Manuel Lapuente

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Personal information
Manuel Lapuente
Full name	Manuel Lapuente Diaz
Date of birth	May 15, 1944 (1944-05-15) (age 64)
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)*
1964-1966 1966-1970 1970-1974 1974-1975	Monterrey Necaxa Puebla Atlas
National team²
1967-1973	Mexico	13 (5)
Teams managed
1979-1984 1984-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1993 1990-1991 1994-1997 1997-2000 2001 2001-2003 2006 2008	CF Puebla UANL Tigres Ángeles de Puebla Atlante Cruz Azul CF Puebla Mexico (caretaker) Necaxa Mexico Atlante Club América Club América UANL Tigres
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 Diaz (born May 15, 1944) is a Mexican football coach and former player. He was recently working as vice president of football operations for Club América until he resigned in hopes of returning to active coaching.

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

He coached Mexico at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and lead the squad to win the FIFA 1999 Confederations Cup. At the club level, he has coached CF Puebla, Necaxa and Club América to Mexican league titles during his tenure as a manager. He currently coaches Tigres of UANL Tigres.

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Mexico national football team – Managers

Beltrán (1923) • Vega (1928) • Barreau (1930) • Serrallonga (1930) • Gutiérrez (1934) • Crowle (1935) • Gutiérrez (1937–38) • Orth (1947) • Ramírez (1948) • Gutiérrez (1949) • Vial (1950) • López (1952) • Casarín (1953) • López (1953–57) • Trelles (1957) • López (1958) • Marcos (1959) • Trelles (1960–62) • Fekete (1963) • Trelles (1965–68) • Cárdenas (1968) • Trelles (1969) • Cárdenas (1969) • Mercado (1969) • Cárdenas (1970) • Torre (1970–73) • Jáuregui (1974) • Trelles (1975–76) • Roca (1977–78) • Moncebáez (1979) • Peña (1979) • Cárdenas (1979–81) • Milutinović (1983–86) • Velarde (1987–89) • Guerra (1989) • Trelles (1990) • Menotti (1991–92) • Ferretti (1993) • Mejía Barón (1993–95) • Milutinović (1995–97) • Lapuente (1997–2000) • Meza (2000–01) • Aguirre (2001–02) • Lavolpe (2002–06) • Sánchez (2006–08) • Ramírez (2008) • Eriksson (2008–)

v • d • e 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

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UANL Tigres – current squad

1 Saucedo • 3 Chávez • 4 Flavio • 5 Cubero • 6 Sancho • 8 Villalobos • 9 B. Pérez • 10 Fernández • 11 Marino • 14 Ruvalcaba • 15 Ruiz • 16 Lobos • 17 Palacios • 18 Ayala • 19 Zermeño • 20 Sánchez • 22 Escudero • 23 Saavedra • 24 Rivas • 25 Urbina • 26 Fonseca • 27 Martínez • 28 García • 29 Esquivel • 31 Palos • 32 Garza • 33 Gallegos • 35 J. Pérez • 39 Cerda • 43 Molina • 57 Álvarez • 58 Viniegra • 59 de León • 61 Pulido • 85 Arenas • Manager: Lapuente