Alberto Javier Lasarte Ruiz (born 8 May 1981) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of UD Almería B.
[1] Lasarte led the club to a first-ever promotion to Tercera División in 2012, and renewed his contract on 26 June 2013, after a 6th place finish in the debut campaign in the fourth tier.
[6] In 2018, Lasarte joined UD Almería to work as manager of the Juvenil B squad, being also an analyst of Fran Fernández in the first team.
[11] On 29 September 2023, Lasarte became the caretaker manager of Almería's first team in La Liga, in the place of Vicente Moreno.
[13] On 8 October 2023, after another match in charge of the main squad (a 3–0 loss to Athletic Bilbao), Lasarte returned to his role with the B-team after the appointment of Gaizka Garitano as manager.