{{short description|Honduran footballer (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Álex Pineda Chacón | image = | fullname = Álex Mauricio Pineda Chacón | height = {{height|meters=1.73}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras | position = Attacking midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1988–1993 |clubs1 = Olimpia |caps1 = 58 |goals1 = 28<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedfa.org/CoachesCorner/Staffs/index_E.html |title=Archived item |access-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161213/http://www.unitedfa.org/CoachesCorner/Staffs/index_E.html |archive-date=25 April 2012 }}</ref> | years2 = 1993–1994 |clubs2 = UA Tamaulipas |caps2 = 16 |goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1994 |clubs3 = Sporting Cristal |caps3 = |goals3 = | years4 = 1995–1998 |clubs4 = Olimpia |caps4 = 41 |goals4 = 18 | years5 = 1998–1999 |clubs5 = UA Tamaulipas |caps5 = |goals5 = | years6 = 1999–2000 |clubs6 = Olimpia |caps6 = 30 |goals6 = 6 | years7 = 2001 |clubs7 = Miami Fusion |caps7 = 25 |goals7 = 19 | years8 = 2002 |clubs8 = New England Revolution |caps8 = 20 |goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2003 |clubs9 = Los Angeles Galaxy |caps9 = 6 |goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2003 |clubs10= Columbus Crew |caps10= 8 |goals10= 0 | years11 = 2003–2004 |clubs11= Atlanta Silverbacks |caps11= 75 |goals11= 7 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1992–2000 | nationalteam1 = Honduras | nationalcaps1 = 45 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | manageryears1 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs1 = Atlanta Silverbacks (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2011 | managerclubs2 = Atlanta Silverbacks (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2012 | managerclubs3 = Atlanta Silverbacks }}
{{family name hatnote|Pineda|Chacón|lang=Spanish}} '''Álex Mauricio Pineda Chacón''' (born 19 December 1969) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Professional career== Chacón spent most of his career with Club Olimpia of Honduras, joining the side in 1988, and leading the team to two Honduran championships and a CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1988. He later played with UA Tamaulipas of Mexico during the 1993–94 season, and then for Sporting Cristal of Peru during the 1994–95 season, appearing in four Copa Libertadores matches.
In 2001, Chacón joined Major League Soccer side Miami Fusion. During the 2001 season, Chacón played a crucial attacking role on a team stacked with offensive talent, including Preki, Diego Serna, Ian Bishop, and Chris Henderson. Chacón registered 19 goals and 9 assists for the team and led the league in goals and points. He was recognized with the MLS Most Valuable Player Award.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/mls/news/2001/10/19/chacon_mvp_ap/ MLS selects Chacon as MVP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011085507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/mls/news/2001/10/19/chacon_mvp_ap/ |date=11 October 2008 }} – Sports Illustrated</ref>
The Fusion were contracted after the 2001 season along with the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and he was unable to recapture the form that served him well in his first year. He was selected by the New England Revolution in the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft, but the emergence of Taylor Twellman and the arrival of a new manager Steve Nicol led to a diminished role on the squad for Chacón. He moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy after the 2002 season and soon later to the Columbus Crew, but neither move reinvigorated his career.
After the 2003 season, Chacón, without a place in MLS, moved to the American A-League, where he found plenty of playing time for the Atlanta Silverbacks. Although he only registered 3 goals and 2 assists in 2004, Chacón's leadership was recognized with a selection to the A-League All-League first team.<ref>USLSoccer.com. [http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/82517.html "A-League All-League Teams Announced"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923022234/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/82517.html |date=23 September 2011 }}. 8 September 2004. Retrieved on 14 March 2013.</ref>
==International career== Pineda Chacón made his debut for Honduras in a December 1992 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 45 caps, scoring 5 goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches<ref>{{FIFA player|94758}}</ref> and played at the 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1993,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/93gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 – Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041224212242/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/93gc-full.html |date=24 December 2004 }} – RSSSF</ref> 1996,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 – Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121072256/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/96gc-full.html |date=21 November 2008 }} – RSSSF</ref> 1998<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 – Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610084535/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/98gc-full.html |date=10 June 2009 }} – RSSSF</ref> and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 – Full Details] – RSSSF</ref>
His final international was an April 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification against Nicaragua.
===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! {{tooltip|N.|Goal number}} !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | align="center" | 1 || 18 April 1993 || Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada || {{fb|CAN}} || align="center" | '''1'''–0 || align="center" | 1–3 || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | align="center" | 2 || 10 July 1993 || Cotton Bowl, Dallas, USA || {{fb|PAN}} || align="center" | '''3'''–1 || align="center" | 5–1 || 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup |- | align="center" | 3 || 17 November 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA || {{fb|GUA}} || align="center" | '''3'''–3 || align="center" | 3–3 || Hurricane Relief Tournament |- | align="center" | 4 || 18 November 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA || {{fb|SLV}} || align="center" | '''2'''–1 || align="center" | 2–1 || Hurricane Relief Tournament |- | align="center" | 5 || 4 March 2000 || Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras || {{fb|NCA}} || align="center" | '''1'''–0 || align="center" | 3–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |}
==Coaching career== Chacón joined the Silverbacks as an assistant coach in 2007. The squad when on hiatus for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, but Chacón remained in the role. While the club was being restructured, he coached youth soccer club Forsyth Fusion, now known as the United Futbol Academy.<ref>[http://www.leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=3194&org=forsythfusion.com ForsythFusion] – League Athletics</ref>
After four years with the club as an assistant, he was named head coach on 7 November 2011.
Álex Pineda Chacón has been released from his duties Coaching the Silverbacks in June 2012 after an unsuccessful season.<ref>[http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1529 Silverbacks Make Coaching Change] – NASL</ref>
==Personal life== Chacón has now settled in Georgia with his wife and two daughters.<ref>[http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/what-ever-happened-alex-pineda-chac%C3%B3n What Ever Happened To: Álex Pineda Chacón] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013122333/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/what-ever-happened-alex-pineda-chac%C3%B3n |date=13 October 2012 }} – MLS Soccer</ref>
==Honours and awards== ===Country=== ;Honduras *'''Copa Centroamericana (1):''' 1993
===Club=== C.D. Olimpia *'''Liga Profesional de Honduras (4):''' 1989–90, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99 *'''Honduran Cup: (2):''' 1995, 1998 *'''Honduran Supercup: (1):''' 1997 *'''CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1):''' 1988 Sporting Cristal *'''Torneo Descentralizado (2):''' 1994, 1995
===Individual=== *'''Liga Nacional de Honduras Top Scorer (1):''' 1993–94 *'''MLS Most Valuable Player (1):''' 2001 *'''MLS Golden Boot (1):''' 2001 *'''MLS Scoring Champion (1):''' 2001 *'''MLS Best XI (1):''' 2001 *'''MLS Fair Play Award (1):''' 2001
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{MLS player|alex-pineda-chacon}} *{{NFT player|11501}}
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