| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos de los Cobos Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-12-10)10 December 1958 (age 66)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1978 | Querétaro | ||
| 1978–1984 | América | 134 | (7) |
| 1984–1986 | Necaxa | 24 | (2) |
| 1986–1987 | Cobras de Querétaro | 15 | (1) |
| 1987–1989 | América | 23 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Monterrey | 62 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Querétaro | 34 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Monterrey | 35 | (2) |
| 1993 | Querétaro | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 330 | (17) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983–1986 | Mexico | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Querétaro | ||
| 1994–1995 | Tigres UANL | ||
| 1996 | América | ||
| 2000–2001 | Celaya FC | ||
| 2003 | Irapuato | ||
| 2006 | CD FAS | ||
| 2006–2009 | El Salvador | ||
| 2010–2011 | Chicago Fire | ||
| 2012 | Querétaro FC | ||
| 2015 | Tapachula | ||
| 2018–2021 | El Salvador | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos de los Cobos Martínez (born 10 December 1958) is a Mexican former professionalfootball player and manager who last managedEl Salvador.
As a player, de los Cobos spent the majority of his playing career in his native Mexico, playing for bothQuerétaro andMonterrey on numerous occasions. He represented his country at the1986 Football World Cup held in Mexico, where he was an integral part of the team's quarter-final run. He share team with Héctor Miguel Zelada,"El Vasco" Aguirre,Alfredo Tena,Cristóbal Ortega.
As a coach, he has been in charge atClub América,Querétaro,Club Celaya, andDeportivo Irapuato. He served as an assistant coach toManuel Lapuente and the Mexico national team at the1998 Football World Cup, as well as the1996 Olympic Games. In 2002, Mexico national team managerRicardo La Volpe designated him as the U23 national team coach, participating in2002 Central American and Caribbean Games held inSan Salvador, El Salvador. Mexico was defeated in the final by El Salvador.
On 26 August 2006 De Los Cobos was appointed coach of theEl Salvador national football team. He coached his first international tournament in the2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. El Salvador shared group with defending Gold Cup championsUnited States,Guatemala andTrinidad and Tobago. After two losses and one win, El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago failed to advance to the quarter-finals.
In the first round of the2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, El Salvador eliminatedAnguilla with a 16–0 on aggregate and advanced to play in the second round againstPanama and eliminated "Los Canaleros" by an aggregate score and advanced to theThird round. He then managed to advance El Salvador to the Hexagonal, which is the final qualifying round for CONCACAF. El Salvador had not qualified to the Hexagonal since the1998 World Cup qualifying. On 14 December 2009, De los Cobos announced he would not continue as the manager of El Salvador after the end of his contract. He mentioned that one of his reasons for not renewing his contract was his no longer being motivated to continue with the national team.[2]
On 8 January 2010, it was declared that de los Cobos was the new coach for theChicago Fire. Having missed the playoffs for just the second time in club history in 2010 and sitting near the bottom of the league with a 1–4–6 record, De Los Cobos was dismissed on 30 May 2011 and replaced byFrank Klopas.[3]
De los Cobos and his wife Mayte have two children: Rafael[4] and Paulina.[5]
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