Manuel Lapuente

Personal information
Manuel Lapuente
Full name	Manuel Lapuente
Date of birth	May 15, 1944 (age 62)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Playing position	Manager (former Striker)
Club information
Current club	Club América (as vicepresident)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Puebla
National team²
?-?	Mexico	13 (5)
Teams managed
1979-1984 1984-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1993 1990-1991 1994-1997 1997-2000 2001-2003 2006	CF Puebla UANL Tigres Angeles de Puebla CF Atlante Cruz Azul CF Puebla Mexico (caretaker) Necaxa Mexico Club América Club América
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 29, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of September 29, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Manuel Lapuente (born May 15, 1944) is a Mexican football (soccer) coach and former player, currently working as vicepresident of football operations for Club América.

He played 13 matches for the Mexico national team , scoring 5 goals.

He coached Mexico at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. At the club level, he has coached CF Puebla, Necaxa and Club América to Mexican league titles during his tenure as a manager.

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Preceded by Bora Milutinović	Mexico national football team manager 1997-2000	Succeeded by Enrique Meza

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	Mexico squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Campos \| 2 Suárez \| 3 J. Sánchez \| 4 Villa \| 5 Davino \| 6 Bernal \| 7 Ramírez \| 8 García Aspe \| 9 Peláez \| 10 García \| 11 Blanco \| 12 O. Sánchez \| 13 Pardo \| 14 Lara \| 15 Hernández \| 16 Terrazas \| 17 Palencia \| 18 Carmona \| 19 Luna \| 20 Ordiales \| 21 Arellano \| 22 Pérez \| Coach: Lapuente