Luis Fernando Tena

Luis Fernando Tena

Personal information
Full name	Luis Fernando Tena Garduño
Date of birth	(1958-01-20) 20 January 1958
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1983-1986	Guadalajara
1987-1988	Atlante	14	(1)
National team
??-??	Mexico
Teams managed
1994–1996	Cruz Azul
1996–1997	Tecos
1997–2000	Cruz Azul
2000–2001	Morelia
2002–2003	Santos Laguna
2004	Cruz Azul
2005–2006	Chiapas
2006–2007	América
2008–2009	Morelia
2009–2010	Chiapas
2010–	Mexico (assistant)
2011–	Mexico U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Luis Fernando Tena Garduño (born January 20, 1958 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football manager and former player. Tena is the assistant manager of José Manuel de la Torre for Mexico and is currently coaching the U-23 Mexican team who took part in the 2011 Copa América, Toulon Tournament, and the 2012 London Olympics.

Most recently, he coached the U-23 Mexican team that won the Football Gold Medal at the London 2012 Olympics. This was the first time Mexico won any Olympic medal for football, and in the process of winning gold by beating Brazil in the final match, they deprived Brazil of winning their first Olympic gold medal.

Coaching career

He was the manager of Club América, the Mexico City squad who participate in the Mexican First Division. As a manager, Tena has obtained two titles: with Cruz Azul in 1997 (the last Mexican league title that Cruz Azul has won) and in 2000 with Morelia.

After retiring as a player, Tena began his coaching career in 1994 with Cruz Azul, a squad which he has guided on three separate occasions. Aside from his aforementioned stints at Cruz Azul and Morelia, Tena has coached Santos Laguna, Jaguares de Chiapas and Tecos UAG. His brother, Alfredo Tena, a former Club América player and manager, served as an assistant coach for Luis. On March 16, 2008 Tena was named the new coach of Monarcas Morelia, he was fired on 20 February 2009 and was later named as the Head Coach from Jaguares de Chiapas on 6 May 2009.

After a slow start to the Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 campaign, Tena was later let go from his head coach position from Chiapas in early January, 2010.

Honours

Club

Cruz Azul

• Primera División: Invierno 1997

Morelia

• Primera División: Invierno 2000

International

Mexico

• Pan American Games gold medal: 2011 Guadalajara
• Summer Olympics gold medal: 2012 London

External links

• profile
• "Tena fired from Jaguares" (Spanish article)