Javier Aguirre

Javier Aguirre
Aguirre in Moscow (2007)
Personnel
Surname	Javier Aguirre Onaindía
birthday	1st December 1958
place of birth	Mexico City ,  Mexico
size	173 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1979-1980	Club America	7 0(0)
1980	LA Aztecs	30 0(4)
1980-1984	Club America	128 (31)
1984-1986	CF Atlante	30 0(4)
1986-1987	CA Osasuna	13 0(0)
1987-1993	Deportivo Guadalajara	181 (17)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1983-1992	Mexico	59 (14)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1995-1996	CF Atlante
1998-2001	Pachuca
2001-2002	Mexico
2002-2006	CA Osasuna
2006-2009	Atlético Madrid
2009-2010	Mexico
2010-2011	Real Zaragoza
2012-2014	Espanyol Barcelona
2014-2015	Japan
2015-2017	al-Wahda
2018-2019	Egypt
2019–	CD Leganés
1 Only league games are given.

Javier Aguirre Onaindía (born December 1, 1958 in Mexico City ), nickname el Vasco (the Basque), is a Mexican football coach and former football player of Basque descent, who was born in Mexico City as the son of Spanish immigrants.

Player career

society

Aguirre began his professional career in 1979 with the Mexican capital club América , where he was under contract until 1984. In his last season with America, he won - for the only time in his playing career - the championship title of Mexico . Between 1984 and 1986 he played for CF Atlante , which was also based in the Mexican capital at the time , before he spent a year in Spain for CA Osasuna . In 1987 he returned to Mexico and played with CD Guadalajara until the end of his playing career in 1993 .

National team

His debut in the Mexican national team gave Aguirre on March 15, 1983 in a friendly game in and against Costa Rica, in which he scored the golden goal for the 1-0 victory of the Mexicans. In the second leg in Mexico on March 22, 1983 again Aguirre scored the only goal of the encounter.

The highlight of his playing career was taking part in the 1986 soccer world championship , which was held in his own country , in which he played all the hosts' games in full. Only in the last game of the Mexicans, when they had to go into extra time against Germany and were defeated in the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Aguirre could not play the full distance because he was sent off after 100 minutes.

He played his last international match in a friendly on March 11, 1992 against the selection of the Soviet Union, which ended 1-1. Already on March 8, 1992 there had been a game against the same opponent, which the Mexicans could still win 4-0 and in which Aguirre scored his last international goal.

Coaching career

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Apart from his coaching debut at CF Atlante, which he supervised in the 1995/96 season, Aguirre always worked at the other three clubs over a longer distance. His first long-term engagement was with CF Pachuca , which he looked after between 1998 and 2001 and with whom he won the 1999 Torneo Invierno in the 1999/00 season . In 2001 he ended his collaboration with Pachuca because the national team urgently needed him (see below).

In 2002 he went to Spain and stayed there for almost seven years. First he received a contract with CA Osasuna, which he not only saved from relegation, but also continuously brought it to Europe. In the 2004/05 season Osasuna reached the final of the Copa del Rey , which was lost by a late goal from Dani in the 115th minute 2-1 after extra time against Betis Sevilla . The following season Osasuna played in the UEFA Cup , but were eliminated in the first round 3-1 and 0-0 against Stade Rennes . This caused a sensation in the Spanish championship and ended the 2005/06 season in fourth place. Osasuna had thus reached the Champions League qualification , in which they were only defeated by the away goals rule (0-0 and 1-1) against Hamburger SV , but were allowed to start in the UEFA Cup and - in the knockout - Rounds over Trabzonspor , Girondins Bordeaux , Glasgow Rangers and Bayer Leverkusen - advanced to the semi-finals, where Osasuna lost 1-0 and 0-2 against league rivals and eventual tournament winners FC Sevilla . But Aguirre did not reap the rewards of his labor as he was signed by Atlético Madrid before the 2006/07 season . There he continued his successful work and led the capital club in the 2007/08 season also in fourth place and in the Champions League qualification , where Atlético was able to prevail with 0: 1 and 4: 0 against Schalke and then the group stage ( behind Liverpool , but before Marseille and Eindhoven ) survived unbeaten. The elimination in the round of 16 due to the away goals rule (2: 2 and 0: 0) against Porto was no longer seen by Aguirre, as the relationship between coach and club management was last clouded and they therefore drew a line in February 2009. Sources are contradicting whether Aguirre was fired or preempted his release and resigned on his own initiative. After being under contract with Real Zaragoza for a year from November 2010 to December 2011 , he succeeded Mauricio Pochettino at Espanyol Barcelona in late November 2012 . On May 16, 2014, the club's management announced that they would part ways with Aguirre at the end of the 2013/14 season .

National team of Mexico

When the Mexican national team got into serious difficulties in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup , Aguirre was made head coach "overnight" as a "savior in need". In the decisive final group of CONCACAF five out of ten match days had already been completed and the Mexicans were only in fifth place after three defeats and a draw against bottom of the table Trinidad; far from qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. What hardly anyone thought possible at the time still happened: under Aguirre, the team achieved four wins and one draw (with group winners Costa Rica) and in the end took second place, which allowed them to participate in the World Cup. Aguirre's position as national coach began on July 1, 2001 against the USA (1-0) and ended 50 weeks later on June 17, 2002 in the World Cup round of 16 against the same opponent. Mexico had previously been the undefeated group winners ahead of Italy, Croatia and Ecuador. Second place at the Copa America 2001 did not speak for Aguirre's whereabouts either , when Mexico reached the final - including a 1-0 win against Brazil - in which they lost to host Colombia just 1-0. The World Cup elimination of the Mexicans, who are now bursting with self-confidence against their arch rivals USA (0: 2), resulted in the immediate dismissal of Aguirre.

Seven years later, in a similar situation, Aguirre was called in again as a “savior in need”. Once again the Mexican national team threatened to fail in the qualification and once again Aguirre - despite a 1: 2 defeat in El Salvador on June 6, 2009 - turned the tide and led the Mexicans to participate in the 2010 World Cup . In addition, Aguirre won in July 2009, at that time only one month in office, the CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the USA , in which his "fateful opponent" USA was defeated 5-0 in the final. Dissatisfied with the results achieved at the 2010 World Cup (Mexico were knocked out again in the round of 16 ), Aguirre resigned on June 30, 2010. He justified his resignation with the words: “I have to go, that is the most honorable thing I can do. ... We did not achieve our goal. It was not acceptable to continue. "

Aguirre coached the national team a total of 59 times: in his first stage 27 times and lastly 32 times.

National team of Japan

On July 24, 2014, the Japanese Football Association announced that Javier Aguirre would take over as coach of Japan's national team . In February 2015, Aguirre was given leave of absence from the Japanese Football Association .

title

As a player

• Mexican champion : 1983/84 (with America )

As a trainer

• Mexican champion : Invierno 1999 (with Pachuca )
• CONCACAF Gold Cup winner : 2009 (with Mexico )

Web links

• Javier Aguirre in the FEMEXFUT database (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-03-29-1347776864_x.htm
2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: iconosphera.com
3. ↑ rcdespanyol.com: L'Espanyol fitxa Aguirre ( Memento of May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), November 28, 2012, accessed on November 28, 2012
4. ↑ Espanyol and trainer Javier Aguirre split up tt.com, accessed May 17, 2014
5. ^ FAZ of July 2, 2010
6. ↑ Aguirre takes over Japan's selection. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL World Cup total, July 24, 2014, accessed on July 24, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Japan puts team boss Aguirre on leave. February 3, 2015, accessed November 25, 2015 .