His full name is Javier Aguirre Onaindia, was born in December,
1958 in Mexico City. Aguirre is well known as El Vasco , he is former football
player and current football coach of Espanyol.
Javier Aguirre was member of the Mexico national team but he
resigned after the 2010 World Cup.
Playing Career of Javier Aguirre:
Javier Aguirre played for many Mexican teams, such as Club
America where he won with them several championships, like the final against CD
Guadalajara, when Aguirre scored a goal.
He appeared in 59 games with the Mexican national team
between the periods of 1983 until 1992, where he scored as total of 13 goals. And
he attended the World Cup in 1986, where they reached to the quarter- final but
they lost in front of West Germany.
Managerial career of Javier Aguirre:
Early Years:
After his retiring he took the advantage of managing Atlante,
and then Club Pachuca, where he led them to win the Invierno championship in
1999.
Mexico:
Javier Aguirre was the successor of Enrique Meza in managing
Mexico national team according to the later poor results, and he could to lead
them to reach the final of the 2001 Copa America, but they lost in front of
Colombia 1-0.
Then in 2002, he led them to reach to the World Cup but the
lost in the round 2 against United States 2-0.
Osasuna:
Aguirre signed with Osasuna in La Liga, where he led them to
qualify for the champion’s league after finishing the league in the fourth
place in 2005-2006 season of La Lage, he stayed with them from 2002 until 2006.
Atletico Madrid:
Aguirre signed with Atletico Madrid in 2006-2007, and his
mission was to bring them back to the European competition and his first season,
he put them in the EUFA Cup. And the
second season was more successful one for Aguirre where they earned a ticket
for the Champions League.
Return to Mexico:
Aguirre signed again with the Mexican national team after
the poor results of the team under the leading of Sven-Goran Eriksson. But he resigned in 2010 after his failure in
leading the team from reaching to the quarter-finals of the world cup in 2010.
Real Zaragoza:
Aguirre signed with Real Zaragoza in November 17, 2010, and
then he was sacked on December 29, 2011 after the poor resulting and putting
the team in the relegation zone.
Espanyol:
He signed with Espanyol in November 28, 2012 where the team
was in the relegation zone, so for that Aguirre was hired. So he could to save
the team from relegation and it stayed in La Liga for the 2013 season.
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