Sixto Vizuete

Sixto Rafael Vizuete Toapanta (born January 13, 1961) is the Ecuadorian football manager.

Sixto Vizuete
Personal information
Full name Sixto Rafael Vizuete Toapanta
Date of birth (1961-01-13) January 13, 1961
Place of birth Guaytacama, Latacunga Canton, Ecuador
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Deportivo Cotopaxi
Teams managed
2007 Ecuador U-17
2007–2010 Ecuador
2010–2012 Ecuador U-20
2012–2013 El Nacional
2013 Imbabura
2014 Ecuador U-20
2014–2015 Ecuador
2015 Mushuc Runa
2016 Imbabura
2016 Quito
2016 ESPOLI
2017 Imbabura
2018–2019 Ecuador U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vizuete and the second or maternal family name is Toapanta.

Early career

He played for Deportivo Cotopaxi which at that time was promoted to the first division in Ecuador. After his footballing career, he attended University of Leipzig.

Coaching career

From 1992 to 1995 he was in charge of many small local sides in Ecuador, until he began to coach the youth ranks of Club Deportivo ESPOLI of Quito in 1996. He made a change however when the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol designated him the coach of the Ecuador U-17 side. Failing to qualify for the 2007 U-17 World Cup, he made up for it by giving Ecuador their first title in their footballing history: they defeated Jamaica in the final of the 2007 Pan American Games to win the gold medal.

Ecuadorian national team

He was appointed interim coach of the Ecuadorian national team on November 18, 2007 following Luis Fernando Suarez's irrevocable decision to resign. At that time, Ecuador had lost all three of their 2010 World Cup qualifiers which prompted Suarez's resignation. Vizuete gave Ecuador their first qualifying win in his first match as manager, thumping rivals Peru 5-1. This caused the majority of Ecuadorians to trust him, and on 26 February 2008, he was appointed official coach of the national side.[1][2] Ecuador played its first game with Vizuete as head coach on 26 March 2008 against Haiti, defeating them 3-1.On October 15, 2009, Chile defeated Ecuador in World Cup Qualifying for South Africa 2010 1-0 under Vizuete, Ecuador didn't qualify. But, on February 12, 2011, Vizuete qualified Ecuador's U-20 national team to the Fifa U-20 World cup in Colombia this summer.

El Nacional

In April 2012, Vizuete was named the manager of Ecuadorian-club El Nacional after the departure of Mario Saralegui the day before.

References
  1. "Interim coach Sixto Vizuete to head Ecuador's national team". USA Today. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  2. "Sixto Vizuete will head Ecuador's national team". Yahoo Sports. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
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