Luis Fernando Suárez

This article is about the Colombian football team manager. For other people named Luis Suárez, see Luis Suárez (disambiguation).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Guzmán.
Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán
Personal information
Full name Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán
Date of birth (1959-12-23) December 23, 1959
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19801993 Atlético Nacional
19941995 Deportivo Pereira
Teams managed
19992000 Atlético Nacional
2001 Deportivo Cali
2001 Deportes Tolima
20032004 Aucas
20042007 Ecuador
2008 Aucas
2009 Atlético Nacional
20092010 Juan Aurich
20112014 Honduras
2015 Universitario
2015–2016 Sinaloa

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born December 23, 1959 in Medellín) is a Colombian retired football player.

Managerial career

Suárez led the Ecuador national football team to the round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and won the 1999 Colombian championship with Atlético Nacional.[1] In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutive World Cup. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, leading Ecuador to their best showing in a FIFA World Cup in 2006. Reaching the second round by inflicting defeats on Poland and Costa Rica, they lost to England 1-0 after a David Beckham free kick sailed into the net.[2]

Suárez was offered to keep coaching the Ecuadorian national team till the next World Cup in 2010. Following a poor Copa America 2007, many people wanted him out. Suárez stated that he would not resign and would improve his results. Suárez got off to the worst possible start for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, losing 1-0 at home to Venezuela and receiving a 5-0 hammering by Brazil. After another hammering defeat 5-1 to Paraguay, he resigned irrevocably his position as head coach, immediately after the end of the match, on October 2009 he signed with Juan Aurich a Peruvian football team.

Honors

As a player

Atlético Nacional

As a manager

Atlético Nacional

References

  1. Homewood, Brian (2008-12-18). "Soccer-Ex Ecuador coach Suarez takes over at Atletico Nacional". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
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