Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born 23 December 1959) is a Colombianfootball manager and former player who played as adefender. Suárez has managed in six Latin American countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Suárez led theEcuador national team to the round of 16 at the2006 FIFA World Cup and won the 1999 Colombian championship with Atlético Nacional.[1] In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutiveWorld Cup. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, leadingEcuador to their best showing in aFIFA World Cup in2006. Reaching the second round by inflicting defeats onPoland andCosta Rica, they lost toEngland 1–0 after aDavid Beckham free kick sailed into the net.[2]
Suárez was offered to keep coaching the Ecuador national team till the nextWorld Cup in 2010. Following a poor2007 Copa América, 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 the2010 World Cup qualifiers, losing 1–0 at home toVenezuela and receiving a 5–0 hammering byBrazil. After another hammering defeat 5–1 toParaguay, he resigned irrevocably his position as head coach, immediately after the end of the match. In October 2009 he signed withJuan Aurich, a Peruvian football team.
