Eugenio Manuel Villazón Laso (born September 19, 1972) is a Mexican professional football coach and former player, currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer club Atlanta United, with more than 20 years of experience in professional soccer, totaling more than 700 official games in his career. As an assistant coach, he has won championships such as the CONMEBOL South American Cup in 2006 with Pachuca, as well as a Mexican League championship, and two CONCACAF championships in 2007 and 2008. As a soccer player he was champion three times with Toluca. He has also been in charge of developing youth teams at the club level in Morelia and the National Team in Guatemala. His most recent experience was with Atlanta United in the MLS.
As a player, Villazón debuted in the 1994–1995 season for Toluca, where he played for almost his entire career. During his time at Deportivo Toluca, he won three Primera División championships: Verano 1998, Verano 1999 and Verano 2000. He scored a total of 8 goals throughout his career. Villazón retired in 2002, after playing one season in León F.C. in promotion division.
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Villazón began his coaching career in March 2003, working under Enrique Meza at Cruz Azul. Meza had previously managed Villazón when Villazón was playing for Deportivo Toluca. The next season, both coaches moved to Toluca. In June 2006, Meza was named head coach of Pachuca and brought along Villazón as an assistant coach. During their time at Pachuca, Villazón won the Copa Sudamericana, two CONCACAF Champions League Cups, one league championship, and participated twice in the FIFA Club World Cup. For the 2009–10 season, Meza and Villazón returned to Cruz Azul, where they were runners-up in the Apertura 2009 tournament and the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. After that, Meza and Villazón managed Toluca for the 2012–13 season and Pachuca for the 2013–14 season.
Villazón worked as an assistant coach for Morelia for the 2015–2016 season.
In February 2017, Roberto Hernández and Villazón were announced as Morelia's managers.[1] They jointly took on the responsibility of managing Monarcas Morelia to save the team from relegation.[2] They managed to stay in the First Division[3] and continued for two years in the position, until February 2019. During this period, they achieved the runner-up position in the 2017 Clausura MX Cup and qualified for three consecutive league games.
He served as an assistant coach with Toluca in 2021.[4]
Eugenio Villazón was considered as one of the five finalist candidates[5] to coach Guatemala's senior national team, a position finally assigned to Luis Fernando Tena in December 2021.
In January 2022, Eugenio Villazón joined Gonzalo Pineda's coaching staff as an assistant coach of the Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.[6]
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^"Fedefut Guatemala - EL MEXICANO EUGENIO VILLAZÓN SERA EL DIRECTOR DE SELECCIONES JUVENILES". fedefutguate.org (in Spanish). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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Eugenio Manuel Villazon Laso born September 19 1972 is a Mexican professional football coach and former player currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer club Atlanta United with more than 20 years of experience in professional soccer totaling more than 700 official games in his career As an assistant coach he has won championships such as the CONMEBOL South American Cup in 2006 with Pachuca as well as a Mexican League championship and two CONCACAF championships in 2007 and 2008 As a soccer player he was champion three times with Toluca He has also been in charge of developing youth teams at the club level in Morelia and the National Team in Guatemala His most recent experience was with Atlanta United in the MLS Eugenio VillazonPersonal informationFull nameEugenio Manuel Villazon LasoDate of birth 1972 09 19 September 19 1972 age 51 Place of birthMexico City MexicoHeight1 82 m 5 ft 11 1 2 in Position s DefenderTeam informationCurrent teamAtlanta United assistant coach Senior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1994 2002Toluca103 8 2002 2002Leon15 1 Managerial career2003 2004Cruz Azul assistant 2004 2005Toluca assistant 2006 2009Pachuca assistant 2009 2012Cruz Azul assistant 2012 2013Toluca assistant 2013 2014Pachuca assistant 2015 2016Morelia assistant 2017 2019Morelia assistant 2021Toluca assistant 2022 Atlanta United assistant Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 2 Assistant Coach career 3 Games statistics as Assistant Coach 4 Executive 5 Honours 5 1 Player 5 2 Assistant manager 6 References 7 External linksClub career editAs a player Villazon debuted in the 1994 1995 season for Toluca where he played for almost his entire career During his time at Deportivo Toluca he won three Primera Division championships Verano 1998 Verano 1999 and Verano 2000 He scored a total of 8 goals throughout his career Villazon retired in 2002 after playing one season in Leon F C in promotion division Assistant Coach career editVillazon began his coaching career in March 2003 working under Enrique Meza at Cruz Azul Meza had previously managed Villazon when Villazon was playing for Deportivo Toluca The next season both coaches moved to Toluca In June 2006 Meza was named head coach of Pachuca and brought along Villazon as an assistant coach During their time at Pachuca Villazon won the Copa Sudamericana two CONCACAF Champions League Cups one league championship and participated twice in the FIFA Club World Cup For the 2009 10 season Meza and Villazon returned to Cruz Azul where they were runners up in the Apertura 2009 tournament and the 2009 10 CONCACAF Champions League After that Meza and Villazon managed Toluca for the 2012 13 season and Pachuca for the 2013 14 season Villazon worked as an assistant coach for Morelia for the 2015 2016 season In February 2017 Roberto Hernandez and Villazon were announced as Morelia s managers 1 They jointly took on the responsibility of managing Monarcas Morelia to save the team from relegation 2 They managed to stay in the First Division 3 and continued for two years in the position until February 2019 During this period they achieved the runner up position in the 2017 Clausura MX Cup and qualified for three consecutive league games He served as an assistant coach with Toluca in 2021 4 Eugenio Villazon was considered as one of the five finalist candidates 5 to coach Guatemala s senior national team a position finally assigned to Luis Fernando Tena in December 2021 In January 2022 Eugenio Villazon joined Gonzalo Pineda s coaching staff as an assistant coach of the Major League Soccer club Atlanta United 6 Games statistics as Assistant Coach editAs of match played May 11 2024 Team Nat From To Record G W D L Won points Cruz Azul Mexico March 1 2003 April 31 2004 45 16 11 18 43 70 Toluca Mexico December 8 2004 April 31 2005 12 4 3 5 41 67 Pachuca Mexico May 25 2006 May 31 2009 151 72 34 45 55 19 Cruz Azul Mexico June 1 2009 May 15 2012 126 61 29 36 56 08 Toluca Mexico May 21 2012 May 5 2013 53 23 10 20 49 69 Pachuca Mexico September 4 2013 November 30 2014 61 23 17 21 46 99 Monarcas Morelia Mexico May 22 2015 October 23 2016 67 25 16 26 45 27 Monarcas Morelia Mexico January 16 2017 February 24 2019 105 44 26 35 50 16 Toluca Mexico January 6 2021 November 30 2021 38 13 11 14 43 86 Atlanta United United States January 20 2022 present 88 29 26 33 42 80 Total 746 310 183 253 49 73 https ligamx net cancha cuerpotecnico 4776 eugenio manuel villazon lasohttps www mlssoccer com standings 2023 conference GAMES SUMMARY SINCE MARCH 2003 TO PRESENT GP W T L RC Mexican Stats with Mexican Teams 607 254 149 204 0 International Stats with Mexican Teams 51 27 8 16 0 American Stats with American Teams 86 29 25 32 0 International Stats with American Teams 2 0 1 1 0 TOTAL 746 310 183 253 0Executive editIn January 2017 Villazon was announced as Director of Monarcas Morelia Reserves and Academy 7 Between August 2019 and December 2020 he developed and lead the National Youth Soccer Teams of Guatemala 8 project Honours editPlayer edit Toluca Mexican Primera Division Verano 1998 Verano 1999 Verano 2000 Assistant manager edit Pachuca Copa Sudamericana 2006 CONCACAF Champions Cup 2007 2008 Mexican Primera Division Clausura 2007References edit Roberto Hernandez y Villazon dirigiran a Monarcas Alvaro Davila in Spanish Azteca Deportes 9 February 2017 Archived from the original on 31 December 2018 Retrieved 31 December 2018 Se la juegan con los de casa TUDN in Mexican Spanish Retrieved 15 February 2022 Del pozo al gozo Record com mx in Spanish 27 November 2017 Rangel Gabriela Regresa Eugenio Villazon al Toluca El Sol de Toluca VIDEO Los cinco candidatos finales a dirigir a Guatemala segun Gerardo Paiz in Spanish 10 August 2021 Archived from the original on 11 August 2021 Eugenio Villazon to join Atlanta United coaching staff as assistant coach www atlutd com 20 January 2022 Eugenio Villazon nuevo responsable de fuerzas basicas de Monarcas Morelia Sistema Michoacano de Radio y Television in Spanish 17 January 2017 Retrieved 31 December 2018 Fedefut Guatemala EL MEXICANO EUGENIO VILLAZoN SERA EL DIRECTOR DE SELECCIONES JUVENILES fedefutguate org in Spanish 19 July 2019 Retrieved 19 June 2023 External links edit nbsp Media related to Eugenio Villazon at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eugenio Villazon amp oldid 1223689907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
