Diego Aguirre
Aguirre with San Lorenzo in 2017
Personal information
Full name Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor
Date of birth (1965-09-13) 13 September 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Montevideo,[1] Uruguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Peñarol (head coach)
Youth career
1982–1983 Liverpool Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Liverpool Montevideo 34 (18)
1986–1988 Peñarol 46 (24)
1988 Olympiakos 4 (0)
1988 Fiorentina 0 (0)
1989–1991 Central Español 0 (0)
1989–1990 → Internacional (loan) 41 (1)
1990 → São Paulo (loan) 8 (3)
1991 → Portuguesa (loan) 5 (0)
1992 Independiente 3 (0)
1992 Peñarol 10 (2)
1993 Bolívar
1993–1994 Marbella 20 (6)
1994 Danubio
1995 Ourense 14 (2)
1996 Deportivo FAS
1997–1998 River Plate Montevideo
1998 Deportes Temuco 4 (0)
1999 Rentistas
Managerial career
2002 Plaza Colonia
2003–2004 Peñarol
2006 Aucas
2007 Montevideo Wanderers
2007 Alianza Lima
2009–2010 Uruguay U20
2010–2011 Peñarol
2011–2013 Al-Rayyan
2014 Al-Gharafa
2015 Internacional
2016 Atlético Mineiro
2016–2017 San Lorenzo
2018 São Paulo
2019–2020 Al-Rayyan
2021 Internacional
2022 Cruz Azul
2023 Olimpia
2023 Santos
2023– Peñarol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor (born 13 September 1965) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He currently manages Peñarol on the Uruguayan Primera División.

Playing career

A Liverpool Montevideo youth graduate, Aguirre joined the club in 1982 at the age of 16, and made his senior debut in the following year. In 1986, he moved to city rivals Peñarol, and was a part of the squad which won the 1987 Copa Libertadores, scoring a last-minute winner in the Final.[2]

In 1988, after an unassuming spell with Olympiacos,[3] Aguirre had a brief stint with Sven-Göran Eriksson's ACF Fiorentina, appearing only in the Coppa Italia.[4] He subsequently moved to Brazil, representing Internacional and São Paulo.[5]

In the following years Aguirre rarely settled into a club, and played for Portuguesa, Independiente, Peñarol, Bolívar, CA Marbella, Danubio, CD Ourense, Deportivo FAS, River Plate Montevideo, Deportes Temuco[6] and Rentistas.

Managerial career

After starting his career with Plaza Colonia in 2002, Aguirre returned to his former club Peñarol in 2003. Despite winning the year's championship, he was sacked in December 2004.

On 20 December 2005, Aguirre was named in charge of Aucas, but was sacked the following March. In 2007, he was appointed manager of Montevideo Wanderers, and was subsequently in charge of Alianza Lima for just five matches.

In 2008, Aguirre was named Uruguay under-20 manager, after a request of Óscar Tabárez. On 7 December 2010 he returned to Peñarol,[7] winning another national championship and reaching the finals of the 2011 Copa Libertadores, where his side lost to Santos.

Aguirre managing Al-Rayyan in 2012

On 5 September 2011, Aguirre signed for Al-Rayyan,[8] remaining in charge until 4 November 2013.[9] He subsequently replaced Zico at the helm of Al-Gharafa, being appointed on 2 February 2014.[10]

On 22 December 2014, Aguirre was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Internacional,[11] being relieved from his duties the following 6 August.[12] On 3 December 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Atlético Mineiro,[13] resigning on 19 May.[14]

On 27 June 2016, Aguirre replaced Pablo Guede at the helm of San Lorenzo.[15] On 22 September of the following year, he resigned after being knocked out of the year's Copa Libertadores.[16]

On 11 March 2018, Aguirre was appointed manager of another former club, São Paulo.[17] On 11 November, after falling down from the first to the fifth position, he left the club.[18]

Aguirre returned to Al Rayyan for a second spell in July 2019.[19] In his first season, the club finished second in the league without to win any trophies, being also eliminated in the AFC Champions League play-off round.

During Aguirre's second season as head coach, he saw key players Hamid Ismail, Sebastián Soria and Rodrigo Tabata leaving the club, and after a poor run of results in their first matches, he announced on the media that he would be leaving the club by mutual agreement. He was linked to São Paulo in October 2020,[20] and officially left the club after the disappointing draw against Al-Arabi on 11 December, being later replaced by French coach Laurent Blanc.[21]

On 19 June 2021, Aguirre returned to Brazil and Internacional, after replacing Miguel Ángel Ramírez.[22] He left the club on a mutual agreement on 15 December, after missing out a Copa Libertadores spot in the last round.[23]

On 30 May 2022, Aguirre switched teams and countries again after being named in charge of Liga MX side Cruz Azul.[24] He was sacked on 21 August, after a 7–0 loss to Club América.[25]

On 11 March 2023, Aguirre replaced Julio César Cáceres at the helm of Club Olimpia in Paraguay.[26] He was dismissed on 20 July, after a poor league campaign.[27]

On 6 August 2023, Aguirre returned to Brazil and became Santos' third permanent head coach of the season.[28] He was sacked on 15 September, after four defeats in just five matches,[29] and returned to Peñarol after 12 years on 21 November.[30]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 February 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Plaza Colonia Uruguay 1 January 2002 31 December 2002 38 16 7 15 52 45 +7 042.11
Peñarol 1 January 2003 1 January 2005 92 50 22 20 177 115 +62 054.35
Aucas Ecuador 1 January 2006 30 June 2006 11 3 3 5 13 14 −1 027.27
Montevideo Wanderers Uruguay 1 January 2007 11 June 2007 15 8 2 5 31 21 +10 053.33
Alianza Lima Peru 22 June 2007 30 August 2007 5 1 2 2 4 9 −5 020.00
Uruguay U20 Uruguay 7 November 2007 23 December 2009 15 9 3 3 32 22 +10 060.00
Peñarol 23 December 2009 6 September 2011 51 32 8 11 91 57 +34 062.75
Al-Rayyan Qatar 6 September 2011 3 November 2013 43 17 9 17 86 74 +12 039.53
Al-Gharafa 5 February 2014 5 June 2014 7 3 1 3 10 9 +1 042.86
Internacional Brazil 1 January 2015 6 August 2015 50 26 14 10 67 46 +21 052.00
Atlético Mineiro 3 December 2015 19 May 2016 30 15 7 8 53 26 +27 050.00
San Lorenzo Argentina 1 July 2016 22 September 2017 51 27 10 14 78 60 +18 052.94
São Paulo Brazil 12 March 2018 11 November 2018 42 17 15 10 51 37 +14 040.48
Al-Rayyan Qatar 28 May 2019 10 October 2020 34 19 9 6 52 33 +19 055.88
Internacional Brazil 20 June 2021 15 December 2021 35 11 12 12 39 32 +7 031.43
Cruz Azul Mexico 30 May 2022 20 August 2022 11 2 3 6 14 27 −13 018.18
Olimpia Paraguay 11 March 2023 20 July 2023 24 9 7 8 35 26 +9 037.50
Santos Brazil 6 August 2023 15 September 2023 5 1 0 4 2 12 −10 020.00
Peñarol Uruguay 21 November 2023 present 10 5 3 2 10 6 +4 050.00
Total 569 271 137 161 897 672 +225 047.63

Honours

Player

Peñarol
Deportivo FAS

Manager

Peñarol
Al-Rayyan
Internacional
Cruz Azul

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-14.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Copa Libertadores 1987: Peñarol is again on top of the continent". CONMEBOL. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-11). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
  4. ^ "Diego Vicente Aguirre – La più veloce meteora nella storia della squadra viola" [Diego Vicente Aguirre – The fastest meteor in the history of the purple team] (in Italian). Calcio Bidoni. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Diego Aguirre: treinador com histórico tricolor" [Diego Aguirre: manager with tricolor past history] (in Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Diego Aguirre: sin recuerdos en Temuco" [Diego Aguirre: no memories at Temuco] (in Spanish). Revista El Ágora. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Diego Aguirre regresa como DT del Peñarol" [Diego Aguirre returns as Peñarol manager] (in Spanish). El Universo. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Al Rayyan, do Qatar, desiste de Dunga e contrata técnico do Peñarol" [Al Rayyan, from Qatar, give up on Dunga and sign the manager of Peñarol] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Polémica salida de Diego Aguirre de Al Rayyan" [Troubled departure of Diego Aguirre from Al Rayyan] (in Spanish). Referí. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Diego Aguirre vuelve a Catar y sustituye a Zico" [Diego Aguirre returns to Qatar and replaces Zico] (in Spanish). Referí. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Diego Aguirre é o novo técnico do Internacional" [Diego Aguirre is the new manager of Internacional] (in Portuguese). SC Internacional. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Diego Aguirre não é mais técnico do Inter" [Diego Aguirre is no longer manager of Inter] (in Portuguese). SC Internacional. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Diego Aguirre é apresentado na Cidade do Galo" [Diego Aguirre is presented at the Cidade do Galo] (in Portuguese). Atlético Mineiro. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Diego Aguirre deixa o comando do Atlético" [Diego Aguirre leaves Atlético] (in Portuguese). Atlético Mineiro. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ^ "El uruguayo Diego Aguirre, nuevo entrenador de San Lorenzo" [Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, new manager of San Lorenzo] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Diego Aguirre presenta su dimisión en San Lorenzo" [Diego Aguirre resigns at San Lorenzo] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Diego Aguirre é o novo técnico do São Paulo" [Diego Aguirre is the new manager of São Paulo] (in Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Nota oficial" [Official announcement] (in Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Diego Aguirre vuelve a dirigir a Al Rayyan de Catar". El Observador.
  20. ^ "São Paulo sonda o treinador uruguaio Diego Aguirre". ESPN.com (in Portuguese). 5 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Former PSG boss Laurent Blanc resurfaces in Qatar at Al-Rayyan". RFI. 19 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Nota oficial" [Official note] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Internacional. 19 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Diego Aguirre não é mais técnico do Inter" [Diego Aguirre is no longer manager of Inter] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Internacional. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Oficial: Cruz Azul confirma a Diego Aguirre como su nuevo técnico para el Apertura 2022" [Official: Cruz Azul confirm Diego Aguirre as their new manager for the 2022 Apertura]. ESPN (in Spanish). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Cruz Azul despide a Diego Aguirre tras goleada ante América" [Cruz Azul sack Diego Aguirre after the routing against América] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  26. ^ "Oficial: Diego Aguirre es el nuevo entrenador de Olimpia" [Official: Diego Aguirre is the new manager of Olimpia] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  27. ^ "Olimpia despide a Diego Aguirre" [Olimpia fire Diego Aguirre] (in Spanish). D10. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  28. ^ "Diego Aguirre é o novo técnico do Santos FC" [Diego Aguirre is the new head coach of Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  29. ^ "Nota oficial – Diego Aguirre" [Official note – Diego Aguirre] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  30. ^ "Peñarol y el emotivo video anunciando el retorno de Diego Aguirre: "La Fiera volvió"" [Peñarol and the emotional video announcing the return of Diego Aguirre: "The Beast returned"] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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