Fernando Clavijo

Fernando Clavijo

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés
Date of birth	(1956-01-23)January 23, 1956
Place of birth	Maldonado, Uruguay
Date of death	February 8, 2019(2019-02-08) (aged 63)
Place of death	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1979	Atenas
1979–1981	New York Apollo/United	66	(5)
1981–1983	New York Arrows (indoor)	65	(11)
1983–1984	Golden Bay Earthquakes	40	(1)
1984–1988	San Diego Sockers (indoor)	187	(49)
1988–1989	Los Angeles Lazers (indoor)	46	(10)
1989–1992	St. Louis Storm (indoor)	136	(41)
International career
1990–1994	United States	61	(0)
1992	United States futsal	8	(2)
Managerial career
1991	St. Louis Storm
1995–1997	Seattle SeaDogs
1998–1999	Florida ThunderCats
1998	Nigeria (assistant)
1998	Project 40 (assistant)
1998	U.S. Futsal
1999	MetroStars (assistant)
2000–2002	New England Revolution
2003–2005	Haiti
2005–2008	Colorado Rapids
2009	Miami FC
Medal record Representing  United States Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991 Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 1993 Men's Soccer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés (January 23, 1956 – February 8, 2019) was a Uruguayan-American soccer defender and former head coach of the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned 61 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and eight with the U.S. national futsal team. He later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team level with Nigeria and Haiti. He was a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.^[1][2]