Alfonso Mondelo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alfonso Mondelo

Spanish football manager

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1958

Place of Birth: Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Alfonso Mondelo

  • Alfonso Mondelo (born August 13, 1958 in Baracaldo, Spain) is a soccer coach. Mondelo's coaching career includes many highlights, like the Puerto Rican national team, where he coached future United States of America (U.S.) National team star Chris Armas.
  • He also coached the Long Island Rough Riders in the A-League.
  • His big break came when he became the assistant coach for Major League Soccer's MetroStars, under Brazilian World Cup winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.
  • When Parreira left, Mondelo was given the head job with the Metros.
  • He coached the club in the 1998 season with a 14-17-0 record.
  • He was fired with a game left in the regular season, when the MetroStars hired former U.S.
  • national team coach Bora Milutinovic. From 1999 to 2001, Mondelo was an assistant for the U.S.
  • national team, under head coach Bruce Arena.
  • He went back to MLS for the 2001 season to coach the Tampa Bay Mutiny.
  • From 2002 until 2004 he was the director of coaching for the ENYYSA (Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association).
  • He has remained very active as an assistant coach and consultant for U.S Soccer and in 2005, he was offered a job in the front office of Major League Soccer in New York City, where he now works in the player development department as the Director of Player Programs.

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