The outstanding Mexican coach coached the Mexico national team for 106 international matches (divided over seven separate tenures), and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 31- 7-1916 Country: Mexico Matches as Coach: 106 (W50-D27-L29 – GF174-GA108 – %59.90) Age First Match: 41 yr 81 d 20-10-1957 vs. Costa Rica 2-0 Age Last Match: 74 yr 226 d 14- 3-1991 vs. Canada 3-0 National Team Career: 33 yr 145 d
Coach for Mexico
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
first tenure
1 20-10-57 Cd. de México Costa Rica 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 27-10-57 San José Costa Rica 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
second tenure
3 6- 3-60 San José Brazil 2-2 Panamerican Cup
4 10- 3-60 San José Argentina 2-3 Panamerican Cup
5 13- 3-60 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Panamerican Cup
6 15- 3-60 San José Brazil 1-2 Panamerican Cup
7 17- 3-60 San José Argentina 0-2 Panamerican Cup
8 19- 3-60 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Panamerican Cup
9 26- 6-60 Cd. de México Netherlands 3-1
10 6-11-60 Los Angeles United States 3-3 World Cup Qualifier
11 13-11-60 Cd. de México United States 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 22- 3-61 San José Costa Rica 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 5- 4-61 Cd. de México Dutch Antilles 7-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 12- 4-61 Cd. de México Costa Rica 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 19- 4-61 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-1
16 29- 4-61 Ostrava Czechoslovakia 1-2
17 10- 5-61 London England 0-8
18 16- 5-61 Bergen Norway 1-1
19 21- 5-61 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 29-10-61 Cd. de México Paraguay 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 5-11-61 Asunción Paraguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 28- 3-62 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-1
23 1- 4-62 Bogotá Colombia 1-0
24 4- 4-62 Cali Colombia 2-2
25 25- 4-62 Cd. de México Colombia 1-0
26 22- 5-62 Cd. de México Wales 2-1
27 30- 5-62 Viña del Mar Brazil 0-2 World Cup
28 3- 6-62 Viña del Mar Spain 0-1 World Cup
29 7- 6-62 Viña del Mar Czechoslovakia 3-1 World Cup
third tenure
30 28- 2-65 San Pedro Sula Honduras 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 4- 3-65 Cd. de México Honduras 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 7- 3-65 Los Angeles United States 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
33 12- 3-65 Cd. de México United States 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
34 28- 3-65 Cd. Guatemala El Salvador 2-0 CONCACAF Cup
35 1- 4-65 Cd. Guatemala Dutch Antilles 5-0 CONCACAF Cup
36 4- 4-65 Cd. Guatemala Haiti 3-0 CONCACAF Cup
37 6- 4-65 Cd. Guatemala Costa Rica 1-1 [1] CONCACAF Cup
38 11- 4-65 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 2-1 CONCACAF Cup
39 25- 4-65 San José Costa Rica 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
40 3- 5-65 Kingston Jamaica 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
41 7- 5-65 Cd. de México Jamaica 8-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 16- 5-65 Cd. de México Costa Rica 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 24- 4-66 Cd. de México Paraguay 7-0
44 11- 5-66 Cd. de México Chile 1-0
45 29- 5-66 Santiago Chile 1-0
46 18- 6-66 Lausanne Switzerland 1-1
47 22- 6-66 Belfast N. Ireland 1-4
48 29- 6-66 Firenze Italy 0-5
49 13- 7-66 London France 1-1 World Cup
50 16- 7-66 London England 0-2 World Cup
51 19- 7-66 London Uruguay 0-0 World Cup
52 5- 1-67 Cd. de México Switzerland 3-0
53 8- 1-67 Guadalajara Switzerland 0-2
54 6- 3-67 Tegucigalpa Nicaragua 4-0 CONCACAF Cup
55 10- 3-67 Tegucigalpa Guatemala 0-1 CONCACAF Cup
56 12- 3-67 Tegucigalpa Trinidad/Tobago 4-0 CONCACAF Cup
57 14- 3-67 Tegucigalpa Haiti 1-0 CONCACAF Cup
58 19- 3-67 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 CONCACAF Cup
59 28- 5-67 Leningrad Soviet Union 0-2
60 22- 8-67 Cd. de México Argentina 2-1
61 6-12-67 Cd. de México Hungary 2-1
62 8-12-67 Cd. de México Hungary 0-2
63 23- 1-68 Cd. de México Colombia Ol. 3-1
64 3- 1-68 León Colombia Ol. 3-0
65 3- 3-68 Cd. de México Soviet Union 0-0
66 7- 3-68 León Soviet Union 1-1
67 10- 3-68 Cd. de México Soviet Union 0-0
68 26- 3-68 Cd. de México Japan 4-0
69 21- 5-68 Cd. de México Uruguay 3-3
70 28- 5-68 Cd. de México Uruguay 2-2
71 7- 7-68 Cd. de México Brazil 0-2
72 10- 7-68 Cd. de México Brazil 2-1
73 27- 8-68 Cd. de México Chile 3-1
74 29- 9-68 León Ethiopia 3-0
75 6-10-68 Puebla Czechoslov. Ol. 1-1
fourth tenure
76 1- 1-69 Cd. de México Italy 2-3
77 5- 1-69 Cd. de México Italy 1-1
78 4- 2-69 León Colombia 1-0
79 6- 4-69 Lisboa Portugal 0-0
80 10- 4-69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2
81 16- 4-69 Brussel Belgium 0-2
82 23- 4-69 Sevilla Spain 0-0
83 1- 5-69 Malmö Sweden 0-1
84 6- 5-69 København Denmark 1-3
85 8- 5-69 Oslo Norway 2-0
fifth tenure
86 1- 8-75 San Francisco East Germany 2-3
87 3- 8-75 Los Angeles East Germany 0-1
88 6- 8-75 Monterrey East Germany 1-0
89 17- 8-75 Cd. de México Costa Rica 7-0 Copa México
90 24- 8-75 Cd. de México United States 2-0 Copa México
91 31- 8-75 Cd. de México Argentina 1-1 Copa México
92 20-10-75 Tel-Aviv Israel 0-1
93 3- 2-76 Cd. de México Hungary 4-1
94 4- 6-76 Guadalajara Brazil 0-3
95 3-10-76 Los Angeles United States 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
96 10-10-76 Vancouver Canada 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
97 15-10-76 Puebla United States 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
98 27-10-76 Toluca Canada 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
sixth tenure
99 17- 1-90 Los Angeles Argentina 2-0
100 20- 3-90 Los Angeles Uruguay 2-1
101 17- 4-90 Los Angeles Colombia 2-0
102 10- 5-90 Vancouver United States 1-0 N. American Cup
103 13- 5-90 Vancouver Canada 1-2 N. American Cup
104 2- 6-90 Brussel Belgium 0-3
seventh tenure
105 12- 3-91 Los Angeles United States 2-2 N. American Cup
106 14- 3-91 Los Angeles Canada 3-0 N. American Cup
[1] suspended in 71' due to fighting
NB: the match against Denmark (3-0, 22- 1-69) was coached by Raúl Cárdenas.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
106 50 27 29 174-108 127 59.90
Types of Matches
Friendlies 55
World Cup Qualifier 22
CONCACAF Nations Cup 10
World Cup 6
Panamerican Games 6
Other Tournaments 7
Total matches: 106
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