Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Martín Vásquez Castro [1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 July 1971 | ||
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 | |||
–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 |
Diego Martín Vásquez Castro (born 3 July 1971) is an Argentine football coach and former player who is the manager of Honduran club Motagua.
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]
On 27 November 2023, Vásquez returned to Motagua. [10]
Motagua
Universidad
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