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Carlos de los Cobos

Carlos de los Cobos Martínez (born 10 December 1958 in Matamoros) is a Mexican former football player. He is currently the head coach of Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.

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Playing career

As a player, de los Cobos spent the majority of his playing career in his native Mexico, playing for both Querétaro FC and CF Monterrey on numerous occasions. He represented his country at the 1986 Football World Cup held in Mexico, where he was an integral part of the team's quarter-final run. He share team with Héctor Miguel Zelada, "El Vasco" Aguirre, Alfredo Tena, Cristobal Ortega.

Coaching career

As a coach, he's been the man in charge at Club América, Querétaro FC, Club Celaya, and Deportivo Irapuato. He served as an assistant coach to Manuel Lapuente and the Mexican squad at the 1998 Football World Cup as well as the 1996 Olympic Games. In 2002, Mexican team manager Ricardo Lavolpe designated him as the Under-23 national team coach, participating in 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador, the Mexican team finished in second place after being defeated in the Final by the home team, El Salvador.

On August 26, 2006 De Los Cobos was appointed coach of the El Salvador national football team. He coached his first international tournament in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. El Salvador shared group with defending Gold Cup champions United States, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago. After two losses and 1 win, El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago failed to advanced to quarter-finals. In the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, El Salvador eliminated Anguilla with a 16 • 0 on aggregate and advanced to play in the Second Round against Panama and eliminated "Los Canaleros" by an aggregate score and advanced to the Third Round. He then managed to advance El Salvador to the Hexagonal which is the final qualifying round for CONCACAF. El Salvador had not qualified to the Hexagonal since the 1998 World Cup qualifying. On 14 December 2009, De los Cobos announced he would not continue as the manager of the Salvadoran national team after the end of his contract. He mention that one of his reasons for not renovating his contract was due to him no longer being motivated to continue on with the national team [1]. On January 8, 2010 it was declared that Carlos de los Cobos was the new coach for the Chicago Fire. [2][3].

Personal

De los Cobos and his wife Mayte have two children: Rafael[4] and Paulina[5].

See also

References

  1. ^ Leaving Managerial Job (Spanish)
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ La familia de Carlos De los Cobos apoyara a El Salvador
  5. ^ Festeja hija de De los Cobos

External links

Preceded by Denis Hamlett Chicago Fire head coach 2010- Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Carlos Cavagnaro El Salvador national football team manager 2006-2009 Succeeded by
v Chicago Fire • Managers

Bradley (1998•02) • Sarachan (2003•07) • Osorio (2007) • Hamlett (2008•09) • de los Cobos (2010•)
v • d • Mexico squad • 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Larios • 2 Trejo • 3 Quirarte • 4 Manzo • 5 Francisco Cruz • 6 de los Cobos • 7 España • 8 Domínguez • 9 Sánchez • 10 Boy • 11 Hermosillo • 12 Rodríguez • 13 Aguirre • 14 Felix Cruz • 15 Flores • 16 Muñoz • 17 Servín • 18 Amador • 19 Hernández • 20 Heredia • 21 Ortega • 22 Negrete • Coach: Milutinović
v Mexico squad • 1996 Summer Olympics
1 O.Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Oteo • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Torres • 8 Sol • 9 Campos • 10 García • 11 Blanco • 12 F.Sánchez • 13 Pardo • 14 Alvarado • 15 Arellano • 16 Alfaro • 17 Palencia • 18 Abundis • Coach: de los Cobos
v El Salvador squad • 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Gómez • 2 Guevara • 3 Anaya • 4 Mendoza • 5 Henríquez • 6 J.O. Martínez • 7 Merino • 8 Menjívar • 9 Campos • 10 Melgar • 11 Cerritos • 12 Carballo • 13 J.E. Martínez • 14 Sánchez • 15 Salazar • 16 Larios • 17 Alas • 18 Escobar • 19 Pacheco • 20 Álvarez • 21 Quintanilla • 22 Portillo • 23 Montes • Coach: de los Cobos
v El Salvador squad • 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Montes • 2 Escobar • 3 González • 4 Henríquez • 5 Hernández • 6 Martínez • 7 Sánchez • 8 Osael • 9 Corrales • 10 Quintanilla • 11 Zelaya • 12 Salazar • 13 Umanzor • 14 Alas • 15 Pacheco • 16 Jiménez • 17 Castillo • 18 Coreas • 19 Reyes • 20 Turcios • 21 Torres • 22 Villalobos • 23 Barrera • Coach: de los Cobos
v El Salvador national football team • Managers

Thompson (1930•35) • Elías (1935•38) • Garay (1940•41) • Slade (1941•1943) • Gonzalez (1943•48) • Orlandini (1949•51) • Estrada (1953) • Tomasino (1954•59) • Guardado (1959•60) • Miranda (1961) • Comitante (1962•63) • Carrasco (1965•67) • Guzmán (1968) • Bundio (1968•70) • Carrasco (1970) • Miranda (1971) • D'Angelo (1972) • Tupinambá (1973) • Rodríguez (1973•74) • Miranda (1975) • Estrada (1975•76) • Magaña (1976) • Pinto (1976) • Porta (1977) • J. Contreras (1977) • Tomasino (1978) • Magaña (1979) • Rodríguez (1979•82) • A. Contreras (1983) • Magaña (1984) • Quarterone (1984•85) • Cabrera (1986) • Magaña (1987) • Đorić (1988) • Vukašinović (1988•89) • Miranda (1989) • Dojčinovski (1989) • Benítez (1991) • Aude (1991•92) • Ruiz (1992) • Vieira (1993•94) • Pastoriza (1995•96) • A. Contreras (1996•97) • Đorić (1997•98) • Dojčinovski (1998) • Peres (1998) • Benítez (1999•2000) • Recinos (2000•02) • Paredes (2002•04) • A. Contreras (2004) • Cavagnaro (2005) • Aguilar (2005•06) • de los Cobos (2006•09)
v Club América • Managers

Garza Gutiérez & Cenoz (1917•19) • Garza Gutiérrez (1920•26) • Clifford (1926•29) • Garza Gutiérrez (1929•31) • Salvador Briseño (1931•33) • Garza Gutiérrez (1933•35) • Sota & Pradillo (1935) • Garza Gutiérrez (1935•36) • Pedro Barra (1936•37) • Garza Gutiérrez (1937•42) • Regueiro (1942•46) • Garza Gutiérrez (1946•49) • Vial (1949•50) • Alfredo Sánchez (1950) • Orth (1950•51) • Borbolla (1951•52) • Alonso (1952) • Vial (1952•55) • Iacono (1955•56) • M. Gutiérrez (1956•57) • F. Gutiérrez (1957) • Rubio (1957) • Marcos (1958•61) • Trelles (1961•64) • Moncebáez(c) (1962) • Scopelli (1964•65) • Moncebáez(c) (1965) • Scarone (1965•66) • Papadoupolos (1966•67) • Prieto(c) (1967) • Nájera (1967) • Barinaga (1968) • Ormeño (1968•70) • Scopelli (1970) • Grill (1970•71) • Roca (1971•75) • Hernández(c) (1975) • Cárdenas (1975•78) • Scopelli (1978•79) • Roca (1979•81) • Reinoso (1981•84) • Pérez(c) (1985) • López (1985•87) • Rodríguez (1987•88) • R. Rodríguez(c) (1987) • Vieira (1988•90) • Šekularac (1990•91) • R. Rodríguez(c) (1991) • Miloc (1991) • R. Rodríguez(c) (1991) • Falcão (1991•1992) • López (1992•94) • Beenhakker (1994•95) • Ferrara(c) (1995) • Jozić (1995) • Bielsa (1995•96) • Castelli(c) (1996) • Lavolpe (1996) • de los Cobos (1996) • Solari (1996•97) • Farfán(c) (1997) • Reinoso (1998) • Kiesse (1999) • Aldrete (1999) • A. Tena (1999•2000) • Farfán(c) (2000) • Basile (2000•01) • Lapuente (2001•02) • Carrillo(c) (2002) • Lapuente (2002•03) • Beenhakker (2003•04) • Ruggeri (2004) • Carrillo (2004•05) • Aguado (2006) • Lapuente (2006) • L. F. Tena (2006•07) • Brailovsky (2007•2008) • Romano (2008) • Luna(c) (2008) • R. Díaz (2008•2009) • Ramírez (2009•) (c) = Caretaker
Persondata
NAME Cobos, Carlos de los
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Mexican former footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 10 December 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Matamoros, Tamaulipas
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Categories: Living people | 1958 births | Mexican footballers | Mexican football managers | Club América managers | UANL Tigres managers | Club América footballers | CF Monterrey footballers | 1986 FIFA World Cup players | Mexico international footballers | People from Matamoros | Expatriate football managers in El Salvador | El Salvador national football team managers | Mexican expatriates in the United States

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