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My Take
Guevara is the kind of footballer I instinctively respect: a midfielder from Tegucigalpa who became one of Honduras's most-capped players and was named best player of the 2001 Copa America. Coming out of a small footballing nation and still claiming an MVP abroad takes a stubbornness that scorelines never fully capture. I find his second act just as telling. Moving into coaching, even at the helm of Puerto Rico, says he wanted to hand down what he earned rather than simply fade out. To me he reads less like a star and more like a craftsman, and those are the careers that age best.
Overview
Amado Guevara (born 2 May 1976) is a Honduran former professional footballer and manager. He was the coach of Puerto Rico from 2018 to 2019. A former midfielder, he is the second all-time cap leader for the Honduras national team seconded by Maynor Figueroa . He was selected as the Best Player of the 2001 Copa América, held in Colombia.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Amado Guevara
- Name (Japanese)
- アマド・ゲバラ
- Reading
- あまど・げばら
- Born
- May 2, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Landon Donovan MVP Award
- 2004 MLS Scoring Champion Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Honduras →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.