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Eugenio Villazón

Eugenio Manuel Villazón Laso (born September 19, 1972) is a Mexican professional football coach and former player, currently leading the C.F. Pachuca Academy, with more than 20 years of experience in professional soccer, totaling more than 750 official games in his coaching career. As an assistant coach, he has won championships such as the CONMEBOL South American Cup in 2006 with C.F. 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 been in charge of developing youth teams at the club level in Morelia and at the national level in Guatemala. He also has experience as an assistant coach in MLS with Atlanta United.

Eugenio Villazón
Personal information
Full name Eugenio Manuel Villazón Laso
Date of birth (1972-09-19) September 19, 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 Toluca 103 (8)
2002–2002 León 15 (1)
Managerial career
2003–2004 Cruz Azul (assistant)
2004–2005 Toluca (assistant)
2006–2009 Pachuca (assistant)
2009–2012 Cruz Azul (assistant)
2012–2013 Toluca (assistant)
2013–2014 Pachuca (assistant)
2015–2016 Morelia (assistant)
2017–2019 Morelia (assistant)
2021 Toluca (assistant)
2022–2024 Atlanta United (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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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.

Assistant Coach career

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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.

While serving as the Academy Director for Monarcas Morelia, he simultaneously began working with the first-division team. In February 2017, he joined forces with Roberto Hernández to co-manage the first team, facing the challenge of preventing relegation.They successfully kept the club in the First Division and held their positions for two years, until February 2019. During this time, they reached the runner-up spot in the 2017 Clausura MX Cup and qualified for the league playoffs three consecutive times.

He served as an assistant coach with Toluca in 2021.[1]

Eugenio Villazón was considered as one of the five finalist candidates[2] to coach Guatemala's senior national team, a position finally assigned to Luis Fernando Tena in December 2021.

Between January 2022 and June 2024, Eugenio Villazón joined Gonzalo Pineda's coaching staff as an assistant coach of the Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.[3]

Games statistics as Assistant Coach

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As of match played June 2, 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 June 3, 2024 94 31 27 36 42.55%
Total 752 312 184 256 49.65%

https://ligamx.net/cancha/cuerpotecnico/4776/eugenio-manuel-villazon-laso

https://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 91 31 26 35 0
International Stats with American Teams 2 0 1 1 0
TOTAL 752 312 184 256 0

Executive

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Since January 2017, Villazón has been instrumental in developing youth talent, first as Director of Monarcas Morelia Reserves and Academy, and later as the leader of Guatemala's National Youth Soccer Teams. His commitment to youth development continues as he serves as the Academy Director at C.F. Pachuca, a position he assumed in September 2024.

Honours

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Player

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Toluca

Assistant manager

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Pachuca

References

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  1. ^ Rangel, Gabriela. "Regresa Eugenio Villazón al Toluca". El Sol de Toluca.
  2. ^ "VIDEO | Los cinco candidatos finales a dirigir a Guatemala, según Gerardo Paiz" (in Spanish). 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Eugenio Villazón to join Atlanta United coaching staff as assistant coach". www.atlutd.com. 20 January 2022.
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