Gustavo Matosas

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Matosas and the second or maternal family name is Paidón.

Gustavo Matosas

File:Gustavo Matosas 2014.jpg Matosas in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Cristian Matosas Paidón
Date of birth	(1965-05-25) 25 May 1965
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder, Central Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1988	Peñarol
1989–1990	Málaga	45	(4)
1991–1992	San Lorenzo	40	(3)
1992	Racing Club	12	(1)
1993–1994	São Paulo	5	(2)
1993–1994	Lleida	17	(2)
1994–1995	Valladolid	15	(1)
1996	Atlético Paranaense
1997	Goiás	14	(0)
1999–2000	Tianjin Teda	49	(2)
2001	El Tanque Sisley
2001	Querétaro	6	(0)
International career
1987–1992	Uruguay	7	(0)
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	Querétaro
2012–2014	León
2015	América
2015	Atlas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2008

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

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

Managerial statistics

Managerial statistics

As of 31 May 2016

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Atlas		2015	2015	22	9	4	9	23	27	−4	40.91
Total				22	9	4	9	23	27	−4	40.91

Honours

As a player

Peñarol

• Primera División: 1985, 1986
• Copa Libertadores: 1987

Uruguay

• Copa América: 1987

As a manager

Danubio FC

• Campeonato Uruguayo: #Torneo Clausura 2007.

León

• Liga de Ascenso: Clausura 2012
• Liga MX: Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014

Club America

• CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15

External links

• (Spanish) Profile at Tenfield
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics