Wílmer Cabrera

Wílmer Cabrera
Personal information
Full name Wílmer Cabrera Linares
Date of birth (1967-09-15) September 15, 1967
Place of birth Cartagena, Colombia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right Back
Club information
Current team
 Houston Dynamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Santa Fe 61 (22)
1990–1997 América de Cali 307 (33)
1997–1998 Independiente 12 (2)
1998 Millonarios 15 (5)
1999 Santa Fe 25 (17)
1999–2000 Tolima 10 (3)
2001 Chicó ? (?)
2001–2004 Herediano 15 (6)
2004–2005 Long Island Rough Riders 25 (4)
Total 470 (92)
National team
1989–1998 Colombia 48 (3)
Teams managed
2005–2006 Suffolk County Community College (assistant)
2006–2007 B.W. Gottschee
2007 United States U18
2007–2012 United States U17
2012–2013 Colorado Rapids (assistant)
2014 Chivas USA
2016 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2016– Houston Dynamo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2008

Wílmer Cabrera Linares (born September 15, 1967) is a retired Colombian football defender and coach. He is currently the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer (MLS), and previously was head coach of Chivas USA and the United States men's national under-17 soccer team. During his playing career, Cabrera played as a right back for clubs in the Colombian league and the Colombia national team, representing the country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Cabrera, born on September 15, 1967 in Cartagena, Colombia and raised in Bogotá, made his professional debut at the age of 17 for Santa Fe.[1]

His 18-year playing career[1] included stints at América de Cali (reaching the 1996 Copa Libertadores Final), Millonarios, Chicó, Independiente of Argentina, Herediano of Costa Rica and the Long Island Rough Riders of the United States.[2]

International career

He was capped 48 times and scored 3 international goals for Colombia between 1989 and 1998.[1][3] Cabrera was an unused substitute during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but played in all of the country's three matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[4] He also played in four Copa América competitions in 1989, 1991, 1995 and 1997.

Coaching career

After retiring, Cabrera settled permanently in the United States to pursue work as a helicopter pilot in the New York area. He began working with the Major League Soccer front office as a community development manager working on Hispanic grassroots and youth programs. He also worked as an assistant coach for Suffolk County Community College men's soccer team as well as top-ranked youth soccer club B.W. Gottschee, based in Queens, New York.[5]

Cabrera earned his USSF A Coaching License in 2005, and became an assistant coach with the United States men's national under-18 soccer team in 2007.[1] He was named by the United States Soccer Federation as head coach of the United States men's national under-17 soccer team on October 25, 2007, becoming the first Latin American head coach in the U.S. national team system.[4] On January 24, 2012, he was replaced in this role by Richie Williams.[5]

In January 2012, Cabrera was named assistant coach for Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.[6]

In January 2014, Chivas USA appointed Cabrera as head coach.[7] The club was dissolved by the league at the end of the season, with Cabrera's team finishing seventh in the Western Conference, the highest finish for Chivas USA in their final five seasons.[8]

He was named head coach of the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros of the United Soccer League on December 2, 2015.[9]

He was named head coach of the Houston Dynamo on October 28, 2016.[10]

As of May 12, 2014
Team From To Record1 GF GA GD
GWLTWin %
Chivas USA January 9, 2014 October 26, 2014 36 9 20 7 025.00 29 61 –32
Houston Dynamo October 28, 2016 present 34 13 10 11 038.24 57 45 12
Total 70 22 30 18 031.43 86 106 –20

Titles

Players
Season Team Title
1989Colombia Independiente Santa FeCopa Colombia
1990Colombia América de CaliColombian league
1992Colombia América de CaliColombian league
1997Colombia América de CaliColombian league
Coach
Season Team Title
2018United States Houston DynamoU.S. Open Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wilmer Cabrera Biography". U.S. Soccer. October 25, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Duque Soto, Leonardo (August 13, 2010). ""Me interesa que mi trabajo se vea en Colombia", afirmó Wilmer Cabrera". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Dart, Tom (March 17, 2017). "Wilmer Cabrera, loyal lieutenant in Colombia's dream team, thriving in MLS". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Houston Dynamo appoint Wilmer Cabrera as head coach" (Press release). Houston Dynamo. October 28, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cabrera, Caffrey join Pareja's coaching staff". Colorado Rapids. January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Peltz, Jim (January 9, 2014). "Chivas USA names Colorado assistant Wilmer Cabrera as head coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Roepken, Corey (October 29, 2016). "Wilmer Cabrera recovered from Chivas USA debacle". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  9. ↑ Aguirre, Mario (December 2, 2015). "Wilmer Cabrera named RGV FC Toros coach". The Monitor. McAllen, Texas. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  10. ↑ Roepken, Corey (October 28, 2016). "Dynamo introduce coach Wilmer Cabrera with hopes of bringing back club's winning ways". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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