Fabián Coito

Fabián Coito
	Coito in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Fabián Coito Machado
Date of birth	3 March 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Uruguay U20
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Montevideo Wanderers
1992–1993	Cerro
1993	Provincial Osorno
1994–1995	Olimpia Honduras
Managerial career
2004	Central Español
2007–2009	Uruguay U15
2010–2013	Uruguay U17
2014–2019	Uruguay U20
2018	Uruguay (caretaker)
2019–2021	Honduras
2019	Honduras U23
2022	Alajuelense
2023	Deportivo Maldonado
2024-	Uruguay U20
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay (as manager)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Representing Honduras (as manager)
CONCACAF Nations League
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabián Coito Machado (born 3 March 1967)^[1] is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a defender. He currently is the coach of Uruguay U20.

Playing career

Born in Montevideo, Coito represented hometown sides Montevideo Wanderers and Cerro before moving abroad in 1993, with Chilean side Provincial Osorno. In 1994, he joined Honduran side Olimpia, and retired with them in 1995, aged 28.

Managerial career

Uruguay

After starting out at Central Español in 2004, Coito was the coach of Uruguay's under-15, under-17 and under-20 national teams. He briefly was the manager of the senior Uruguay national team until Óscar Tabárez renewed his contract with ‘La Celeste’ and was reinstated as head coach.^[2]^[3]

Honduras

In February 2019, Coito left Uruguay and was announced as the new manager of the Honduras national football team. Coito’s first match for Honduras was on 26 March 2019, in a friendly goalless match against Ecuador. In the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Coito came under criticism as his Honduras side was eliminated very early on from the tournament after losing to Jamaica and Curaçao. Despite this, Honduras went on to win 4-0 against El Salvador giving Coito his first win with ‘Los Catrachos’. In 2021, Coito managed Honduras to a third place finish in 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals after beating rivals Costa Rica on penalties. Coito also managed Honduras throughout the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup where Honduras was eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Mexico. On 13 October 2021, Coito was sacked by Honduras after a string of poor results throughout the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers which included three losses and three draws in six matches.^[4]

Alajuelense

On 13 July 2022, Coito was appointed manager of Costa Rican side Alajuelense.^[5] On 10 November, after being eliminated from the league in the semifinals, he left the club.^[6]

Deportivo Maldonado

On 19 November 2022, Coito was confirmed as Deportivo Maldonado manager for the 2023 season.^[7] On 15 December 2023, he left the club on a mutual agreement.^[8]

Honours

Manager

International

Uruguay U20

South American Youth Football Championship: 2017

References

^ "Informe sobre Fabián Coito". Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^ Selección: “Lo más inteligente era mantener el criterio”, dijo Coito sobre sus 25 reservados [Selection: "The smartest thing was to keep your criteria," said Coito about his 25 reserved], Futbol Uy (in Spanish), 20 August 2018
^ Uruguay golea a un México en construcción (1-4) [Uruguay thrashes a Mexico under construction (1-4)], El País (in Spanish), 7 September 2018
^ "OFICIAL: Fabián Coito no es más el director técnico de la Selección de Honduras". Diez - Diario Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ "Fabián Coito, nuevo DT de Alajuelense; las redes explotan por su fracaso con Honduras" [Fabián Coito, new manager of Alajuelense; the social media explode due to his failure with Honduras] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ "Alajuelense oficializa la salida del entrenador Fabián Coito" [Alajuelense turn official the departure of manager Fabián Coito] (in Spanish). El Observador. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ "Deportivo Maldonado y Fénix confirmaron a Fabián Coito y Damián Santín como sus técnicos" [Deportivo Maldonado and Fénix confirmed Fabián Coito and Damián Santín as their managers] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Fabián Coito finalizó su vínculo con Deportivo Maldonado de común acuerdo y dejó de ser su DT: los detalles" [Fabián Coito ended his link with Deportivo Maldonado on a mutual agreement and left as their manager: the details] (in Spanish). El País. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.