Javier Aguirre

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Personal information
Javier Aguirre
Full name	Javier Aguirre Onaindía
Date of birth	December 1, 1958 (age 48)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Nickname	El Vasco (The Basque)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Atlético Madrid
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
[[]]-[[]] [[]]-[[]] [[]]-[[]] [[]]-[[]]	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]
National team²
1981-1994	Mexico
Teams managed
1996 1998-2000 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-	CF Atlante CF Pachuca Mexico Osasuna Atlético Madrid
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 30, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 30, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Javier Aguirre Onaindía (born December 1, 1958 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a former Mexico national football team player and coach. He took the Mexican national team to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Before the national team, he coached CF Atlante and CF Pachuca, winning one National championship in 1999 with Pachuca. He managed CA Osasuna in the La Liga from 2002-2006 having previously played for the club and attained them a UEFA Champions League spot having finished 4th in La Liga, the club's highest placing of all time in the competition. He is moving on to Atlético Madrid.

As a player, he also played for Club América , Chivas and CA Osasuna. He was a member of the Mexican team that competed at the 1986 FIFA World Cup on home soil.

Preceded by Enrique Meza	Mexico national football team manager 2001-2002	Succeeded by Ricardo Lavolpe

	Mexico squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Larios \| 2 Trejo \| 3 Quirarte \| 4 Manzo \| 5 Francisco Cruz \| 6 de los Cobos \| 7 España \| 8 Domínguez \| 9 Sánchez \| 10 Boy \| 11 Hermosillo \| 12 Rodríguez \| 13 Aguirre \| 14 Felix Cruz \| 15 Flores \| 16 Muñoz \| 17 Servín \| 18 Amador \| 19 Hernández \| 20 Heredia \| 21 Ortega \| 22 Negrete \| Coach: Milutinović

	Mexico squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Pérez \| 2 de Anda \| 3 García \| 4 Márquez \| 5 Vidrio \| 6 Torrado \| 7 Morales \| 8 García Aspe \| 9 Borgetti \| 10 Blanco \| 11 Luna \| 12 Sánchez \| 13 Mercado \| 14 Villa \| 15 Hernández \| 16 Carmona \| 17 Palencia \| 18 J. Rodríguez \| 19 Caballero \| 20 Brown \| 21 Arellano \| 22 A. Rodríguez \| 23 Campos \| Coach: Aguirre

Atlético Madrid - Current Squad
1 Cuéllar \| 2 Seitaridis \| 3 Antonio López \| 4 Pernía \| 5 Luccin \| 6 Costinha \| 7 Galletti \| 8 Gabi \| 9 Torres \| 10 Agüero \| 11 Maxi \| 12 Fabiano Eller \| 13 Falcón \| 14 Zé Castro \| 15 Jurado \| 17 Petrov \| 18 Valera \| 19 Miguel \| 20 Maniche \| 21 Perea \| 22 Pablo \| 23 Mista \| 25 Franco \| 28 Marqués \| 29 Azcárate \| 45 Víctor Bravo \| 46 Pollo \| Coach Aguirre