Martín Vásquez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martín Vásquez Gómez | ||
| Date of birth | December 24, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Yahualica, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leones Negros | |||
| 1980–1983 | Los Angeles Golden Eagles | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 39 | (5) |
| 1986 | Hollywood Kickers | ||
| 1986–1987 | Memphis Storm (indoor) | 26 | (17) |
| 1987 | California Kickers | ||
| 1987–1990 | Universidad Guadalajara | 62 | (2) |
| 1990–1991 | Puebla | 36 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Veracruz | 25 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | Atlas | 119 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 59 | (9) |
| 1998 | San Jose Clash | 28 | (0) |
| 1999 | Orange County Zodiac | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 352 | (31) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1992 | Mexico | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | United States | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2000 | Cal Poly Pomona (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2002 | San Diego Spirit (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Los Angeles Galaxy (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2008 | Chivas USA (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bayern Munich (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Chivas USA | ||
| 2011–2014 | United States (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Martín Vásquez Gómez (born December 24, 1963 in Yahualica) is a Mexican-American former professional football player and current coach. One of only two players to have featured for both the United States and Mexico, he has served as a coach since retiring, most recently with the United States. He currently serves as head coach and director of soccer operations at Real Salt Lake's Arizona Academy.
Vasquez and his family moved to Los Angeles at age 12. He attended Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California, where he was a high school All-American soccer player. After high school, he returned to Mexico to briefly play for the B side of the Leones Negros de Guadalajara.
In 1980, Vasquez entered the California State University, Los Angeles, playing on the men's soccer team from 1980 to 1983. During his first two years, he spent the college off-season with Cojumatlan in the San Gabriel Valley Soccer League, in El Monte, California.
In the fall of 1984, Vasquez signed with the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He then played for the Hollywood Kickers of the Western Soccer Alliance. That fall, he joined the Memphis Storm in the American Indoor Soccer Association, where he scored seventeen goals and added nineteen assists in twenty-three games, ranking second on the league's points list.
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