Rubén Guevara (Panamanian footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubén Elías Guevara | ||
Date of birth | January 27, 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Río Abajo (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Plaza Amador | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1988 | Cojutepeque | ||
1989–1993 | Tauro | ||
1993–1994 | León de Huánuco | ||
1994–1998 | Tauro | ||
1999–2001 | San Francisco | ||
National team‡ | |||
1984–1996 | Panama | 20 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2006 | Tauro | ||
2007 | San Francisco | ||
2008 | Alianza | ||
2009 | San Francisco | ||
2010–2011 | Plaza Amador | ||
2011–2013 | Río Abajo | ||
2013–2014 | |||
2014– | Río Abajo | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2015 |
Rubén Elías Guevara (born 27 January 1964 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired football midfielder.
Club career[]
Nicknamed Tátara, Guevara started his career at Plaza Amador, but made his senior debut for . He then played abroad for Salvadoran side Cojutepeque, alongside compatriots René Mendieta, José Alfredo Poyatos and Percival Piggott and had a lengthy spell with Tauro. He also played in Peru for León de Huánuco.[1]
He finished his career with San Francisco in 2001.
International career[]
Guevara made his debut for Panama in 1984 and has earned over 20 caps, scoring at least 2 goals. He represented his country in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[2] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup.
His final international was a December 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Cuba.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 June 1996 | National Stadium, Belize City, Belize | Belize | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 | 15 December 1996 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Cuba | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Managerial career[]
He started his senior coaching career when he was named caretaker at Tauro in October 2006.[3] In March 2007, Tátara was named manager of San Francisco[4] and again in March 2009,[5] after spending time in the Alianza hot seat.[6]
Guevara was appointed manager of Plaza Amador in summer 2010.[7] He took charge at Río Abajo in 2011 and returned at the helm in summer 2014,[8] after a season at fellow second division side Millenium UP.[9]
References[]
- ^ Rubén "El Tátara" Guevara: un medio campista de leyenda - Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
- ^ Rubén Guevara – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Técnico del Tauro se marchó - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ "Tátara" Guevara asumió como nuevo técnico del San Francisco - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ 'Tátara’ al rescate del herido San Francisco - La Estrella (in Spanish)
- ^ “Tátara” Guevara habló sobre su presente en Alianza - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ Ruben "Tatara" Guevara nuevo director técnico de Plaza Amador Archived 2016-07-18 at archive.today - DiarioPro (in Spanish)
- ^ ‘Tátara’ regresa al Río Abajo - Crítica (in Spanish)
- ^ ‘Tátara’ Guevara es nuevo técnico del Millennium UP - Día a Día (in Spanish)
External links[]
- Rubén Guevara at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Panama City
- Association football midfielders
- Panamanian footballers
- Panama international footballers
- Tauro F.C. players
- León de Huánuco footballers
- San Francisco F.C. players
- Panamanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- Panamanian football managers
- Tauro F.C. managers
- San Francisco F.C. managers
- Panamanian football biography stubs