Javier Aguirre
Mexican former player and manager ( born 1958 ) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Javier Aguirre Onaindía (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ aˈɣire]; born 1 December 1958), nicknamed El Vasco (The Basque), is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring as a player he became a football manager and is currently head coach of La Liga club Mallorca.
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Full name | Javier Aguirre Onaindía | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1958-12-01) 1 December 1958 (age 65) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Mallorca (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
América | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | América | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 30 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1984 | América | 128 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Atlante | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Osasuna | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1987–1993 | Guadalajara | 181 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 392 | (56) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1983–1992 | Mexico | 59 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Atlante | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2001 | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | Osasuna | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Japan | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Al-Wahda | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Leganés | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Monterrey | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Mallorca | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aguirre played for Mexico at the 1986 World Cup, and was twice manager of the team, taking them to the World Cup in 2002 and 2010. He also won the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup and led them to the final of the 2001 Copa América. Later, he managed Japan and Egypt.
At club level, Aguirre led six clubs in Spain's La Liga. He finished fourth with Osasuna in 2006 and Atlético Madrid in 2008. He took Atlético and Mallorca to Copa del Rey finals, losing in 2005 and 2024 respectively. He also won the CONCACAF Champions League with Monterrey in 2021.