Leonardo Cuéllar
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | América women (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1979 | Pumas | ||
1979–1981 | San Diego Sockers | 57 | (9) |
1980–1981 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 2 | (0) |
1981–1982 | Atletas Campesinos | ||
1982 | San Jose Earthquakes | 20 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor) | 25 | (3) |
1983–1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 51 | (3) |
International career | |||
1973–1981 | Mexico | 40 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1998–2016 | Mexico women | ||
2017– | América women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who is the current manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil.[3] He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2016.[4][5]
Playing career
Club
Cuéllar played for Pumas and Atletas Campesinos in Mexico.[6] He played in the NASL between 1979 and 1984 for the San Diego Sockers, San Jose Earthquakes and Golden Bay Earthquakes. He played for the Earthquakes during the NASL indoor seasons.
International
Cuéllar also represented the Mexico national football team 40 times, scoring 3 goals[7][8] and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Coaching
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Personal life
He has an American-born son, Christopher Cuellar, who has coached Mexico women at under-17 and under-20 levels.[10][11]
References
- ^ a b "Leonardo Cuellar Rivera". Liga MX (in Spanish). ligamx.net. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Leonardo Cuellar Rivera". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). ligafemenil.mx. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Leonardo Cuellar, nuevo tecnico del America". El Universal. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Lewis, Michael (21 January 2012). "Mexico's Leonardo Cuellar Has Turned 'Las Tri' into a Global Power". Fox News. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Longman, Jere (10 June 1999). "SOCCER; Mexican World Cup Team Reaps Benefit of America's Special Export". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "1978-79 Season". Pumas. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Appearances for Mexico National Team - RSSSF
- ^ "Pre-Game Notes: U.S. WNT vs. Mexico - Oct. 21, 2005". U.S. Soccer Federation. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Leonardo Cuellar". FIFA. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Márquez Tizano, Rodrigo; Vilchis, Raúl (11 October 2016). "Christopher Cuéllar: el hombre detrás de la Sub-17 femenil" [Christopher Cuellar: the man behind the women's under-17 team] (in Spanish). VICE. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Luna Cruz, Édgar (13 August 2014). "México busca su pase en Sub-20" [Mexico seeks its pass in Under-20] (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
External links
- Leonardo Cuéllar at National-Football-Teams.com
- Leonardo Cuéllar – FIFA competition record (archived)
- NASL/MISL career stats
- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Association football midfielders
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Mexico
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- CONCACAF Championship-winning players
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- San Diego Sockers (NASL) players
- San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players
- Golden Bay Earthquakes (MISL) players
- Liga MX players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexican football managers
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Club América (women) managers
- Liga MX Femenil managers
- Mexico women's national football team managers
- Mexican football midfielder stubs