Isidro Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Isidro Sánchez Macip
Date of birth (1987-06-05) June 5, 1987
Place of birth Puebla, Mexico
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Las Vegas Lights (Manager)
Youth career
2006–2007 Puebla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Puebla 5 (0)
International career
2008 Canada U23 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Real Cuautitlán
2016–2017 Venados (assistant)
2017–2018 Las Vegas Lights (assistant)
2018 Las Vegas Lights
2018–2019 Tlaxcala
2019 Puebla (Assistant)
2023– Las Vegas Lights
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Isidro Sánchez Macip (born June 5, 1987) is a professional soccer coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship. Born in Mexico, he represented the Canada national under-23 team.

Career

Isidro Sánchez Macip (Puebla, Mexico, June 5 of 1987) is a former soccer player and Mexican coach with Canadian nationality who played as a midfielder for Puebla F.C. and Canada's minor teams. He acquired Canadian nationality in 2007, to participate with the pre-Olympic team of that country, in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, prior to the Beijing Olympic Games.[1][2] After his career as a soccer player, he began to prepare to be a coach. Currently the Mexican-Canadian has 4 professional coaching certificates (RFEF Spain, ENDIT Mexico, CONMEBOL PRO, Pro License U.S. Soccer), as well as a master's degree in sports psychology. His first experience was in 2013, when he obtained a position as an assistant coach with the Chivas USA (MLS). Isidro made his debut as head coach in 2015 at Real Cuautitlán where he managed to get the team out of the relegation zone.

Sánchez returned to Las Vegas in January 2023 as head coach for the Las Vegas Lights.[3]

Clubs

As a player

Team Country Year
Puebla F.C.  Mexico 2007-2008
Canada Selection Sub 23  Canada 2007-2008

As a coach

Club Country Year Charge
Chivas USA  United States 2013 Assistant Coach
Veracruz  Mexico 2014 Assistant Coach
Real Cuautitlán  Mexico 2015 Coach
Puebla FC  Mexico 2016 Assistant Coach
Venados de Yucatán  Mexico 2017 Assistant Coach
Las Vegas Lights FC  United States 2018 Coach
Tlaxcala F.C.  Mexico 2018-2019 Coach
CD Proas  Mexico 2022 Coach

Studies

University Country Certificate Year
UEFA A  Spain UEFA Professional Coach License 2022
Cesar Luis Menotti School  Argentina CONMEBOL Professional Coach License 2019
ENDIT Mexico  Mexico CONCACAF Professional Coach License 2016
US Soccer Pro  United States CONCACAF Professional Coach License 2015
Sports psychology  Mexico Master's degree 2007-2008

References

  1. ↑ Canada,with nothing to lose This. Accessed 03-12-2008.
  2. ↑ Canada prepares January U-20 camp in Florida CanadaSoccer .com. Accessed 01-08-2007.
  3. ↑ "LIGHTS FC ANNOUNCE NEW COACHING STAFF & INITIAL PLAYER SIGNINGS FOR 2023 SEASON". LasVegasLightsFC.com. Las Vegas Lights. Retrieved 25 January 2023.



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