Hugo de León
Hugo de León Hugo Eduardo de León full name Rodríguez ( born February 27, 1958 in Rivera ) is a former Uruguayan football player and coach, who is also active as a politician.
- 3.1 as a player
- 3.2 as coach
Playing career
Association
The 1.89 meter tall central defender de León belonged from 1977 to 1980 the Nacional's squad in La Liga on. There he was in 1977 and 1980 respectively Uruguayan champions over the years. In his second Masters title, he reached the Bolsos also the final of the Copa Libertadores. With de León in the two final games in the starting lineup the Montevideaner defeated after a 0-0 draw on 30 July 1980 and the second leg 1-0 victory on August 6 of that year, the SC Internacional and brought this trophy to Uruguay. The following year, he joined the Brazilian club Gremio Porto Alegre, for whom he played until 1984. The Brazilian championship in his debut year, followed two years later there too the finals at the Copa Libertadores of the year 1983. Again he worked in both finals with and could after his club retained overall the better of Peñarol, for the second time this Cup victory in its success statistics recorded. In the subsequent final of the World Cup at the time Toyota Cup said, he beat his team as the European champions the enemy forming Hamburger SV. A few months later Gremio moved again into the final of the Copa Libertadores in 1984. De Leon, who thus pushed forward for the third time in these playoffs, but lost this time with the team against the Argentine club Independiente CA. In 1985, he joined Corinthians São Paulo. The following year he moved to rivals FC Santos. This was followed in the 1987/88 season, a station in the Spanish Primera División for CD Logroñés, where he played 16 league games. Then he returned to Uruguay. There he took up in 1988 and 1989 his second highly successful commitment to Nacional. With the Bolsos he won the Copa Libertadores in 1988 his third title in this competition, where he was in two finals against Newell's Old Boys in the grid. During the subsequent World Cup Final victory on December 11, 1988 in Tokyo against PSV Eindhoven, he led the team as captain to victory. After de León end of January or beginning of February 1989 in 1989 the kick-off was in the finals to the Recopa Sudamericana in the square and thus actively contributing to ultimately carried title win in a duel with the Argentinean representative Racing Club, he was also in the finals to the Copa Interamericana in 1989 used from the start. Nacional sat down in March 1989 against CD Olimpia there through. In the same year he switched to the other side of the Río de la Plata and played until 1990 in Buenos Aires River Plate. In 1990 he celebrated there the to date in its already extensive collection of titles still missing Argentine national championship. A new change to Brazil Botafogo in 1991, he had another career station in Japan with Toshiba (1991-1992) followed. His career ended in Uruguay, where he signed for the third time now in Nacional and also won his third title in the domestic league in 1992. However, other sources do not expect him to last this title.
National
Already with the junior national team, he won the title in 1977 at the Junior Football Championship South America and finished fourth at the Junior World Cup in 1977. De Leon was also a member of the senior team. He made his debut in Celeste on July 11, 1979. His 48th and final international game, he completed on 25 June 1990. A international goal he scored .. not at the Copa America in 1979, he played his first major tournament. When Mundialito the year 1980/81 he also belonged to the victorious squad and convincing performance. Nevertheless, the political left open the associated de León took place during the time of its ruling civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay under the new Party line coach Omar Borrás no consideration for the following tournaments. Once, however, the political situation and the staffing of the national coach item changed, he later belonged to the Uruguayan squad at the Copa América 1989, which ended Uruguay in second place. De Leon also took part in the 1990 World Cup, where he was employed in all three group games and in the second round defeat to Italy.
A trainer
After his playing career, De León worked as a coach. In this role he also won with Uruguayan Nacional three national championships in 1998, 2000 and 2001. The Bolsos he served as coach in a first stage from 1998 in 2001 and in a further commitment in 2004.
Achievements
As a player
- Munidalito 1980/81
- Junior South American champions in 1977
- World Cup 1983, 1988
- Copa Libertadores 1980, 1983, 1988
- Copa Interamericana in 1989
- Recopa Sudamericana 1989
- Uruguayan Champion 1977, 1980, 1992
- Brazilian Champion 1981
- Argentine champion in 1990
As coach
- Uruguayan champion in 1998, 2000, 2001