:Jose Botello
{{Short description|American soccer player and coach}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jose Botello
| image =
| full_name = Jose Botello
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|4|24}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
| height = 6 ft 0 in
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Hollywood United Hitmen (head coach)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1994–1995
| youthclubs1 = East Los Angeles Huskies
| youthyears2 = 1996
| youthclubs2 = Los Angeles Golden Eagles
| years1 = 1997–1999
| clubs1 = Los Angeles Galaxy
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1997
| clubs2 = → Orange County Zodiac (loan)
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1998
| clubs3 = → MLS Pro 40 (loan)
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1999
| clubs4 = → MLS Pro 40 (loan)
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 13
| years5 = 1999
| clubs5 = → Orange County Zodiac (loan)
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2000
| clubs6 = Orange County Waves
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| years7 = 2001–2003
| clubs7 = Inter Tijuana
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =
| manageryears1 = 2010–
| managerclubs1 = Hollywood United Hitmen
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate = 6 April 2009
| ntupdate =
}}
Jose Botello (born April 24, 1976, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American soccer player. He is currently the head coach of the Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
=College=
Botello played college soccer at East Los Angeles College and at California State University, Los Angeles.
=Professional=
Botello signed a Project-40 contract with Major League Soccer in 1997, and was assigned to the Los Angeles Galaxy. He played in 10 MLS games for Galaxy in his three years with the team, but never truly established himself as a regular starter, and was waived at the end of the 1999 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/25/sports/transactions-618764.html|title=Transactions|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 November 1999}} After being released by Galaxy, Botello played for Orange County Waves in the old A-League, and for Inter Tijuana in Mexico, before retiring from top flight competitive soccer in the mid-2000s. He went on to play for the L.A. Blues team in various amateur leagues in the Los Angeles area, and won several local cups and leagues between 2005 and 2009.
=Coaching=
Botello worked a coach for Southern California youth soccer organization Legends FC, alongside fellow ex-Galaxy player Alex Bengard.{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsfc.net/team/index_E.html |title=Legends FC |accessdate=2009-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421012001/http://www.legendsfc.net/team/index_E.html |archivedate=2009-04-21 }} He was hired as head coach of the Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League in 2010.
References
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External links
- {{MLS player|jose-botello}}
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Category:American soccer coaches
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:American expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Orange County Blue Star players
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:A-League (1995–2004) players
Category:Soccer players from California
Category:USL League Two coaches
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