Bolivian coach quits after debuting pre-teen son

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian club coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso quit on Friday after being heavily criticized for playing his then-12-year-old son in a premier division match last weekend.

Baldivieso fielded his son Mauricio on Sunday in the final 10 minutes of Aurora's 1-0 loss to La Paz.
The newspaper La Razon quoted Baldivieso as saying Mauricio, who turned 13 on Wednesday, played well, but much of the media and even his own club questioned the performance and the decision by Baldivieso.

Baldivieso said he reached a mutual decision to resign with officials of the Cochabamba-based club, which he took over last year as a player-coach, and only coached this year. He led the team into this year's Copa Libertadores.

Baldivieso played more than 80 times for Bolivia until 2005.