Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedres was a Uruguayan-American soccer defender and former head coach of the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.
20 Facts About Fernando Clavijo
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Fernando Clavijo played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League.
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Fernando Clavijo earned 61 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and eight with the US national futsal team.
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Fernando Clavijo later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team level with Nigeria and Haiti.
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Fernando Clavijo was a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.
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Fernando Clavijo spent his six seasons with Atenas at forward.
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Fernando Clavijo began his indoor soccer career, which rapidly eclipsed his outdoor career, in 1981 with the New York Arrows of Major Indoor Soccer League.
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Fernando Clavijo then became a key player for the American team, being part of the team that won the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup and that represented the United States in their home soil at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
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Fernando Clavijo was part of the team that finished second at the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
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Fernando Clavijo's coaching career began in 1991 with the St Louis Storm where he was player-coach.
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Fernando Clavijo then moved to the Florida ThunderCats of the National Professional Soccer League.
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Fernando Clavijo then assisted ex-US coach Bora Milutinovic with the Nigerian national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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Fernando Clavijo followed Bora to Major League Soccer as well, assisting him with the MetroStars in 1999, the worst season for any team in league history at the time.
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Fernando Clavijo left the club after the year, assuming head coaching duties with the New England Revolution in December 1999.
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Fernando Clavijo brought the Revolution to their second-ever playoff berth his first year in charge.
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On October 16,2003, Fernando Clavijo became the head coach of the Haitian national team.
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Fernando Clavijo led them through World Cup Qualifying, resigning his position after Haiti lost to Jamaica.
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Fernando Clavijo was inducted into the US National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Fernando Clavijo served as Technical Director for MLS club FC Dallas from 2012 to 2019.
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Fernando Clavijo died on February 8,2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after five years with diagnosed multiple myeloma.