José de la Paz Herrera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José de la Paz Herrera Uclés | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Soledad, Honduras | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1966 | Atlético Español | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1969–1970 | Motagua | ||
| 1970–1971 | Olimpia | ||
| 1971–1975 | Real España | ||
| 1975–1977 | Marathón | ||
| 1977–1980 | Broncos | ||
| 1980–1983 | Honduras | ||
| 1983–1984 | Universidad | ||
| 1985 | Honduras | ||
| 1987–1989 | Marathón | ||
| 1990 | Santos Laguna | ||
| 1990–1991 | Cartaginés | ||
| 1992–1994 | Olimpia | ||
| 1995–1996 | Independiente | ||
| 1996–1998 | Olimpia | ||
| 1999 | Honduras U-20 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Platense | ||
| 2001–2002 | Marathón | ||
| 2003–2004 | Olimpia | ||
| 2004–2007 | Honduras | ||
| 2008 | Marathón | ||
| 2010–2011 | Belize | ||
| 2011 | Marathón | ||
| 2012 | Real España | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José de la Paz Herrera Uclés, commonly known as Chelato Uclés, (born 21 November 1940) is a Honduran retired footballer and coach.
He grew up in Soledad, Honduras, a small town of the municipality of El Paraíso in extreme poverty. From Soledad, his family moved to Comayagüela, where he was introduced to football. He dedicated his life to football, choosing it over baseball in a time when baseball was very popular in Honduras.
He played the 1965-66 season in the national league for Atlético Español.
Herrera’s nickname was given to him by a friend, Danieri Flores, to whom Chelato tried to nickname "Danilerato"; Flores responded with "Chelato", which has since stuck as his nickname.
He made his debut as manager on 14 December 1969, when he replaced "Popo" Godoy as manager of Motagua.
During José's career as technical director of National League teams, he made history with three different clubs. However, he failed in his attempt at taking a couple of small teams to win the championship.
The first part of Chelato's history in National League begins in 1974, when he won his first title with Real España. With it, Chelato also delivered to the city of San Pedro Sula their first championship ever, after defeating Club Deportivo Motagua of Tegucigalpa by the score of 1-0 in their final match.
He took Olimpia, to win the championship title in 1992. Later, he added two more championships with Olimpia, in 1996-1997 and 2003-2004.
By 2001, "Chelato" took charge of Marathón. At the moment of his arrival he declared that “It would be pretty to leave Marathón being a champion.” Those were very optimistic words for team that at that moment was going through a very difficult stretch; fighting to not being relegated to second division. Nevertheless, at the end of the season, "Chelato" kept his word, and the team became the new champs of the Honduran National League.
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