Javier Aguirre
Aguirre at a press conference in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Javier Aguirre Onaindía | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al-Wahda (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | América | 9 | (1) |
| 1980–1981 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 30 | (4) |
| 1981–1984 | América | 128 | (31) |
| 1984–1986 | Atlante | 31 | (3) |
| 1986–1987 | Osasuna | 13 | (0) |
| 1987–1993 | Guadalajara | 181 | (17) |
| Total | 392 | (56) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1992 | Mexico | 59 | (14) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | Atlante | ||
| 1998–2001 | Pachuca | ||
| 2001–2002 | Mexico | ||
| 2002–2006 | Osasuna | ||
| 2006–2009 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 2009–2010 | Mexico | ||
| 2010–2011 | Zaragoza | ||
| 2012–2014 | Espanyol | ||
| 2014–2015 | Japan | ||
| 2015– | Al-Wahda | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Javier Aguirre Onaindía (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ aˈɣire]; born 1 December 1958), popularly nicknamed El Vasco (The Basque), is a Mexican former footballer and current manager of Al-Wahda F.C..
As a player, Aguirre was a member of the Mexico national team and later became coach on two separate occasions, but resigned after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Aguirre began his career as a youth product of Club América in 1979, though he was sold to Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League. Club América later bought him back, where he established himself as a midfielder. He played an integral part in their various title winning seasons, most notably during the 1983–84 season where América reached the league finals against arch-rivals Guadalajara, managing to score a goal in a 3–1 win at the Estadio Azteca. Aguirre also played outside Mexico, signing with Osasuna in Spain in 1986. In 1987 he transferred to Guadalajara, where he made over 100 appearances up until his retirement in 1993.
Aguirre made 59 appearances for the Mexico national team between 1983 and 1992, scoring 13 goals. He played in the FIFA World Cup in 1986, and was sent off in the quarter-final defeat to West Germany.
After retiring as a player, he took up managing, first with Atlante and then Club Pachuca, where he won the Invierno championship in 1999.
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