His full name is Wilmer Carbrera Linares, was born in September
15, 1967. He is Columbian former football player, where he played as defender,
and current football head coach of Chivas USA in U.S. Major League Soccer.
Formerly, Carbrera worked as assistant coach of the Colorado
Rapids and the United States under 17 national team.
Career:
Carbrera played in many teams in Argentina like America de
Cali, Millonarios, Chico, Independiente, and also in the USA in Herediano of
Costa Rica and Long Island Rough Rides.
International career:
Carbrera scored 3 international goals for Columbia and was
capped 48 times between 1989 and 1998. He appeared three times at the 1998
World Cup and in the 1990 World Cup he was unused substitute. Also Wilmer Carbrera
played in four Copa America competitions in 1989, 1997, 1995, and 1997.
Coaching career:
Carbrera worked as a community development manager working
on Hispanic grassroots and youth programs in Major League Soccer after his
retiring from played football.
Then he signed to be assistant coach for Suffolk County Community
College men’s soccer team. He was ranked at the top of youth soccer club B.W. Gottchee,
based in Queens, New York.
Wilmer Carbrera has got his USSF A coaching license in 2005,
to become then a member of the U.S. Under 18 Men’s national team staff in January
2007, where he served as assistant coach.
On October 25, 2007 the United States soccer Federations
named him as the head coach of the U.S. Under 17 Men’s National team.
But in January 24, 2012 he resigned to be replaced by Riche Williams.
After few days he signed to be the assistant coach for Colorado Rapids of MLS.
And finally after one year in January 9, 2014 he was named
as the head coach of Chivas USA.
Wilmer Carbrera titles:
|
Season
|
Team
|
Title
|
|
1989
|
Independiente Santa Fe
|
Copa Columbia
|
|
1990
|
America
de Cali
|
Columbian
League
|
|
1992
|
America de Cali
|
Columbian League
|
|
1997
|
America
de Cali
|
Columbian
League
|
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