Enrique Maximiliano Meza Salinas |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique Maximiliano Meza Salinas Jr. | ||
| Date of birth | November 14, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Cruz Azul | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2001 | Deportivo Toluca F.C. | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Club Necaxa | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2004 | Cruz Azul | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Tacuary | 13 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Indios de Ciudad Juárez | ? | (?) |
| 2007 | Jaguares de Chiapas | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007-2008 | Pachuca (Assistant Coach) | ||
| 2009 | Cameroon (Assistant Coach) | ||
| 2010- | Cruz Azul (Assistant Coach) | ||
| 2010- | U20 Cruz Azul (Technical Director) | ||
| 2010- | U17 Cruz Azul (Head Coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Enrique Meza Jr. (born 14 November 1979 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a football coach plus techniques and teamwork professional. He is the son of distinguished soccer or football coach and manager Enrique Meza.[1] Notably, Meza Jr. was the assistant coach of Cameroon during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for the African continent.[2] Presently, Meza, Jr. is the assistant coach and technical director for Cruz Azul football and sports club of the outstanding Mexican premier league division - one of the best football leagues globally; currently ranked 12th in the world; and number 10 in the last decade - 2001 to 2010 - by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics: IFFHS.[3][4]
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From 2007 to 2008, Enrique Meza, Jr. served as assistant coach of successful Mexican first division football club: Pachuca in their participation at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup hosted by Japan - where his team came fourth; winning US$2 million dollars in prize money. Additionally, in 2009, Meza Jr. served as new and up-coming talent scout for Pachuca footbal club in Cameroon and Ghana.
In Ghana, during May 2009, at the Influenza outbreak, although Meza Jr. was very healthy, being in the country for football development, he was wrongfully detained incommunicado for over 27 hours under terrible hygienic conditions, just because he flew in from Mexico. His father, Enrique Meza strongly protested this human rights violation and inhumane treatment of his son in a letter for the Government of Ghana through the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations. Meza Jr. was later sent to Nigeria from where he left for Mexico.[5][6]
From studying in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Enrique Meza Jr. traveled to Italy, Barcelona and Germany to take coaching courses in football techniques and management. In Barcelona, he met Thomas N'kono. N'kono invited Meza Jr. to work as his assistant coach for Cameroon. Earlier, N'kono had taken the coaching position on an interim basis from Otto Pfister.
When Paul Le Guen became acting manager of Cameroon in October 2009, he asked Meza Jr. to stay on board as part of the coaching staff.[7] In December 2009, Meza Jr. was reunited with his father: Enrique Meza at Cruz Azul, as his assistant coach and manager.[8]
Also, at Cruz Azul, apart from being assistant coach and technical manager for the first division senior team,[9] Meza, Jr. serves as assistant coach plus techniques tutor of Cruz Azul's under 20 team; as well as being manager and head coach of the under 17 team.[10]
Interestingly, in August 2011, Enrique Meza, Jr. led his Cruz Azul under 17 team to the final of the Mexican and South American clubs invitational Independence Cup; but lost to Boca Juniors of Argentina under 17 team by 0 to 1 goal at the Azteca Stadium; having gotten to the final by topping their Group B with 4 wins out of 4 games, 12 points, 10 goals in favour, 2 goals against and 8 goals plus difference.[11][12][13]