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Diego Vásquez
Argentine footballer and manager
Diego Martín Vásquez Castro (born 3 July 1971) is an Argentine football coach and former player who is the manager of Honduran club Motagua.
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Diego Vásquez in 2015. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Martín Vásquez Castro[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-07-03) 3 July 1971 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | San Martín, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Motagua (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–1987 | San Martín | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987 | San Martín | (0) | |
| 1987–1991 | River Plate | (0) | |
| 1991–1993 | Huracán | (0) | |
| 1994–1997 | Independiente Rivadavia | (0) | |
| 1997–2000 | Motagua | (0) | |
| 2000–2001 | Marathón | (0) | |
| 2001–2002 | Motagua | (0) | |
| 2002–2004 | Universidad | 55 | (0) |
| 2004 | Municipal Valencia | 18 | (0) |
| 2005 | Suchitepéquez | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | Marathón | (0) | |
| 2007 | Vida | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Victoria | 36 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Deportes Savio | 29 | (0) |
| Total | 156+ | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2022 | Motagua | ||
| 2022 | Honduras (interim) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Honduras | ||
| 2023 | Puntarenas | ||
| 2023– | Motagua | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicknamed Barbie, Vásquez played most of his career in Honduras as a goalkeeper, most notably for F.C. Motagua where he conquered several titles and individual awards.[2] He began his career playing for his hometown club San Martín de Mendoza.[3]
His debut for Motagua occurred on 24 August 1997, where he saved two penalty kicks in the 1–0 victory over C.D.S. Vida.[4] According to Diego, his most memorable event as a player took place in the final series of the 1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional season against Club Deportivo Olimpia where after a 0–0 global score, the title had to be decided by penalty shoot-outs in which Vásquez saved the decisive kick to give Motagua its 8th national championship.[5]
Vásquez retired from professional football in 2011 playing for Deportes Savio.[6]
Just as he did as a player, Vásquez began with F.C. Motagua his career as a manager in Honduras in 2013.[7] The first achievement under his management occurred only a year after in the 2014–15 season, a success which represented Motagua's 13th national title.[8] In his first shot as a manager, he already owns the accomplishment of having over 300 consecutive games leading a Honduran Liga Nacional club as a coach, surpassing Carlos Padilla, also with Motagua.[9]
Player
Motagua
- Honduran Liga Nacional (5): 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C, 1999–2000 A, 1999–2000 C, 2001–02 A
- Honduran Liga Nacional best goalkeeper (2): 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C
Universidad
- Honduran Liga Nacional best goalkeeper (1): 2004–05 C
Manager
Motagua
- "Diego Vásquez". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- Diez.hn – Diego Vásquez: "Fui muy mujeriego" – 4 August 2010
- LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 7 September 2011
- Diez.hn – Diego Vásquez se retiró entre lágrimas del fútbol – 20 November 2011
- LaPrensa.hn – Diego Vásquez, presentado como nuevo entrenador del Motagua – 22 November 2013
- Televicentro.hn – Motagua alza su copa 13 como "Campeón de Honduras" al vencer 2-1 a Real Sociedad Archived 2016-10-19 at the Wayback Machine – 20 December 2014
- "DE VUELTA A CASA" [Back home] (in Spanish). Motagua. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- Diego Martin Vazquez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Diego Vásquez coach profile at Soccerway