Ricardo Cadena

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Cadena Martínez
Date of birth	(1969-10-23)23 October 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Guadalajara,Jalisco, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Mazatlán (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1993	Guadalajara	69	(0)
1993–2000	León	186	(3)
2000–2002	La Piedad	73	(0)
2002–2003	Jaguares	32	(0)
2003–2004	Dorados	39	(0)
2005	Lagartos de Tabasco	11	(0)
2005	Tijuana	18	(0)
Total		428	(3)
International career
1993	Mexico	1	(0)
Managerial career
2006–2008	Salamanca (assistant)
2008–2009	Irapuato (assistant)
2008–2009	Unión de Curtidores (assistant)
2008–2009	Irapuato (assistant)
2009–2011	Dorados (assistant)
2011–2014	Necaxa (assistant)
2014–2015	Correcaminos UAT (assistant)
2016–2017	Mineros de Zacatecas (assistant)
2017–2018	Correcaminos UAT (assistant)
2018	Alebrijes de Oaxaca (assistant)
2019	Guadalajara Premier
2019–2020	Guadalajara (academy)
2020–2021	Guadalajara (assistant)
2021	Tapatío (Interim)
2022	Tapatío
2022	Guadalajara (Interim)
2022	Guadalajara
2023–2024	Mexico U23
2025–	Mazatlán (assistant)
Medal record Men'sfootball Representing Mexico(as a player) Pan American Games 1991 Havana Team Representing Mexico(as manager) Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Cadena Martínez (born 23 October 1969) is a Mexican former professionalfootballer and current head coach of theMexico under-23 national team.

He played as adefender during his career. He was a member of theMexico national team competing at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, Spain, and earned one cap for the senior side.

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2024

Mexico U23

• Pan American Bronze Medal:2023

• sports-reference
• FIFA

• Ricardo Cadena –Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived)(in Spanish)

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