Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos de los Cobos Martínez | ||
Date of birth | 10 December 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Matamoros, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1978 | Querétaro | ||
1978–1984 | Club América | ||
1984–1986 | Club Necaxa | ||
1986–1987 | Cobras de Querétaro | 15 | (1) |
1987–1989 | Club América | 22 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Monterrey | 62 | (4) |
1991–1992 | Querétaro | 34 | (1) |
1992–1993 | Monterrey | 35 | (2) |
1993 | Querétaro | 3 | (0) |
Total | 171 | (5) | |
National team | |||
1983–1986 | Mexico | 25 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1993–1994 | Querétaro | ||
1994–1995 | UANL | ||
1996 | Club América | ||
2000–2001 | Club Celaya | ||
2003 | Irapuato | ||
2006 | FAS | ||
2006–2009 | El Salvador | ||
2010–2011 | Chicago Fire | ||
2012 | Querétaro | ||
2015 | Tapachula | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Carlos de los Cobos Martínez (born 10 December 1958 in Matamoros) is a Mexican former football player and recently coach of the Querétaro in the Mexican Primera Division.
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, Cristóbal Ortega.
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 La Volpe 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.