Horacio Raúl Cordero Vásquez (born 22 May 1950 in

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) is an

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and former player.

Playing career

Cordero played for a number of clubs in

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including

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

, Racing Club,

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, Cipoletti,

Deportivo Morón Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The club was found ...

and

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. He also played in

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for Millonarios.

Managerial career

He has spent the majority of his career coaching

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, where he has won multiple league titles, most notably in

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with C.S.D. Municipal (4 titles) and

CSD Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. One of the most popular a ...

(2 titles). His six championships in Guatemala are the second most by any coach behind

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's eight. Cordero has also coached the Guatemala national team in 1996 and the Costa Rica national team in 1997.

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1950 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Millonarios F.C. players Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers 1997 Copa América managers Men's association football midfielders Argentine football managers C.S.D. Municipal managers PAS Giannina F.C. managers Comunicaciones F.C. managers C.D. Suchitepéquez managers Universidad SC managers C.S.D. Xelajú MC managers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo managers Deportivo Morón footballers Costa Rica national football team managers Guatemala national football team managers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Guatemala Expatriate football managers in El Salvador Expatriate football managers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Argentine expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub