Víctor Hugo Monzón Pérez (born November 12, 1957) is a Guatemala

Guatemala

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n football coach

Coach (sport)

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 and former defender who played most of his career for the club Aurora FC

Aurora FC

Aurora Fútbol Club are a Guatemalan professional football club. Once one of the most powerful teams in the country, the team has now been relegated to a lower division...

 in the 1980s and 1990s and became a member and later captain of the Guatemala national team

Guatemala national football team

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Club career

Born in Guatemala City

Guatemala City

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, Monzón started his career in the youth divisions of Aurora FC

Aurora FC

Aurora Fútbol Club are a Guatemalan professional football club. Once one of the most powerful teams in the country, the team has now been relegated to a lower division...

, who promoted him to the Liga Mayor

Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...

(top division) in 1977. He spent almost his entire professional career at that club, being part of the league-winning squads of the 1978, 1984, 1986, and 1992-93 seasons. He ended his club career with a stint at CSD Municipal

CSD Municipal

Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or Los Rojos , are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City...

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International career

Monzón was first called up to the Guatemalan national team in 1979, and represented it at the 1983 Pan American Games

Football at the 1983 Pan American Games

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, where the team obtained the silver medal

Silver medal

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. Later, he played during the World Cup qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

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 processes for the World Cups of 1986, 1990, and 1994. He was also part of the squad that participated at the 1988 Olympic Tournament

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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. His last cap was against Honduras

Honduras national football team

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 in 1992. He was succeeded by Juan Manuel Funes

Juan Manuel Funes

Juan Manuel Funes Fernández , popularly known as Memín Funes is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder who played professionally for the three most successful clubs in Guatemala – Aurora FC, Municipal, and Comunicaciones – and became a member and later captain of the...

 as the national team captain.

Managerial career

After his retirement from playing in 1994, Monzón became a coach

Coach (sport)

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, being in charge of the Guatemala Under-17 team in his early coaching years. After having been an assistant coach for club Municipal

CSD Municipal

Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or Los Rojos , are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City...

, he was appointed their manager in April 2007. He succeeded Enzo Trossero

Enzo Trossero

Enzo Héctor Trossero , nicknamed El Vikingo , is an Argentine footballer and coach, who was last the manager of Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia.-Career:...

 at this position, which Monzón held until November 2007 when he was substituted by Jorge Benítez

Jorge José Benítez

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Further reading

Transcription of article in newspaper Siglo Veintiuno

Siglo Veintiuno

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