Álex Aguinaga
Aguinaga as a coach of Deportivo Cuenca in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Dario Aguinaga Garzón | ||
| Date of birth | July 9, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Ibarra, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1989 | Deportivo Quito | 147 | (38) |
| 1989–2003 | Necaxa | 476 | (85) |
| 2003–2004 | Cruz Azul | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | LDU Quito | 71 | (9) |
| Total | 708 | (132) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–2004 | Ecuador | 109 | (23) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011 | América (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Barcelona SC | ||
| 2012 | San Luis | ||
| 2013–2014 | LDU Loja | ||
| 2014–2015 | Correcaminos UAT | ||
| 2015–2016 | Deportivo Cuenca | ||
| 2016 | LDU Quito | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Álex Dario Aguinaga Garzón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaleks aɣiˈnaɣa]; born July 9, 1968 in Ibarra) is an Ecuadorian retired football midfielder and manager of Categoría Primera A team Itagüí. As a player, he is one of the all-time cap leaders for Ecuador with 109 matches, scoring 23 goals. Aguinaga is known as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time. On the club level, Aguinaga has played for Deportivo Quito, Necaxa, Cruz Azul and LDU Quito.
Alex spent the majority of his club career at Necaxa, whom he joined in 1989, winning 3 championships with the club. In 1999 Alex was crucial for Necaxa's first CONCACAF Champions Cup title. Necaxa would go on to participate in the first edition of the FIFA Club World Cup where Aguinaga scored 2 goals vs Melbourne and Vasco da Gama. He scored the game winning penalty against Real Madrid in the 3rd place match. Aguinaga played for his country in the 2002 FIFA World Cup at the age of 34.
He also holds a Mexican passport. His grandfather is of Spanish descent.
After winning a league title in Ecuador, Alex decided to retire from football.
Álex Aguinaga earned his first cap for Ecuador on March 5, 1987. In the same match, he scored his first goal for the team. Over the year, he would form an integral part of the national team. He would captain the team for a number of years and assisted in the goal by Iván Kaviedes that assured Ecuador's first qualification to the FIFA World Cup in 2002.
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