Gustavo Matosas

Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón (born 25 May 1967) is an Argentine-born Uruguayan former professional footballer who was the manager of Mexican club Atlético San Luis.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Matosas and the second or maternal family name is Paidón.

Gustavo Matosas
Matosas in 2014
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón
Date of birth (1967-05-27) 27 May 1967
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Peñarol - (-)
1989–1990 Málaga 45 (4)
1991–1992 San Lorenzo 40 (3)
1992 Racing Club 12 (1)
1993–1994 São Paulo 5 (2)
1993–1994 Lleida 17 (2)
1994–1995 Valladolid 15 (1)
1996 Atlético Paranaense - (-)
1997 Goiás 14 (0)
1999–2000 Tianjin Teda 49 (2)
2001 El Tanque Sisley - (-)
2001 Querétaro 6 (0)
National team
1987–1992 Uruguay 7 (1)
Teams managed
2002–2003 Villa Española
2004 Plaza Colonia
2005 Rampla Juniors
2006–2007 Danubio
2007–2008 Peñarol
2008–2009 Bella Vista
2009–2010 U. de San Martín
2010–2011 Danubio
2011 Queretaro
2012–2014 León
2014–2015 América
2015 Atlas
2016 Al-Hilal
2017 Cerro Porteño
2017 Estudiantes LP
2018–2019 Costa Rica
2019 Atlético San Luis
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

The son of former footballer Roberto Matosas, Gustavo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1967, as his father was playing for River Plate at the time. Matosas made his debut in 1985 playing for Peñarol in Uruguay, with whom he won the Copa Libertadores in 1987, as well as two league titles, and went on to play for Málaga in Spain, San Lorenzo in Argentina, São Paulo in Brazil, Tianjin Teda in China, as well as having brief stints with other clubs in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain before retiring in 2001, last playing for Querétaro of the Mexican Primera División.

International

An Uruguayan international, Matosas gained his first cap in 1987. That year, he won the Copa América title with Uruguay after defeating Chile 1–0 in the Final. Matosas was capped seven times in his career.

Managerial career

In 2012 Matosas managed Club Leon. He won back to back Liga Championships before leaving. In December 2014 it was announced that Matosas would be named manager of Club América. He would go on to win the concacaf champions league 2014–2015. In 2015 it was announced he would be the manager of Atlas liga mx team. On 12 June 2016 Matosas signed a one-year contract with the Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal FC.

On 18 June 2017, Matosas was named manager of Estudiantes de La Plata.[1][2] He resigned on 19 September 2017.[3]

On 10 October 2018, Matosas was named coach of Costa Rica national football team [4]

On 5 September 2019, Matosas stood down as coach of Costa Rica national football team after the team suffered two shock draws over minnows Haiti and Curaçao [5]

Honours

As a player

Peñarol

Uruguay

As a manager

Danubio

León

America

References
  1. Gustavo Matosas es el nuevo entrenador‚ estudiantesdelaplata.com, 19 June 2017
  2. "Gustavo Matosas es el flamante entrenador de Estudiantes de La Plata" (in Spanish). La Nación. 19 June 2017.
  3. "Matosas renunció a la dirección técnica de Estudiantes" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 19 September 2017.
  4. https://www.goal.com/en/news/costa-rica-announces-gustavo-matosas-as-manager/1c093to9tp8bc1v3o5y6cwp9t4
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/05/costa-rica-coach-gustavo-matosas-resigns-bored
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