Rafael Dudamel
![]() Dudamel in 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Rafael Édgar Dudamel Ochoa | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | January 7, 1973 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Deportivo Cali (manager) | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1989–1993 | Universidad Los Andes | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1989–1994 | Universidad Los Andes | |||||||||||||||
1994 | Atlético Huila | |||||||||||||||
1994 | El Vigía | |||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Santa Fe | 88 | (3) | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Atlético Zulia | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1998 | Quilmes | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1998–2001 | Deportivo Cali | 142 | (11) | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Millonarios | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2002–2004 | UA Maracaibo | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2004 | Cortuluá | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2005 | Deportivo Táchira | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2007 | Estudiantes de Mérida | 20 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2007–2008 | América de Cali | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Estudiantes de Mérida | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Real Esppor | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 404 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1993–2007 | Venezuela | 56 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Estudiantes de Merida | |||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Venezuela U17 | |||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Deportivo Lara | |||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Venezuela U20 | |||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Venezuela | |||||||||||||||
2020 | Atlético Mineiro | |||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Universidad de Chile | |||||||||||||||
2021– | Deportivo Cali | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Rafael Édgar Dudamel Ochoa, commonly known as Rafael Dudamel (born January 7, 1973[2]), is a Venezuelan football manager, currently in charge of Colombian club Deportivo Cali, and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
As a player, Dudamel made 56 appearances for the Venezuela national team.[3]
Playing career[]
Club[]
During his career, Dudamel played for several Venezuelan and Colombian football clubs. Among the Venezuelan clubs are Universidad de Los Andes, El Vigía, Atlético Zulia, UA Maracaibo and Deportivo Táchira.[4] Atlético Huila, Independiente Santa Fe, Deportivo Cali, Millonarios and Cortulua are the Colombian clubs where he played.[5] He has also played for Quilmes, of Argentina.[6] He was transferred to Mamelodi Sundowns, of South Africa in 2005.[7] In 2007 after the Copa America, he transferred to América de Cali, a top Colombian club, alongside Venezuelan international Jorge Rojas.[8] He left América and returned to Estudiantes de Mérida on August 29, 2008.[9]
International[]
As of November 2007, Dudamel has 56 caps and one goal for the Venezuela national football team. He was capped for the first time in 1993. He scored a direct free kick in the World Cup 1998 qualifier against Argentina.[10]
International goal[]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | September 10, 1996 | Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela | ![]() |
2–4 | 2–5 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Managerial career[]
On 18 October 2017 Dudamel is appointed manager of Venezuela’s national football team. [11]
On 5 June 2016 Dudamel gets his first win in an official tournament as national coach with a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the 2016 Copa America.[12] In his next match at the tournament, he upsets Uruguay 1-0. The winner was scored by Salomon Rondón, who tapped in after a long range attempt by Alejandro Guerra was saved.[13] In the final group match, he drew against Mexico 1-1.[14] In the knockout stages, Venezuela lost immediately, 4-1 to Argentina.[15]
At the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Dudamel led the U20s to the final, where they lost to England 1-0 in the final. It was the nation's best ever performance at U20 competition.[16]
On 2 January 2020, he resigned from the Venezuela national team, and four days later signed a two-year contract with Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro.[17] On 27 February 2020, he was sacked by Atlético, following eliminations from the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa do Brasil.[18]
He spent time at the Universidad de Chile between 2020-2021, in 2021 he was raised to the command of Deportivo Cali, becoming colombian champion.
Honors[]
Club[]
- Primera División Venezolana 1990–91
- Santa Fe
- Copa Conmebol: Runners Up 1995
- Primera División Venezolana: 1997–98
- Copa Mustang: 1998
- Copa Merconorte: Runners Up 1998
- Copa Libertadores: Runners Up 1999
- Millonarios
- Copa Merconorte: 2001
- Mamelodi Sundowns
- Premier Soccer League 2005–06
Coach[]
International[]
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017
- South American Youth Football Championship: Third Place 2017
- Venezuela U-17
- South American Under-17 Football Championship: Runner-Up 2013
Club[]
Managerial Statistics[]
- As of Match played 16 March 2022
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Estudiantes de Mérida | ![]() |
17 May 2010 | 17 March 2011 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23.08 |
Venezuela U17 | 12 May 2012 | 8 November 2013 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 23.08 | |
Deportivo Lara | 18 December 2013 | 25 November 2015 | 90 | 35 | 33 | 22 | 38.89 | |
Venezuela U20 | 17 August 2015 | 15 August 2019 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 45.00 | |
Venezuela | 1 April 2016 | 4 January 2020 | 35 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 25.71 | |
Atlético Mineiro | ![]() |
4 January 2020 | 26 February 2020 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 40.00 |
Universidad de Chile | ![]() |
5 November 2020 | 5 June 2021 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 30.77 |
Deportivo Cali | ![]() |
7 September 2021 | present | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 38.89 |
Total | 276 | 97 | 92 | 87 | 35.14 |
- Official FIFA matches only.
References[]
- ^ "Rafael Dudamel" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
- ^ "Venezuela". CONMEBOL. Archived from the original on May 22, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
- ^ "Venezuela – Record International Players". RSSSF. August 31, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Rafael Dudamel: "Táchira impondrá su jerarquía y experiencia"" (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. September 16, 2003. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Dudamel, Rafael". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Rafael Dudamel" (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Arquero Rafael Dudamel jugará con el Mamelodi de Sudáfrica" (in Spanish). Terra. July 15, 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Se va con Dudamel" (in Spanish). Lider en deportes. June 4, 2007. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "El guardameta venezolano Rafael Dudamel renunció al América" (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. August 29, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
- ^ "Rafael Dudamel – International Appearances". RSSSF. July 12, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Rafael Dudamel, new coach of Venezuela | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "2016 Copa America Centenario". www.ca2016.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "Uruguay vs. Venezuela - Football Match Report - June 9, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Mexico's draw with Venezuela gives El Tri 1st in Group C at Copa America". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Messi starts, Argentina beats Venezuela 4-1 in Copa America". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Under-20 World Cup: England beat Venezuela in final". BBC Sport. June 11, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Novo comando: Rafael Dudamel é o treinador do Atlético". Clube Atlético Mineiro (in Portuguese). January 4, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ "Atlético-MG anuncia a demissão de Dudamel (e sua comissão), Rui Costa e Marques". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
External links[]
- International statistics at rsssf
- Rafael Dudamel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Colombia.com (in Spanish)
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Venezuelan footballers
- Venezuela international footballers
- People from Yaracuy
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- Copa América Centenario managers
- 2019 Copa América managers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Atlético Huila footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Zulia F.C. players
- Quilmes Atlético Club footballers
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Millonarios F.C. players
- UA Maracaibo players
- Cortuluá footballers
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players
- Estudiantes de Mérida players
- América de Cali footballers
- Real Esppor Club players
- Venezuelan Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Venezuelan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Venezuelan football managers
- Estudiantes de Mérida managers
- Asociación Civil Deportivo Lara managers
- Venezuela national football team managers
- Clube Atlético Mineiro managers
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate football managers in Brazil
- Deportivo Cali managers