Ignacio Baez
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| Ignacio Baez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 12, 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Mexico | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1976-1978 1978-1979 1988-1989 1990 |
Club América Portland Timbers Cruz Azul Club Irapuato F.C. Portland New Mexico Chiles |
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| Teams managed | ||
| 1995 2006- |
Oregon Surge Yakima Reds Blanchet Catholic School |
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Ignacio Baez (born August 12, 1958 in Mexico) is a former Mexican-American soccer midfielder who played professionally in Mexico and the United States first divisions. He has coached in the U.S. lower divisions and currently coaches at the Blanchet Catholic School.
[edit] Playing
Baez signed his first professional contract with Mexican powerhouse Club América. Two years later, he moved to the United States and signed with the Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League as a seventeen year old midfielder. Baez never broke into the first team and he returned to Mexico to play for Cruz Azul and Club Irapuato. In 1988, he signed with F.C. Portland of the Western Soccer Alliance. He remained with the team in 1989, now renamed the Portland Timbers. In 1990, he moved to the New Mexico Chiles of the American Professional Soccer League.
[edit] Coaching
In 1995, Baez became the head coach of the Oregon Surge, an expansion team in the USISL. He also spent time as the head coach of the Yakima Reds. In 2006, Baez was hired as the head coach of Blanchet Catholic School soccer team. At some point in his career, he was also the Director of Coaching for Leon.
