as head coach of Canada by [[John Herdman]], who had previously headed the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canadian women's program]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-new-leadership-of-men-s-national-team-program-under-john-herdman--p161330|title=Canada Soccer announces new leadership of Men's National Team Program under John Herdman|publisher=CanadaSoccer.com|access-date=8 January 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109180850/https://canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-new-leadership-of-men-s-national-team-program-under-john-herdman--p161330|url-status=dead}}</ref> He had lasted just nine months in charge of the program.

==Managerial statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!%
|-
|align=left|[[C.D. FAS|FAS]]
|El Salvador
|align=left|2022
|align=left|April 2023
|29||11||9||9||0
|}

==Honours==

===As a coach===
'''FAS'''
* La Primera: [[2022–23 Primera División de El Salvador|Apertura 2022]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Octavio Zambrano}}
* [http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/XYZ/Zambrano.Octavio.htm MISL stats]

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