 Reynoso in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-12-28)28 December 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melgar (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1990 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 1990–1991 | Sabadell | 14 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 1993–1994 | Universitario | ||
| 1994–2002 | Cruz Azul | 236 | (12) |
| 2002–2004 | Necaxa | 75 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1986–2000 | Peru | 84 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Necaxa (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Coronel Bolognesi | ||
| 2009–2010 | Universitario | ||
| 2010 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 2011 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 2012 | Cruz Azul (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | ||
| 2014–2017 | Melgar | ||
| 2017–2019 | Puebla (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Real Garcilaso | ||
| 2019–2020 | Puebla | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cruz Azul | ||
| 2022–2023 | Peru | ||
| 2025– | Melgar | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán (born 28 December 1969) is a Peruvianmanager and formerfootballer who played as adefender. He is the current manager ofMelgar.
He started his playing career in his native Peru where he played forAlianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He made over 230 appearances with Cruz Azul where he served as captain and let the team to a historic treble in the 1996–97 season. He later joined Necaxa and retired in 2004 after making playing over 75 games.
At international level Reynoso capped for the Peru, with 84 appearances from 1986 to 2000, serving as captain from 1993 to 1999. He represented the team at fiveCopa America tournaments in1987,1989,1993,1995 and1999. He also captained the team to reach the semi-finals of2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup his final tournament.
Born inLima, Reynoso started his career playing for Alianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He later joined Spanish clubSabadell in 1990, with the club featuring in theSegunda División at the time.[1]
In his only season with theBarcelona-based club, he played 14 league matches and returned to Alianza Lima the following year.[1] He stayed with Alianza Lima until 1992 before signing for fellow Peruvian clubUniversitario in January 1993.[citation needed] In his first season with the club he won his first career title as the club won thePeruvian Primera División in the1993 season.[1]
In July 1994, he moved toMexico and joinedLiga MXCruz Azul where he would end up playing for eight years from 1994 to 2002.[1][citation needed] He won theCONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1996 with the club.[2]
During the 1996–97 season he was a key member of the Cruz Azul side that won1996–97 Copa México after they won by a 2–0 victory overToros Neza in the final.
In 1997, he captained the club to thePrimera División de MéxicoInvierno 1997 title ending a 17-year championship drought. Alongside that he led them to retain their CONCACAF Champions' Cup for the1997 season afterLos Angeles Galaxy 5–2 in the final,[2] completing acontinental treble, the second time in the club's in history.[3][4] He joined Mexican club Necaxa in 2002. In 2004, he announced his retirement from playing football after almost 20 years of playing.[5][6]
Reynoso obtained 84 international caps for hisnational team, in which he scored five goals.[7] He made his debut on 28 January 1986, against PR China (1-3), when he was aged sixteen (and 31 days). Reynoso played his last international match for his native country on 23 February 2000, against Colombia (1–2). He served as captain of the side from 1993 to 1999.[8] He featured in fiveCopa America tournaments namely1987,1989,1993,1995 and1999.
He also captained the team to reach the semi-finals of2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup his final tournament.
Reynoso started his coaching career immediately after retiring atClub Necaxa in 2004 and was appointed as the assistant coach of the club serving underRaúl Arias.[5][6] He played that role until 2006.
In 2007, he returned to his native Peru and was appointed as the head coach ofCoronel Bolognesi. He led the club to their first league title in the history of the club (78 years) by winning the2007 Torneo Clausura.[9][10]
In 2012, he returned to his former Cruz Azul to serve as the assistant coach toEnrique Meza, the coach who signed him for the club in 1994.[3] He moved on to serve as the head coach ofCruz Azul Hidalgo from 2013 to 2014.[11]
Reynoso moved back to his native Peru and signed forMelgar in January 2014. In 2015, he led the club to the2015 Torneo Clausura and ultimately the2015 Peruvian Primera División to end their 34-year championship drought.[9] in 2017, he also led the team to the2017 Torneo de Verano beatingUTC via a penalty shootout in thefinals after a 2–2 aggregate in the double legged final.[12][13] This resulted in him winning his third league title at the end of his three-year tenure.[11]
After his exploits with Melgar, he moved back to Mexico in October 2019 to serve as the assistant coach toEnrique Meza, this time at Liga MX clubPuebla.[3][11] After spending two years with as assistant at Puebla, in March 2019, he returned to Peru to serve the head coach ofReal Garcilaso, now Cusco FC.
After five months, he returned to Puebla as he had been appointed as their new head coach in August 2019. During the2020 Liga MX Apertura, he led the club to eliminate reigning champions Monterrey in a penalty shootout to qualify to the quarter-finals.[11] During the quarter-finals, they defeated eventual winners Leon by 2–1 in the first leg, however they were beaten 2–0 byLeon in thesecond leg of the quarterfinals and were eliminated by 3–2 on aggregate. Following the club's quarterfinal exit from the tournament, he was sacked in December 2020.[14][11] During his tenure he guided Puebla to 14 wins, eight draws and 19 losses.[15] He was later replaced byNicolás Larcamón.[16]
In January 2021, Reynoso was appointed the head coach of his former club Cruz Azul, replacingLuis Armando González who was working in a caretaker role.[17][11][18] He won his four out of his first six matches in charge picking up the 12 points, the highest in a Cruz Azul's manager's debut in the last six years.[19]
On 31 May 2021, he led Cruz Azul in making history by winning theLiga MX when Cruz Azul beatSantos Laguna 2–1 on aggregate inthe final to claim theGuardianes 2021 season title. It was the club's ninth in all, but the first in 24 years, ending a title drought for theLos Azules since 1997 when he captained them to win the trophy.[20][3] With the win he also became the club's first foreign-born manager to win the title.[4] He also became the first to win a league title as both a player and a coach for Cruz Azul in the club's history.[21]
On 18 July 2021, Reynoso led Cruz Azul to the2021 Campeón de Campeones beatingLeón by 2–1 atDignity Health Sports Park inCarson, California.[22][23][24] Thematch was betweenLiga MX season's Apertura and Clausura champions with León being the Apertura Champion.[25]
On 18 May 2022, Reynoso was dismissed by Cruz Azul.[26]
On 3 August 2022, Reynoso was presented as the new Head Coach ofPeru's national football team, after the successful management ofRicardo Gareca.[citation needed] He left Mexico, and his 1st match would be against Mexico with a 1–0 loss. He would pick up his 1st win with Peru on 27 September 2022, in a 4–1 win againstEl Salvador.[citation needed] He would then win againstParaguay andBolivia, both 1-0 just before theQatar 2022 World Cup.[citation needed]
After failing to gain a win after 6 matches in2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), Peru were sitting on 2 points.[citation needed] Reports had come in that Peru were searching for a new Head Coach.[27] On 23 November 2023,Juan Carlos Oblitas would officially state that Reynoso wouldn't resume being the manager of Peru.[28] On 13 December 2023, thePeruvian Football Federation published a statement, confirming Reynoso’s departure.[29]
On 5 August 2025, after more than a year without a club, Reynoso was announced as manager of Melgar.[30]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru[7][1] | 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 16 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 19 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 5 | |
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 July 1989 | Estádio Fonte Nova,Salvador |  Paraguay | 2–4 | 2–5 | 1989 Copa América |
| 2. | 25 July 1989 | Estadio Nacional,Santiago |  Chile | – | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 27 June 1993 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa,Quito |  Mexico | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1993 Copa América |
| 4. | 2 June 1996 | Estadio Nacional,Lima |  Colombia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 10 November 1996 | Estadio Nacional, Lima |  Venezuela | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Coronel Bolognesi |  | 1 April 2007 | 23 November 2008 | 49 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 028.57 |
| Universitario | 23 December 2008 | 1 July 2010 | 80 | 39 | 22 | 19 | 048.75 | |
| Juan Aurich | 18 August 2010 | 30 December 2010 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 043.75 | |
| Sporting Cristal | 20 April 2011 | 23 November 2011 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 038.89 | |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2013 | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 022.50 |
| Melgar | | 8 January 2014 | 1 October 2017 | 190 | 86 | 52 | 52 | 045.26 |
| Real Garcilaso | 25 March 2019 | 20 August 2019 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 050.00 | |
| Puebla | | 26 August 2019 | 5 December 2020 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 032.61 |
| Cruz Azul | 2 January 2021 | 18 May 2022 | 74 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 048.65 | |
| Peru | | 3 August 2022 | 22 November 2023 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 028.57 |
| Melgar | 5 August 2025 | present | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 041.67 | |
| Total | 557 | 231 | 158 | 168 | 041.47 | |||
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