Gustavo Matosas

Gustavo Matosas
	Matosas in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón
Date of birth	27 May 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Costa Rica (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1988	Peñarol
1989–1990	Málaga
1991–1992	San Lorenzo
1992	Racing Club
1993–1994	São Paulo
1993–1994	Lleida
1994–1995	Valladolid
1996	Atlético Paranaense
1997	Goiás
1999–2000	Tianjin Teda
2001	El Tanque Sisley
2001	Querétaro
International career
1987–1992	Uruguay
Managerial career
2002–2003	Villa Española
2004	Plaza Colonia
2005	Rampla Juniors
2006–2007	Danubio
2007–2008	Peñarol
2008–2009	Bella Vista
2009–2010	U. de San Martín
2010–2011	Danubio
2011	Queretaro
2012–2014	León
2014–2015	América
2015	Atlas
2016	Al-Hilal
2017	Cerro Porteño
2017	Estudiantes LP
2018–	Costa Rica
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2008

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Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón (born 25 May 1967) is an Argentine-born Uruguayan former professional footballer and current manager of Costa Rica.

Playing career

Club

The son of former footballer Roberto Matosas, Gustavo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1967, as his father was playing for River Plate at the time. Matosas made his debut in 1985 playing for Peñarol in Uruguay, with whom he won the Copa Libertadores in 1987, as well as two league titles, and went on to play for Málaga in Spain, San Lorenzo in Argentina, São Paulo in Brazil, Tianjin Teda in China, as well as having brief stints with other clubs in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain before retiring in 2001, last playing for Querétaro of the Mexican Primera División.

International

An Uruguayan international, Matosas gained his first cap in 1987. That year, he won the Copa América title with Uruguay after defeating Chile 1–0 in the Final. Matosas was capped seven times in his career.

Managerial career

In 2012 Matosas managed Club Leon. He won back to back Liga Championships before leaving. In December 2014 it was announced that Matosas would be named manager of Club América. He would go on to win the concacaf champions league 2014-2015. In 2015 it was announced he would be the manager of Atlas liga mx team. On 12 June 2016 Matosas signed a one-year contract with the Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal FC.

On 18 June 2017, Matosas was named manager of Estudiantes de La Plata.^[1]^[2] He resigned on 19 September 2017.^[3]

On 10 October 2018, Matosas was named coach of Costa Rica national football team ^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 29 June 2019

Team	Country	From	To	Record
Team	Country	From	To	G	W	D	L	Points	%
Villa Española	Uruguay	14 September 2002	15 May 2003	20	3	7	10	16	26.67%
Plaza Colonia		January 2004	May 2005	51	5	21	25	36	23.53%
Rampla Juniors		19 May 2005	December 2005	24	10	6	8	36	50.00%
Danubio		26 December 2005	May 2007	49	30	7	12	97	65.99%
Peñarol		29 June 2007	10 March 2008	19	6	6	7	24	42.11%
Bella Vista		12 January 2009	11 May 2009	11	3	3	5	12	36.36%
Universidad San Martín	Perú	4 September 2009	23 December 2009	14	6	4	4	22	52.38%
Danubio	Uruguay	13 May 2010	5 December 2010	15	7	5	3	26	57.78%
Querétaro	Mexico	23 November 2010	15 August 2011	22	6	5	11	23	34.85%
León		20 September 2011	24 November 2014	148	66	44	38	242	54.50%
América		17 December 2014	19 May 2015	25	12	6	7	42	56.00%
Atlas		30 May 2015	2 November 2015	23	9	4	10	31	44.93%
Al-Hilal	Saudi Arabia	12 June 2016	22 September 2016	5	3	1	1	10	66.67%
Cerro Porteño	Paraguay	25 March 2017	15 June 2017	14	8	1	5	25	59.52%
Estudiantes de La Plata	Argentina	19 June 2017	19 September 2017	7	3	1	3	10	47.62%
Costa Rica	Costa Rica	9 October 2018	Present	8	3	1	4	10	41.67%
Total				455	180	122	153	662	48.50%