José Manuel de la Torre

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José Manuel de la Torre
Personal information
Full name José Manuel de la Torre Menchaca
Date of birth (1965-11-13) November 13, 1965 (age 47)
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 [edit]

"Chepo" came up through the Chivas youth academies, and was an important player on all the teams he played for. He played a short time in Europe with Spanish Liga club Real Oviedo, having a lot of activity, where he played 32 games and scored 8 goals. He became champion with Chivas in the 1986 season defeating Cruz Azul at Estadio Jalisco. He also played at Puebla F.C., Cruz Azul, Tigres, and Necaxa, and Chivas de Guadalajara. He was also called up for the Mexican national team on 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, finishing with a five game non-losing streak and taking 13 out of 15 points. They then went on to win 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 [edit]

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] De la Torre's first tournament as Mexico's manager was the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. His first game of the tournament was on June 8, 2011 against El Salvador which Mexico won impressively 5-0. De la Torre and the Mexican team continued to impress throughout the group stage and won all three of their group stage matches including the 5-0 win over El Salvador, another 5-0 win against Cuba and a 4-1 win over Costa Rica. De la Torre's Mexico team would go undefeated throughout the tournament, winning all 6 of their games which culminated in a 4-2 win in the final against their rivals United States.[4] De la Torre's first defeat as Mexico's manager came on October 11, 2011 in a friendly against Brazil, who came back and won 2-1.[5] De la Torre's final match of 2011 was against Serbia which Mexico won 2-0.[6] This brought his statistics to 11 wins 4 draws and only 1 loss for the year, only 6 of these wins were matches of significant importance which were the 6 wins at the Gold Cup.

Honours [edit]

Manager [edit]

With Club Guadalajara

With Club Toluca

With México

Individual [edit]

International goals [edit]

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 [edit]

Manager [edit]

Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Guadalajara Mexico 2006 2007 700166000000000000066 700131000000000000031 700116000000000000016 700119000000000000019 700146970000000000046.97
Toluca Mexico 2008 December 2010 7002104000000000000104 700149000000000000049 700134000000000000034 700121000000000000021 700147120000000000047.12
Mexico Mexico January 2011 Present 700133000000000000033 700121000000000000021 70009000000000000009 70003000000000000003 700163640000000000063.64
Total 7002206000000000000206 7002101000000000000101 700159000000000000059 700146000000000000046 700149030000000000049.03


As of 17 April 2013.

References [edit]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Jose Manuel "Chepo" De La Torre Named Mexico National Team Manager". Goal.com. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
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  4. ^ [3]
  5. ^ [4]
  6. ^ [5]

External links [edit]

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