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| Full name | Hugo Sánchez Márquez[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1958-07-11)11 July 1958 (age 67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1975 | UNAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1982 | UNAM | 188 | (97) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | →San Diego Sockers (loan) | 32 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | →Atlético Madrid (loan) | 20 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1985 | Atlético Madrid | 91 | (46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1992 | Real Madrid | 207 | (164) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | América | 29 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Atlante | 31 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Linz | 18 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Dallas Burn | 23 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Atlético Celaya | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 679 | (396) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1998 | Mexico | 58[3] | (29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | UNAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Mexico (interim) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | UNAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Necaxa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Mexico U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Almería | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Pachuca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professionalfootballer andmanager, who played as aforward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the greatest strikers of all time.[4] In 1999, theInternational Federation of Football History and Statistics voted Sánchez the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from theCONCACAF region.[5] In 2004, Sánchez was named in theFIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.[6]
Sánchez is regarded as one ofLa Liga's best foreign imports, and one ofReal Madrid's top strikers of all time. He is thefifth highest scorer in the history of La Liga, the fourth highest scoring foreign player afterCristiano Ronaldo,Lionel Messi,[7] andKarim Benzema, and is theseventh highest goalscorer in Real Madrid's history.[8] He scored a total of562 senior career goals for both club and country in 956 matches, amassing a total of fivePichichi top goal scorer trophies inSpain.
Beginning his career atPumas UNAM in 1976, he briefly went on loan to theSan Diego Sockers of theNorth American Soccer League in 1979, during theMexican League's off-season period. In 1981, he moved to Spain to play forAtlético Madrid, playing for theColchoneros for four years before moving to cross-town rivalsReal Madrid, where he would spend the best years of his career, winning numerous titles and accolades.
From 1977 to 1994, Sánchez was a member of thenational team, gaining 58caps and scoring 29 goals. He participated in threeFIFA World Cup tournaments and was a part of the Mexico team that reached the quarter-finals of the1986 World Cup. Famous for his acrobaticgoal celebrations throughout his club and international career, Sánchez was the first notable exponent of thebackflip.[9]
As a manager, he won two consecutive league championships with UNAM. After managingNecaxa, he was announced as coach of theMexico national football team in 2006, but was fired in March 2008 due to poor results.[10] In 2009, Sánchez was named manager ofAlmería, and helped to save the club from relegation.[11]
As a teenager, Sánchez played for the Mexico national team at the1976 Summer Olympics. Having already played in over 80 international matches, Sánchez signed as a youth player at the age of 18 forPumas de la UNAM, a professional team representing Mexico'snational university, where he completed a degree inDentistry while playing for the first team.[12] Later that year, UNAM managed to win its first championship in the Primera División. Two years later, he became the league's top-scorer with 26 goals.
In 1979, UNAM agreed to exchange players during the off-season with theSan Diego Sockers of theNorth American Soccer League. He played in the NASL during the summer and in the Mexican league during the fall, winter and spring. UNAM loaned Sánchez to the Sockers in 1979 and 1980 where he became a prolific striker for the Sockers, averaging nearly a goal a game.[13]
Sánchez's five seasons with UNAM were during the team's golden years. In 1980–81, his last season with the club, Sánchez and UNAM won its second league championship, aCONCACAF Champions Cup and aCopa Interamericana. During his five years with UNAM, Sánchez scored 104 goals in 200 appearances.
With Hugo's exemplary performances in theToulon tournament and 1975 Cannes Youth Tournament, he earned his nicknameNiño de Oro which translates to Golden boy.[14]
After five successful seasons in Mexico, Sánchez drew the attention of several European sides, including that of English clubArsenal,[12] though eventually signing with Spanish sideAtlético Madrid in 1981. It took him a while to find his feet inLa Liga, only managing twenty league appearances and scoring eight goals in his first season, but by the 1984–1985 season he was scoring regularly with a team that won theCopa del Rey, finished second in the league and won theSpanish Super Copa. That year, Sánchez won his firstPichichi trophy for being the most prolific scorer in the league, scoring 26 goals.
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On 15 July 1985, Sánchez signed forLa Liga clubReal Madrid.[15] It was reported that due to Atlético Madrid's reluctance to anger their fan base with a direct deal with Real, Sánchez was transferred to UNAM back in his home country on 4 July before being signed by Real Madrid, with the contract signing taking place in a bank in Mexico City.[15] He was flown back to Spain and presented to 50,000 fans at theSantiago Bernabéu Stadium on 19 July.[16]
He played alongside the famed group of players known as theLa Quinta del Buitre ("Vulture's Cohort"), which consisted ofEmilio Butragueño,Manuel Sanchís,Martín Vázquez,Míchel, andMiguel Pardeza.[1] WithLos Blancos, Sánchez won five consecutive league titles from 1985 to 1990, a Copa del Rey title in 1989 and theUEFA Cup in 1986. During those five years, Sánchez won four-consecutive Pichichi trophies, becoming one of two players in Spanish football history to achieve this without sharing the trophy with any other player in any season (the other beingLionel Messi with 5 consecutive Pichichi awards between 2017 and 2021), and one of four players to win fivePichichis (the others beingAlfredo Di Stéfano,Quini and Messi (who has won 8), scoring 208 goals in 283 games in all competitions. He scored 27 or more goals in four consecutive seasons between 1986 and 1990, including 38 goals in the 1989–90 season, tying the single-season record set in 1951 byTelmo Zarra and earning theEuropean Golden Boot award for the best scorer in Europe. Remarkably, all 38 of these goals were scored with only a single touch.[17] His 38-goal tally stood as a league record untilCristiano Ronaldo surpassed it after scoring 40 goals in the2010–11 season.[18] In European Cup competitions, Sánchez scored 47 goals in 45 matches.
In 1992, Sánchez returned to his native Mexico for a season and there he won the1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup withClub América before playing for a variety of clubs in Spain, Austria and the United States. He played forDallas Burn in the inaugural year ofMajor League Soccer, becoming one of two footballers, along withRoy Wegerle, to play outdoor football in both theNASL andMLS. He finished his career playing forAtlético Celaya, along withButragueño andMíchel, his old colleagues from Real Madrid.
Sánchez retired from Spanish football on 29 May 1997, playing with Real Madrid at theSantiago Bernabéu Stadium. His last official game was during the1998 World Cup qualifiers, where he touched the ball as a symbol of his retirement.
Sánchez made 58 appearances forMexico between 1977 and 1994, scoring 29 goals.[3] Prior to representing the senior side, as a teenager he represented Mexico at the1975 Pan American Games on home soil, where he won a gold medal,[19] and at the1976 Summer Olympics.[4] He participated in threeFIFA World Cup tournaments, making eight World Cup appearances in total, and scoring once.[4] Also, with ChileanElías Figueroa holds the unique distinction of playing in three alternate tournaments1978-1986-1994. He helped Mexico win the1977 CONCACAF Championship to seal qualification for the1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina;[20] at the age of 19, he took part in the final tournament, where Mexico lost all three of their group games and suffered a first round elimination.[4]
After Mexico failed toqualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, Sánchez was a part of the Mexico team that reached the quarter-finals of the1986 World Cup on home soil, losing out to eventual runners-upWest Germany in a penalty shootout.[21] He scored his only World Cup goal during his nation's opening match of the tournament on 3 June, the winning goal in a 2–1 victory overBelgium,[4][22] although he also missed a penalty in Mexico's second group match againstParaguay, and was later booked, causing him to miss the final group match.[4][23] Four years later, however, Mexico once again missed out on the final tournament as they were suspended from the1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.[4]
Despite his advancing age, he later played a key role in helping Mexico to thefinal of the1993 Copa América, at the age of 35; he scored once in a 2–0 victory overEcuador in the semi-finals, although Mexico eventually finished as runners-up toArgentina.[4][24] Sánchez later also appeared at the1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, his final major tournament, where Mexico suffered a round of 16 elimination; he made his only appearance in the tournament on 19 June, in Mexico's opening match of the competition, a 1–0 defeat toNorway.[4]
In March 2000, Sánchez became manager ofUNAM, who were struggling in the league, signing a two-year deal. Although the team went on to have a good campaign under his leadership, differences between the club president and Sánchez resulted in his sacking in August of that year.
After Jimenez Espriu resigned as the club president a year later, the new president, Luis Regueiro, appointed Sánchez as head coach in November 2001.
After building his team up for a number of years, by 2004 Sánchez' Pumas had won everything they played in: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Champion of Champions 2004 and the Santiago Bernabéu Cup. He also became the only manager in history to lead a Mexican team to two consecutive championships in the Mexican Primera División in the "short tournament" format.
The success, however, was short lived. Pumas became the worst team of the tournament the following season and in Winter 2005 were having the worst year in its history.[citation needed] Sánchez decided to resign in November 2005.
Club Necaxa, another Mexican team, signed him as a head coach in 2006, and he also became the coach of theMexico national team that year following their participation at the2006 FIFA World Cup.
He became coach ofLa Liga'sAlmería in early 2009, but after accomplishing the goal of avoiding relegation fromLa Liga, and despite on 2 June 2009 the Almeria chairmanAlfonso García announcing the renewal of his contract,[25] he was released on 20 December 2009.
After briefly managing Club Necaxa, Sánchez was named head coach of the Mexico national team, with the aim of leading Mexico through thequalification process for the2010 World Cup inSouth Africa.
During his coaching career especially, Sánchez became known for his volatile temperament and his willingness to speak candidly, often expressing strong emotions and opinions, a trait that engenders equally emotional and strong responses from those he criticizes. He had a long-standing feud with the previous Mexico coach,Ricardo La Volpe.
Sánchez's first match as Mexico coach was a 2–0 loss to theUnited States in Phoenix, Arizona in February 2007. Sánchez recorded his first victory againstVenezuela, a 3–1 win in front of 67,000 fans in San Diego. Hugo's first game in Mexico took place againstParaguay inMonterrey on 25 March 2007, which Mexico won 2–1. A few days later on 28 March 2007, Mexico defeatedEcuador 4–2 in Oakland, California.
In June 2007, Sánchez coached Mexico in the2007 edition of theGold Cup, his first official competition. After struggling in the first stages of the tournament, México reached the final 24 June 2007 and lost 2–1 against the US.
On 27 June 2007, in the opening game of the2007 Copa América held in Venezuela, Sánchez led the Mexico national team to a stunning 2–0 winBrazil, Hugo's first major victory as a coach. After easing through the group stage of the tournament, Hugo led the team to the semi-finals (beatingParaguay 6–0 in the quarter-finals) where they were beaten 3–0 byArgentina. Mexico ended the tournament in third place by defeatingUruguay 3–1.
In August 2007, Sánchez announced that Mexico would permanently, or at least in his time coaching the team, drop their famous green home kit, replacing it with their white away kit, meaning that their new away kit would be red. For this decision, Sánchez was subject of a lot of criticism. The two main arguments against him were that the decision was breaking a long-standing Mexican tradition, yet the strongest critics suggested that he should devote more time to the strategy and training of the Mexico team rather than entertaining himself with superfluous features of the sport.
In March 2008, Sánchez suffered poor results, including draws withAustralia andFinland,[citation needed] and a loss at home inQuerétaro againstEcuador's U-23 team. Disappointing results continued in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualification, a draw with Canada and a loss to Guatemala. His only victory was a 5–1 win against Haiti. Mexico were eliminated from the Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament on goal difference.
On 31 March 2008, Hugo Sánchez was fired from his post as Mexico head coach.[26]
"When a player scores a goal like that, play should be suspended and a glass of champagne offered to the 80,000 fans that witnessed it."
NicknamedHugol andPentapichichi, Sánchez was a prolific goalscorer, who usually played as acentre-forward; he is widely regarded as Mexico's greatest-ever footballer, and one of the greatest players of his generation and also one of the greatest strikers of all time.[1][4] A quick and mobilestriker, with good skills and an eye for goal, he was known for his intelligence, positional sense, movement, and anticipation in the area, and was an accurate and efficient finisher, who was capable of scoring with few touches.[1][4][17][28]
Due to his athleticism, Sánchez was good in the air, despite his diminutive stature, and was also known for his ability to score acrobatic and flamboyant goals from spectacular strikes and volleys from any position on the pitch, both inside or outside the area; his mastery of the "Chilena", or "Bicycle kick", was a result of his own early training in gymnastics, and his goals scored in this manner were later dubbedHuguinas.[1][4][29] His trademark was to perform a celebratory somersault followed by a fist pump after each goal he scored, in honour of his sister, who was a gymnast and participated in the Montreal Olympics.[4][30] Sánchez is considered to be the first noted exponent of thebackflip.[31]
According to his FIFA profile, Sánchez is credited as the creator of the scorpion kick, which was later popularised by Colombian goalkeeperRené Higuita. Though he regularly practised the trick in training, the Mexican striker never scored a goal with it in an official match.[4]
An accuratepenalty taker, Sánchez held the record for most penalties scored in La Liga with 56, untilCristiano Ronaldo broke the record in 2017 after scoring his 57th penalty-kick.[32]
Hugo Sánchez was raised in theJardín Balbuena neighborhood inMexico City to a middle-class family. His father, Héctor Sánchez, was also a footballer who played forAsturias F.C. andAtlante F.C. His sister, Herlinda Sánchez, was an Olympic gymnast who participated in the1976 Summer Olympic Games inMontreal. Sánchez credits her for his acrobatic skills, including his signature somersault goal celebrations.
His son,Hugo Sánchez Portugal, was also a footballer and played for UNAM and Atlante. He also has two daughters from his current marriage. On 8 November 2014, Sánchez Portugal died from the effects of a gas leak in a Mexico City apartment as stated by theMexican Red Cross.[33]
In 2006, Sánchez was appointed as the official FIFA/SOS Ambassador for Mexico, joiningWayne Rooney (Ambassador for England),Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), and fifty others in fund raising for the official2006 FIFA World Cup Charity.[34]
On 1 September 2007, Sánchez inaugurated a street with his name inPuebla, central Mexico, before a thousand of the locals around there.[35]
As of January 2015, Sánchez was a commentator forESPN in Mexico and the United States. He had previously served as a guest analyst during their coverage of the2014 FIFA World Cup before featuring as a regular analyst.[36][needs update] He was introduced as an Ultimate Team Icon in the video game,FIFA 20.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| UNAM | 1976–77 | Mexican Primera División | 27 | 7 | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 1977–78 | Mexican Primera División | 30 | 11 | 30 | 11 | |||||
| 1978–79 | Mexican Primera División | 45 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 28 | |||
| 1979–80 | Mexican Primera División | 44 | 30 | 44 | 30 | |||||
| 1980–81 | Mexican Primera División | 42 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 26 | |||
| Total | 188 | 97 | 9 | 5 | 197 | 102 | ||||
| San Diego Sockers (loan) | 1979 | NASL | 17 | 12 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 1980 | NASL | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 26 | 32 | 26 | ||||||
| Atlético Madrid (loan) | 1981–82 | La Liga | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1[39][40] | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 |
| Atlético Madrid | 1982–83 | La Liga | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 22 | ||
| 1983–84 | La Liga | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19 | |
| 1984–85 | La Liga | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 29 | |
| Total | 111 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 151 | 79 | ||
| Real Madrid | 1985–86 | La Liga | 33 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 29 |
| 1986–87 | La Liga | 41 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 43 | |
| 1987–88 | La Liga | 36 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 35 | |
| 1988–89 | La Liga | 35 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 37 | |
| 1989–90 | La Liga | 35 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 42 | |
| 1990–91 | La Liga | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | |
| 1991–92 | La Liga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Total | 207 | 164 | 32 | 19 | 39 | 23 | 282 | 208 | ||
| América | 1992–93 | Mexican Primera División | 29 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 18 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 1993–94 | La Liga | 29 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 17 | ||
| Atlante | 1994–95 | Mexican Primera División | 31 | 13 | 31 | 13 | ||||
| Linz | 1995–96 | 2. Liga | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Dallas Burn | 1996 | Major League Soccer | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | ||
| Atlético Celaya | 1996–97 | Mexican Primera División | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Real Madrid | 1996–97 | La Liga | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Career total | 679 | 396 | 81 | 50 | 61 | 39 | 819 | 485 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1977 | 6 | 4 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4 | |
| 1979 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 10 | 7 | |
| 1981 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 14 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 29 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 1977 | Estadio Azteca,Mexico City, Mexico |  Haiti | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship |
| 2 | 15 October 1977 | Estadio Universitario,San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |  Suriname | 1–0 | 8–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship |
| 3 | 4–1 | |||||
| 4 | 22 October 1977 | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |  Canada | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship |
| 5 | 5 February 1978 | Estadio Cuscatlán,San Salvador, El Salvador |  El Salvador | 5–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
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| 8 | 3 May 1978 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium,Helsinki, Finland |  Finland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 6 January 1979 | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |  Soviet Union | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 4 December 1979 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | El Salvador | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 2–0 | |||||
| 12 | 18 December 1979 | Estadio Municipal,Texcoco, Mexico | El Salvador | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 13 | 8 April 1980 | Estadio Nemesio Díez,Toluca, Mexico |  Honduras | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 5–1 | |||||
| 15 | 15 April 1980 | Estadio Mateo Flores,Guatemala City, Guatemala |  Guatemala | 4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 16 | 29 April 1980 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico | Guatemala | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 17 | 9 November 1980 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  United States | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 18 | 16 November 1980 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Canada | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 19 | 23 November 1980 | Lockhart Stadium,Fort Lauderdale, United States | United States | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 20 | 20 January 1981 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Bulgaria | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 21 | 23 June 1981 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Spain | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 22 | 1 November 1981 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino,Tegucigalpa, Honduras |  Cuba | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1981 CONCACAF Championship |
| 23 | 3–0 | |||||
| 24 | 11 November 1981 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Haiti | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1981 CONCACAF Championship |
| 25 | 25 August 1985 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States |  Chile | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 26 | 3 June 1986 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Belgium | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 27 | 11 April 1993 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Honduras | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 28 | 9 May 1993 | Varsity Stadium,Toronto, Canada | Canada | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 29 | 30 June 1993 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa,Quito, Ecuador |  Ecuador | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1993 Copa América |
Last updated 17 June 2019
| Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||||
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| G | Pld | W | L | D | Win % | GF | GA | +/- | |||
| UNAM1 |  | 2000 | 2000 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 50% | 25 | 20 | +5 |
| Mexico2 | | 2000 | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| UNAM3 | | 2001 | 2005 | 192 | 82 | 60 | 50 | 41.67% | 290 | 275 | +15 |
| Necaxa | | 2006 | 2006 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| Mexico | | 2006 | 2008 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 56% | 43 | 29 | +14 |
| Mexico U234 | | 2008 | 2008 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 10 | 6 | +4 |
| Almería5 | | 2008 | 2009 | 42 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 30.95% | 49 | 69 | -20 |
| Pachuca6 | | 2012 | 2012 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 37.5% | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| Career | 315 | 130 | 109 | 76 | 41.27% | 454 | 440 | +14 | |||
1Includes results fromLiga MX
2Includes only results from2000 U.S. Cup
3Includes results fromLiga MX,Campeón de Campeones,2003 Copa Libertadores,CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005 andTrofeo Santiago Bernabeu
4Includes results from2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament and under-23 international friendly matches
5Includes results fromLa Liga,Copa del Rey and Trofeo Lagarto de Jaén
6Includes results fromLiga MX andCopa MX
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