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
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
2018–2019	Costa Rica
2019	Atlético San Luis
Medal record
Representing Uruguay
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón (born 25 May 1967) is an Argentine-born Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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]

On 5 September 2019, Matosas stood down as coach of Costa Rica national football team after the team suffered two shock draws over minnows Haiti and Curaçao ^[5]