Hugo Pérez (soccer)
Hugo Ernesto Pérez Granados (born November 8, 1963) is a former professional soccer player and coach who previously coached the El Salvador national from 2021 to 2023. Born in El Salvador, he represented the United States national team.
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Full name | Hugo Ernesto Pérez Granados | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | November 8, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1982 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1982–1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | San Diego Sockers | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1984–1990 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 125 | (107) | ||||||||||||||
1986 | Los Angeles Heat | ||||||||||||||||
1990 | Red Star Paris | ||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Örgryte IS | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1992 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | Los Angeles Salsa | ||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | CD FAS | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1984–1994 | United States | 73 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | San Francisco Dons (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | California Victory (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | United States U14 | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | United States U15 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | El Salvador (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | El Salvador (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | El Salvador U23 | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
During his fourteen-year career, he played professionally in the United States, France, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and his native El Salvador. Although born in El Salvador, he gained his U.S. citizenship as a youth and earned 73 caps, scoring sixteen goals, with the U.S. national team between 1984 and 1994. He was a member of the U.S. team at both the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was the 1991 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008.
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