Juan de Dios Castillo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan de Dios Castillo González | ||
Date of birth | 31 January 1951 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Date of death | 1 May 2014 | (aged 63)||
Place of death | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1989–1994 | Mexico U-20 | ||
1994–1995 | TM Gallos Blancos | ||
1995–1996 |
Real Saltillo | ||
1998–1999 | Santos Laguna | ||
2000 | Durango | ||
2001–2003 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | ||
2003–2004 | Real España | ||
2005–2006 | Marathón | ||
2007 |
Atlético Mexiquense | ||
2008 | Olimpia | ||
2009 | Motagua | ||
2010–2011 |
Honduras | ||
2012 | El Salvador[1][2] | ||
2013 | Motagua |
Juan de Dios Castillo González (31 January 1951 – 1 May 2014) was a Mexican
Playing career
Club
He started playing professionally for
International
He was called up for the Mexico national football team.[3]
Managerial career
Castillo graduated from the National School of Football Coaches in 1983, starting to coach in all the possible Divisions in the Mexican league:
He was the 3rd best Mexican coach in the history of the Mexico national under-20 football team, with excellent numbers achieved a 5th place in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
With a percentage of victories of the 60%, and players such as
He also assisted
He then went on to coach in Honduras for Real España, winning the National Championship (Apertura) in 2003, runner-up (Apertura) with Marathón in 2005, and again Champion (Clausura) with Olimpia in 2008.
Then he coached the
He is the 2nd coach in the history of the Honduran national league in coaching the 4 best teams in that country.
He became the head coach of the Honduras national football team on August 16, 2010, until January 2011.[4]
After only 5 months in charge, he won the Copa Centroamericana in Panama against Costa Rica (2–1), after 16 years that Honduras could not win this regional cup.
His numbers in the Honduras national football team in 5 months are: 5 wins, 3 draws, and 2 losses.
He was appointed as head coach of El Salvador national football team in July 2012.[5]
Death
Castillo died on 1 May 2014, due to skin cancer.[6]
Honours
- Champion in qualification tournament to the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship (Mexican team eliminated in Quarter-finals)
- Champion in qualification tournament to the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship (the Mexican team reached the fifth place)
- Silver Medal in the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico
- Champion with Real España in the 2003–04 Honduran Liga Nacional (Apertura)
- Runner-up with Marathón in the 2005–06 Honduran Liga Nacional (Apertura)
- Champion with Olimpia in the 2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional (Clausura)
- 2011 Copa Centroamericana with the Honduras national football team
References
- ^ "Falleció Juan de Dios Castillo, víctima de cáncer". May 2014.
- ^ "Juan de Dios Castillo: "No sé qué voy a hacer con el Mágico"". 20 July 2012.
- ^ "Juan de Dios Castillo: "quiero hacer historia en El Salvador"" (in Spanish). El Hoy de Deportes. 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Juan de Dios Castillo no será más técnico de Honduras". January 2013.
- ^ "El Salvador names Castillo as coach". concacaf.com. 15 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Muere Juan de Dios "Cuate" Castillo, ex seleccionador de Honduras". La Prensa. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
External links
- Juan de Dios Castillo – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)