Ignacio Baez

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playername= Ignacio Baez
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1959|8|12
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Mexico
height = height|ft=5|in=8
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position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1976-1978
1978-1979
1978-1979
1979
1988-1989
1990
clubs = Club América
Portland Timbers
Cruz Azul
Club Irapuato
F.C. Portland
New Mexico Chiles
caps(goals) =
0 (0)
manageryears = 1995
2006-
managerclubs = Oregon Surge
Yakima Reds
Blanchet Catholic School
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Ignacio Baez (born August 12, 1958 in Mexico) is a former Mexican-American soccer midfielder who played professionally in Mexico and the United States first divisions. He has coached in the U.S. lower divisions and currently coaches at the Blanchet Catholic School.

Playing

Baez signed his first professional contract with Mexican powerhouse Club América. Two years later, he moved to the United States and signed with the Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League as a seventeen year old midfielder. Baez never broke into the first team and he returned to Mexico to play for Cruz Azul and Club Irapuato. In 1988, he signed with F.C. Portland of the Western Soccer Alliance. He remained with the team in 1989, now renamed the Portland Timbers. In 1990, he moved to the New Mexico Chiles of the American Professional Soccer League.

Coaching

In 1995, Baez became the head coach of the Oregon Surge, an expansion team in the USISL. He also spent time as the head coach of the Yakima Reds. In 2006, Baez was hired as the head coach of Blanchet Catholic School soccer team. At some point in his career, he was also the Director of Coaching for Leon.

External links

* [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/B/Baez.Ignacio.htm Portland Timber (NASL) statistics]
* [http://www.timbersfanpage.com/apslplayers.htm F.C. Portland photo and stats]