Joe Armas
William Joel "Joe" Armas Suqui (born 16 August 1995) is an Ecuadorian football manager who is currently the head coach of Imbabura. Club career Born in the Los Bancos Canton of Ecuador, Armas' parents moved to Quito when he was a child, and he spent a year in the academy of local side S.D. Quito before spending five seasons with L.D.U. Quito, playing as a goalkeeper. He appeared once on the bench for the latter, on 4 December 2011, but did not feature as his side drew 0–0 with Olmedo. Managerial career Early career After deciding that he would rather coach football than play it, he entered the Institute of the Ecuadorian Football Federation in order to study coaching. He received a degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, before deciding to move to Europe to continue his studies, working as a bricklayer in order to fund the trip. His first stop in Europe was Spain, where he worked in the academies of Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid, also earning his coaching degree and two master’s degrees while in the country; one in sports management and the other as a football manager. He spent time working with the Mexico