Gustavo Matosas

{{Short description|Argentine-born Uruguayan footballer and manager}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gustavo Matosas

| image = Gustavo Matosas 2014.jpg

| caption = Matosas in 2014

| fullname = Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1985–1988

| clubs1 = Peñarol

| caps1 = 105

| goals1 = 8

| years2 = 1989–1990

| clubs2 = Málaga

| caps2 = 45

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1991–1992

| clubs3 = San Lorenzo

| caps3 = 45

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 1992

| clubs4 = Racing Club

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1993–1994

| clubs5 = São Paulo

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1993–1994

| clubs6 = Lleida

| caps6 = 17

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 1994–1995

| clubs7 = Valladolid

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1996

| clubs8 = Atlético Paranaense

| caps8 = -

| goals8 = -

| years9 = 1997

| clubs9 = Goiás

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1999–2000

| clubs10 = Tianjin Teda

| caps10 = 49

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2001

| clubs11 = El Tanque Sisley

| caps11 = -

| goals11 = -

| years12 = 2001

| clubs12 = Querétaro

| caps12 = 6

| goals12 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1987–1992

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|URU}}}}

| manageryears1 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs1 = Villa Española

| manageryears2 = 2004

| managerclubs2 = Plaza Colonia

| manageryears3 = 2005

| managerclubs3 = Rampla Juniors

| manageryears4 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs4 = Danubio

| manageryears5 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs5 = Peñarol

| manageryears6 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs6 = Bella Vista

| manageryears7 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs7 = U. de San Martín

| manageryears8 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs8 = Danubio

| manageryears9 = 2011

| managerclubs9 = Queretaro

| manageryears10 = 2012–2014

| managerclubs10 = León

| manageryears11 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs11 = América

| manageryears12 = 2015

| managerclubs12 = Atlas

| manageryears13 = 2016

| managerclubs13 = Al-Hilal

| managerclubs14 = Cerro Porteño

| manageryears14 = 2017

| managerclubs15 = Estudiantes LP

| manageryears15 = 2017

| managerclubs16 = Costa Rica

| manageryears16 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs17 = Atlético San Luis

| manageryears17 = 2019

}}

Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón (born 25 May 1967) is an Argentine-born Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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.[http://www.estudiantesdelaplata.com/gustavo-matosas-es-el-nuevo-entrenador-del-pincha/ Gustavo Matosas es el nuevo entrenador]‚ estudiantesdelaplata.com, 19 June 2017{{cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2035229-gustavo-matosas-es-el-flamante-entrenador-de-estudiantes-de-la-plata |title=Gustavo Matosas es el flamante entrenador de Estudiantes de La Plata |date=19 June 2017 |newspaper=La Nación |language=Spanish |access-date=6 December 2017 |archive-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623002729/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2035229-gustavo-matosas-es-el-flamante-entrenador-de-estudiantes-de-la-plata |url-status=dead }} He resigned on 19 September 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.tycsports.com/futbol/matosas-renuncio-la-direccion-tecnica-de-estudiantes |title=Matosas renunció a la dirección técnica de Estudiantes |date=19 September 2017 |publisher=TyC Sports |language=Spanish}}

On 10 October 2018, Matosas was named coach of Costa Rica national football team{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/costa-rica-announces-gustavo-matosas-as-manager/1c093to9tp8bc1v3o5y6cwp9t4|title=Costa Rica national team: Former Club America manager Gustavo Matosas announced as new Ticos coach | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}

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

{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/05/costa-rica-coach-gustavo-matosas-resigns-bored|title = 'I didn't know it was so boring': Tedium ends Matosas's reign as Costa Rica coach|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 5 September 2019}}

Honours

=As a player=

Peñarol

Primera División: 1985, 1986
Copa Libertadores: 1987

Uruguay

Copa América: 1987

=As a manager=

Danubio

Uruguayan Primera División: 2006–07

León

America

CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071102105351/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hprfchsj?0,2,2%2F43%2F,1,1400 Profile] at Tenfield {{in lang|es}}
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