José Reynaldo Clavasquín Bejarano (born 28 January 1972 in

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) is a retired Honduran

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defender and current

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Club career

Clavasquín started his career at hometown club Platense before joining

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in 1998 before the start of the 1998 Clausura. He scored the 1998 Clausura

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against Olimpia from a free-kick to make Motagua champions after a 13-year wait. He scored in the 1999/2000 Final. In September 2000 he went abroad to play for Scottish Premier League side

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but left the club citing personal reasons in October 2000. He then moved to the Austrian Second Division outfit BSV Bad Bleiberg, where he lined up alongside compatriots Juan Manuel Cárcamo and

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International career

Clavasquín made his debut for

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in a March

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match against

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and has earned a total of 35 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 17

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matches and played at the

as well as at the

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. His final international was a November 2001

against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''

Managerial career

He retired in 2006 and became assistant manager of

and in his first season he became champion. In October 2012 he made his debut as head coach of Motagua after the departure of Mexican coach José Treviño. In March 2013, he resigned from his position and instead continued as the assistant manager of the team. He was appointed by

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in summer 2013. In the summer 2014

announced, that Clavasquín had returned to the club and would be the manager of their reserve team. He was in charge of the team until May 2016, where he became the manager of Platense FC. In January 2018, Clavasquín was once again appointed as manager of

. On 18 February 2019, Clavasquín was appointed as manager of C.D. Honduras Progreso. After poor results in the last matches and the club on the verge of relegation, he decided to resign already on 11 April 2019.Renuncia Reynaldo Clavasquín como técnico del Honduras Progreso
radioamerica.hn, 11 April 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clavasquin, Reynaldo 1972 births Living people People from Puerto Cortés Association football defenders Honduran footballers Honduras international footballers 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Platense F.C. players F.C. Motagua players Dundee United F.C. players Real C.D. España players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Honduran expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Scotland Expatriate footballers in Austria Honduran football managers F.C. Motagua managers