Eduardo Federico de la Barra Tobar (9 November 1959 âÂÂà23 January 2025) was a Chilean football player and manager who played as a defender for clubs in Chile and Brazil.
A defender, de la Barra played for clubs from the South zone in his country of birth. He made his debut with ÃÂublense in the Chilean second level. He played at the Chilean top division for Green Cross-Temuco (1973âÂÂ75), Deportes Concepción (1977âÂÂ1980, 1985), Naval (1981âÂÂ82) and Fernández Vial (1983).
Abroad, he played for Brazilian Série A side Avaàin 1976.
A historical player of Deportes Concepción, he also played for them in the 1984 Segunda División, earning the promotion to the top division after becoming the runner-up.
As a football coach, he has stated that his favourite formation is 4âÂÂ4âÂÂ2.
As a head coach, de la Barra had mainly led clubs from the South zone of Chile. In the top division, he coached Deportes Concepción three times, Naval, also being the assistant of Luis Ibarra in the first half of 1990, and Everton de Viña del Mar twice.
In the second level, he coached ÃÂublense in 1994.
In the Tercera A, he coached Fernández Vial in 2010.
At youth level, he worked in the Universidad de Concepción youth ranks from 1996 to 2017 and subsequently he became coach of the from 2017 to 2021.
De la Barra was born on 9 November 1959. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2023, and died from the disease on 23 January 2025, at the age of 65.