Franco will replace Hugo Castillo, who will now be Vasco’s assistant in the first team
Guillermo Franco returns to Rayados to take the position of technical director in the U-20 team after the coach’s chair was vacated following the promotion of Hugo Norberto Castillo as Javier Aguirre’s technical assistant in the first team.
The ‘Guille’ would replace the ‘Missionary’ as a strategist of the current squad that won the championship in the U-20 category, according to a source revealed to ESPN. It is worth mentioning that since the ‘Vasco’ arrived at the northern institution, Franco has visited the El Barrial facilities on several occasions where he was able to observe some training sessions, in addition to talking with the Albiazul board of directors.
The naturalized Mexican played between 2002 and 2005 in Monterrey where he won a title in the 2003 Clausura, he was also a scoring champion in the 2004 Apertura with 15 goals. After his retirement at the beginning of 2013 after playing for the Chicago Fire, ‘Guille’ played fast soccer with the Monterrey Flash and later worked at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, in different jobs related to football.
Other teams in Franco’s career were San Lorenzo and Vélez Sarsfield from Argentina, Villarreal from Spain, West Ham United from England and Pachuca from Mexico, in addition to his participation with the Mexican National Team in the 2006 World Cups in Germany and South Africa. 2010, and the 2009 Gold Cup edition in which he raised the trophy.
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