team_link birth_place team position league birth_date article_title name career_start
leones de ponce -lrb- basketball -rrb- ponce , puerto rico leones de ponce point guard baloncesto superior nacional 04 january 1963 manolo cintrón
 manolo cintrón ca. 1981
manolo cintrón

manuel -lrb- manolo -rrb- cintrón vega -lrb- born january 4 , 1963 in ponce , puerto rico -rrb- is a former puerto rican professional basketball player , who for 11 seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s played with several teams in the national basketball league in puerto rico. , including the `` atléticos de san german '' , the `` leones de ponce '' and the `` gigantes de carolina '' .
he is the former head coach of the puerto rico national basketball team , after being replaced in 2011 by flor melendez .
he is the head coach of veracruz ´ s `` halcones rojos '' in the mexican professional basketball league .
in the past , he has been the head coach of : the `` explosivos de moca '' -lrb- pr , 2001 -- 2002 -rrb- , the `` toros de aragua maracay '' -lrb- ven , 2002 -rrb- , the `` vaqueros de bayamón '' -lrb- pr , 2002 -rrb- , the `` capitanes de arecibo '' -lrb- pr , 2003 -rrb- , the `` explosivos de moca '' -lrb- pr , 2003 -- 2004 -rrb- , the `` leones de ponce '' -lrb- pr , 2004 -- 2006 -rrb- , the `` indios de mayagüez '' -lrb- pr , 2007 -rrb- and the `` vaqueros de bayamón '' -lrb- pr , 2008 -rrb- .
as the assistant head coach of puerto rico from 2001 to 2006 , he helped the team obtain gold at the 2001 centrobasket .
in 2007 , he became puerto rico 's head coach , taking over the work done by julio toro .
he has managed to team to a gold medal at the 2008 centrobasket , to silver medals at the 2007 pan american games and the 2009 fiba americas championship and a bronze medal at the 2007 fiba americas championship .
