Horacio Cordero

{{short description|Argentine footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Horacio Raúl Cordero Vásquez

| image =

| fullname = Horacio Raúl Cordero Vásquez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|5|22}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder
Manager

| years1 = 1969–1975

| years2 = 1975–1978

| years3 = 1979

| years4 = 1980

| years5 = 1981–1982

| years6 = 1983

| years7 = 1984–1987

| years8 = 1987–1988

| clubs1 = Argentinos Juniors

| clubs2 = Racing

| clubs3 = Millonarios

| clubs4 = Cipoletti

| clubs5 = Sarmiento (J)

| clubs6 = Unión de Santa Fe

| clubs7 = Racing Club

| clubs8 = Deportivo Morón

| caps1 = 174

| caps2 = 220

| caps3 = 5

| caps4 = 4

| caps5 = 76

| caps6 = 47

| caps7 = (see above)

| caps8 = ?

| goals1 = 49

| goals2 = 22

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 9

| goals6 = 4

| goals7 =

| goals8 = ?

| nationalyears1 = 1974

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1991

| manageryears2 = 1992–1995

| manageryears3 = 1996–1997

| manageryears4 = 1997

| manageryears5 = 2000–2001

| manageryears6 = 2001

| manageryears7 = 2002–2004

| manageryears8 = 2005–2007

| manageryears9 = 2007

| manageryears10 = 2008–2009

| manageryears11 = 2010–2012

| manageryears12 = 2013–2014

| manageryears13 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs1 = Club Atlético San Miguel

| managerclubs2 = C.S.D. Municipal

| managerclubs3 = Guatemala

| managerclubs4 = Costa Rica

| managerclubs5 = C.S.D. Municipal

| managerclubs6 = PAS Giannina F.C.

| managerclubs7 = Comunicaciones

| managerclubs8 = Deportivo Suchitepéquez

| managerclubs9 = Luis Ángel Firpo

| managerclubs10 = C.S.D. Municipal

| managerclubs11 = Xelajú MC

| managerclubs12 = Universidad SC

| managerclubs13 = C.S.D. Municipal

}}

Horacio Raúl Cordero Vásquez (born 22 May 1950 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Playing career

Cordero played for a number of clubs in Argentina including Argentinos Juniors, Racing Club, Unión de Santa Fe, Cipoletti, Deportivo Morón and Sarmiento de Junín.

He also played in Colombia for Millonarios.

Managerial career

He has spent the majority of his career coaching clubs in Central America, where he has won multiple league titles, most notably in Guatemala with C.S.D. Municipal (4 titles) and CSD Comunicaciones (2 titles). His six championships in Guatemala are the second most by any coach behind Rubén Amorín's eight.

Cordero has also coached the Guatemala national team in 1996 and the Costa Rica national team in 1997.