Fernando Clavijo
Uruguayan-American soccer player and coach (1956–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés (January 23, 1956 – February 8, 2019) was a Uruguayan-American soccer defender and former head coach of the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned 61 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and eight with the U.S. national futsal team. He later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team level with Nigeria and Haiti. He was a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.[1][2]
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Full name | Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1956-01-23)January 23, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Maldonado, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | February 8, 2019(2019-02-08) (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1972–1979 | Atenas | ||||||||||||||||
1979–1981 | New York Apollo/United | 66 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | New York Arrows (indoor) | 65 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 187 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 46 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1992 | St. Louis Storm (indoor) | 136 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1994 | United States | 61 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1992 | United States futsal | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1991 | St. Louis Storm | ||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Seattle SeaDogs | ||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Florida ThunderCats | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | Nigeria (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | Project 40 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | U.S. Futsal | ||||||||||||||||
1999 | MetroStars (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | New England Revolution | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Haiti | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Colorado Rapids | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | Miami FC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |