Fernando Clavijo

Fernando Clavijo

Personal information
Full name	Fernando "Catano" Clavijo Cedrés
Date of birth	(1956-01-23) January 23, 1956
Place of birth	Maldonado, Uruguay
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	U.S. 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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés (born January 23, 1956) is a retired American soccer defender and former head coach of the 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 8 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 is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.

Playing

Outdoor

Clavijo began his professional playing career at the age of 16 with Uruguayan club Atenas De San Carlos. He spent his six seasons with Atenas at forward. In 1979, Clavijo and his wife moved to the United States in order for him to play for the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League (ASL). The Apollo changed its name to the New York United between the 1979 and 1980 season. Clavijo then spent two seasons with the United. In 1983, he moved to the San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League (NASL). In 1984, he was an NASL All Star with the Earthquakes.

Indoor

Clavijo began his indoor soccer career, which rapidly eclipsed his outdoor career, in 1981 with the New York Arrows of Major Indoor Soccer League. The move indoors also brought a change from forward to defender. In 1984, he moved to the San Diego Sockers where he contributed to the Sockers winning three championships in his four years with the team.

Futsal

In 1992, he had earned 8 caps, scoring two goals, for the U.S. Futsal Team.^[1]

Coaching

Clavijo's coaching career began in 1991 with the St. Louis Storm where he was player-coach. In 1994, he became the head coach of the Seattle SeaDogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). In 1997, he was the CISL Coach of the Year. He then moved to the Florida ThunderCats of the National Professional Soccer League. He then assisted ex-US coach Bora Milutinovic with the Nigerian national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He followed Bora to Major League Soccer as well, assisting him with the MetroStars in 1999, the worst season for any team in league history. He left the club after the year, assuming head coaching duties with the New England Revolution, but was fired midway through the 2002 season after not much success.

In 1998, he also served as the head coach of the U.S. Futsal Team.

On October 16, 2003, Clavijo became the head coach of the Haitian national team. He led them through World Cup Qualifying, resigning his position after Haiti lost to Jamaica.^[2] On December 22, 2004, the Colorado Rapids hired Clavijo as the team's head coach.

Clavijo was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.

Coach Clavijo resigned from the Colorado Rapids on August 20, 2008 after a record in all competitions of 43 wins - 55 losses - 26 draws.

Since 2012, Clavijo has served as Technical Director for MLS club FC Dallas.

Playing stats

MISL stats

Year	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1981/82	New York	22	2	2	4	8
1982/83	New York	43	9	11	20	12
1984/85	San Diego	39	5	4	9	6
1985/86	San Diego	47	17	9	26	13
1986/87	San Diego	50	16	12	28	12
1987/88	San Diego	51	11	16	27	27
1988/89	Los Angeles	46	10	17	29	29
1989/90	St. Louis	52	17	18	35	10
1990/91	St. Louis	47	15	23	38	18
1991/92	St. Louis	37	9	19	28	4
TOTAL	MISL	434	111	131	242	139

NASL

Year	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
1983	Golden Bay	21	0	1	1
1984	Golden Bay	19	1	1	3
TOTAL	NASL	40	1	2	4