Fernando Clavijo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando "Catano" Clavijo Cedrés | ||
| Date of birth | January 23, 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Maldonado, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1979 | Atenas | ||
| 1979–1981 | New York Apollo/United | 66 | (5) |
| 1981–1983 | New York Arrows (indoor) | 65 | (11) |
| 1983–1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 40 | (1) |
| 1984–1988 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 187 | (49) |
| 1988–1989 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 46 | (10) |
| 1989–1992 | St. Louis Storm (indoor) | 136 | (41) |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1994 | United States | 61 | (0) |
| 1992 | U.S. Futsal | 8 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991 | St. Louis Storm | ||
| 1995–1997 | Seattle SeaDogs | ||
| 1998–1999 | Florida ThunderCats | ||
| 1998 | Nigeria (assistant) | ||
| 1998 | Project 40 (assistant) | ||
| 1998 | U.S. Futsal | ||
| 1999 | MetroStars (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | New England Revolution | ||
| 2003–2005 | Haiti | ||
| 2005–2008 | Colorado Rapids | ||
| 2009 | Miami FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés (born January 23, 1956) is a retired American soccer defender and former head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned 61 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and 8 with the U.S. National Futsal Team. He later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team level with Nigeria and Haiti. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.
Clavijo began his professional playing career at the age of 16 with Uruguayan club Atenas De San Carlos. He spent his six seasons with Atenas at forward. In 1979, Clavijo and his wife moved to the United States in order for him to play for the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League (ASL). The Apollo changed its name to the New York United between the 1979 and 1980 season. Clavijo then spent two seasons with the United. In 1983, he moved to the San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League (NASL). In 1984, he was an NASL All Star with the Earthquakes.
Clavijo began his indoor soccer career, which rapidly eclipsed his outdoor career, in 1981 with the New York Arrows of Major Indoor Soccer League. The move indoors also brought a change from forward to defender. In 1984, he moved to the San Diego Sockers where he contributed to the Sockers winning three championships in his four years with the team.
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