Rubén Alonso

Rubén Alonso Alves
Personal information
Full name	Rubén Rudesindo Alonso Alves
Date of birth	August 3, 1956
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cruzeiro (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Cerro
1980	Rentistas
	Finanzas Industriales Amatitlán
1985–1987	Alianza
1988	Real España
1989	Aurora
1989	Finanzas Industriales
1991–1992	Fuerte San Francisco
1993	Apaneca
1994	Sonsonate FC
1995–1997	ADET
1995, 1998–1999	CD Municipal Limeño
Managerial career
1997	CD Árabe Marte
1997–1998	Sonsonate
1998	Alianza
1999–2000	Municipal Limeño
2000–2001	Jocoro
2002–2003	San Salvador FC
2003	Mar y Plata FC
2003	San Salvador FC
2004	Municipal San Martín
2004–2005	Chalatenango
2005–2006	Isidro Metapán
2006	Independiente
2006–2007	Fuerte Aguilares
2007–2008	Once Lobos
2008	San Salvador FC
2009	Acajutla FC
2009–2010	Águila
2010	UES
2010–2011	Santa Tecla FC
2011–2012	Juventud Retalteca
2012–2014	Sonsonate FC
2014	Audaz
2015–2016	Alianza
2016	Marte Soyapango
2016	Chalatenango
2016–2017	Independiente
2017–2018	Sonsonate FC
2018	Jocoro
2018–2019	Brujos de Izalco
2023-Present	Cruzeiro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubén Rudesindo Alonso Alves (born 1 September 1962) is a former Uruguayan professional football player and currently manager of second division team Cruzeiro.

Playing career

He won titles with Alianza and Real España, and was the top goalscorer in the First Division in El Salvador and Honduras, for Fuerte San Francisco and Real España in the 1991–1992 season, and 1988–89 season respectively.

Coaching career

His first coaching tenure was with Árabe Marte and Sonsonate in the Second Division, after a successful spell he became coach of his former club Alianza and helped them win the 1998 Apertura title.

After leaving Alianza, he spent time coaching clubs in the Second Division almost promoting three clubs Municipal Limeño, Jocoro F.C. and Mar y Plata FC to the First Division.

He eventually became coach of the newly formed San Salvador, this would be their greatest coaching achievement to date, since it helped the club not only win the club's only title in its history, it also saved them from relegation three times.

After being released from his contract from San Salvador, he first took the reins of First Division side Isidro Metapán and Independiente Nacional 1906, then he managed Second Division sides Fuerte Aguilares and Once Lobos, but he only managed moderate success with these sides.

He rejoined the San Salvador to try to save them from relegation once again, despite saving them from direct relegation, he couldn't save them from a relegation play-off lost to Juventud Independiente.

After the club folded due to financial difficulty, he signed to coach Alba Acajutla, a club based in Sonsonate, and the club his son plays for.

After a string of defeats he was sacked from the club, however he was signed to coach Águila for the rest of the 2010 Clausura season, but after taking them to the grand final, Águila were defeated by Isidro Metapán and his contract was not extended.

He was presented as the new coach for UES for the 2010 Apertura season.

From 2017 is the manager of Sonsonate, fighting to get out the team from relegation.