Diego Aguirre

Aguirre in the final of the Copa Libertadores 2011

Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor (* September 13 1965 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football player and coach.

Club career

The native Montevideaner Aguirre grew up with parents and seven brothers to the Barrio Prado and visited the church school Colegio San Francisco de Sales.

The La Fiera called links foot acted in the position of striker. He began his career as a player at montevideanischen Liverpool after the age of 16, he completed a trial there and was put under contract. The following year he made his debut in the First team of the club. After being in the Segunda División in 1985 drew attention to himself with twelve goals scored, he moved from there in 1986 within the city for at this time Óscar Washington Tabarez trained giants Peñarol. Here he spent a highly successful athletic time when he 1986, the Uruguayan championship, the Torneo Competencia, the Liguilla Pre- Libertadores and the following year won the Copa Libertadores. In the World Cup then they lost in the final. Then he made his way to Europe, where he joined in Greece Olympiakos Piraeus, but only four games completed. About Fiorentina went for Aguirre then back to Peñarol. He was top scorer in the Primera División in 1989 in Uruguay. He then moved on to Brazil. There Aguirre played for SC Internacional and Sao Paulo and in 1990 and 1991 respectively Brazilian vice-champion. In the following years he was active for a number of other teams at home and abroad. In Argentina he played for Independiente. Probably the most important Bolivian club Bolivar, he was also for a short time and only played the Copa Libertadores for the Bolivians. Even with the Spanish clubs CD Ourense and Club Atlético Marbella he put an intermediate stations. In 1996, he played in El Salvador for Club Deportivo FAS and was national champion in 1997, he was vice-champion of the Uruguay Torneo Apertura with River, who was trained at the time of Fernando Morena. There was a station in Chile Deportes Temuco. In 1999 he was still playing at the small Uruguayan club under coach Martín Lasarte Rentistas. Around the turn of the millennium he ended his active career.

Coaching career

His coaching career in professional football began after he previously from 2000 to 2001 in the League universitaria a year Carrasco Lawn Tenis supervised, 2002 at the small Uruguayan Club Plaza Colonia. Previously, he had been assigned to accompany his last engagement of his playing career a coaching course. His next stop was 2003-2004 Peñarol, with which he was able in 2003 to celebrate the Uruguayan championship. His way now led through coach positions at Auca (2006), the Montevideo Wanderers (2007) and in Peru in Alianza Lima ( 2007). From 7 November 2007, he was until 2010 as the successor Gustavo Ferrin coach of the Uruguayan U-20 national team led them to and looked after them at the U -20 World Cup 2009. In a further commitment to Peñarol followed in 2010, a second championship win as well as second place in the Copa Libertadores 2011. It closed in 2011 a coach involvement in Qatar at Al Rayyan SC, where he signed a one -year contract. There Aguirre was with the team third in the league and won the Prince Cup. He was honored as best coach of the season, extended his contract with the Qataris and also took his team to the League Cup of 2012. In May 2013, repeated his team to victory in the Prince Cup. After a period of poor results, which resulted in the table for temporarily 10th place among 14 teams, in early November 2013 parted Aguirre and the club by mutual agreement.

Achievements

As a player

  • Copa Libertadores 1987
  • Uruguayan Champion 1986
  • Salvadoran champions 1996
  • Scorer in the Uruguayan Primera División 1989

As coach

  • 2x Uruguayan champion (2003, 2009/10)
  • Copa del Príncipe 2012, 2013
  • Qatari League Cup 2012
  • Best coach of Qatar the 2011/12 season

Private

Aguirre, who grew up in Barrio Prado, Colegio San Francisco de Sales visited, is married and father of three children.

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