José Manuel de la Torre

José Manuel de la Torre
Personal information
Full name José Manuel de la Torre Menchaca
Date of birth November 13, 1965 (1965-11-13) (age 46)
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1984–1988 Guadalajara 116 (7)
1988–1989 Real Oviedo 32 (8)
1989–1991 Puebla 82 (15)
1991–1993 Cruz Azul 56 (17)
1993–1995 Guadalajara 55 (12)
1995–1996 Tigres 25 (3)
1996 Puebla 9 (0)
1997–1999 Necaxa 40 (1)
National team
1987–1992 Mexico 28 (6)
Teams managed
2005–2007 Guadalajara
2008–2010 Toluca
2010– Mexico
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre Menchaca (born on November 13, 1965) in Guadalajara, Jalisco popularly nicknamed Chepo, is a Mexican football manager and former attacking midfielder. He is currently the manager of Mexico national football team.

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Biography

"Chepo" was raised from Chivas youth academies, and was an important player in all teams he played. He played a short time in Europe with Spanish Liga club Real Oviedo, having a lot of activity, where he played 32 games and scoring 8 goals. He became champion with Chivas on 1986 season defeating Cruz Azul at Estadio Jalisco. He also played in Puebla F.C., Cruz Azul, Tigres, and Necaxa, but definitely his peak career point was when he played for Chivas de Guadalajara. He was also called for the Mexican national team various occasions, but unfortunately he was never called for a FIFA World Cup.

On December 10, 2006 he won the 11th championship of Chivas, becoming the youngest coach to win a championship in the last decade at age 40 years & 27 days, and making Chivas de Guadalajara the most successful Club in the Primera División de México.

In mid 2008, "El Chepo" became the coach of Club Toluca. In the beginning of the season Club Toluca had a relatively weak start, but improved as the season progressed, ending with a good end with a five game non-losing streak making 13 out of 15 points, eventually winning the tournament.

Chepo won his second championship with Toluca in 2010. He beat out Santos in a classic penalty shoot out where Toluca came back from down 3-1 to win the penalty shoot out 4-3.

Mexico national football team

On October 18, 2010 it was announced that de la Torre would become the new manager of Mexico at the end of the 2010 Torneo Apertura.[1][2] De la Torre made his debut as Mexico's manager on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina which Mexico won 2-0.[3]

Honours

Manager

With Club Guadalajara

With Club Toluca

With México

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. June 30, 1991 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  Canada 2–0 3–1 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2. December 4, 1991 Estadio Nou Camp, Leon, Mexico  Hungary 3–0 3–0 Friendly
3. March 8, 1992 Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico  CIS 2–0 4–0 Friendly
4. October 7, 1992 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  El Salvador 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5. November 15, 1992 Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico  Honduras 1–0 2–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. November 22, 1992 Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico  Costa Rica 4–0 4–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Statistics

Manager

Team Nat Record
G W D L Win %
Guadalajara 66 31 16 19 46.97
Toluca 104 49 34 21 47.12
Mexico 15 10 4 1 66.67
48
As of September 30th, 2011

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Jose Manuel "Chepo" De La Torre Named Mexico National Team Manager". Goal.com. 2010-10-18. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/mexico/2010/10/18/2172305/jose-manuel-chepo-de-la-torre-named-mexico-national-team. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
  3. ^ [2]

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