In 2012, Sava began managing, leading several clubs in his country's top flight including Racing and Gimnasia, as well as O'Higgins in the Chilean Primera División and Cerro Porteño in Paraguay.
[3] Sava made his debut on 6 July in the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round away to FC Haka in Finland, playing 60 minutes before being substituted for Barry Hayles.
[4] His Premier League debut was on 17 August as the season began with a 4–1 home win over Bolton Wanderers; he came on for Louis Saha with 12 minutes remaining.
[10] On 27 August 2004, Sava was loaned to RC Celta de Vigo, newly relegated to the Spanish Segunda División and who had lost star striker Savo Milošević.
In 2008, he joined Arsenal de Sarandí and, the following season, he helped Quilmes Atlético Club achieve promotion to the Argentine Primera División.
[24] Sava was hired by his former team Quilmes in July 2015,[25] moving in December to replace Diego Cocca at Racing Club for a 3 million Argentine peso fee.
[26] He made his debut on 4 February 2016 in his first continental game, a 2–2 draw at Puebla FC in Mexico for the Copa Libertadores qualifying round,[27] eventually being eliminated 2–1 in the last 16 in May by Brazil's Clube Atlético Mineiro.
[28] Club president Víctor Blanco confirmed Sava as manager for the rest of the calendar year,[29] but he left and was replaced by Ricardo Zielinski before the new season.
[37] He guided the team to the Copa Argentina, winning 2–1 at Gimnasia in the last 16, on penalties against River Plate in the quarter-finals, and on the same method against Boca Juniors in the semi-finals, before defeating Talleres de Córdoba by a single goal in the final on 31 October.
[41] On 27 October, he returned to his country's top flight on a 12-month deal replacing Pablo Lavallén at Club Atlético Sarmiento,[42] but left on 28 November.