Luis Fernando Suárez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán | ||
Date of birth | December 23, 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Costa Rica (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1993 | Atlético Nacional | ||
1994–1995 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
Teams managed | |||
1999–2000 | Atlético Nacional | ||
2001 | Deportivo Cali | ||
2001 | Deportes Tolima | ||
2003–2004 | Aucas | ||
2004–2007 | Ecuador | ||
2008 | Aucas | ||
2009 | Atlético Nacional | ||
2009–2010 | Juan Aurich | ||
2011–2014 | Honduras | ||
2015 | Universitario | ||
2015–2016 | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
2017–2018 | La Equidad | ||
2018–2019 | Junior | ||
2021 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
2021– | Costa Rica | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born 23 December 1959 in Medellín) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of the Costa Rica national football team.
Suárez has managed in five Latin American countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica.
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 2007 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 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
- Copa Libertadores: 1989
- As a manager
Managerial statistics[]
- As of 16 November 2021
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Costa Rica | 1 Jun 2021 | Present | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41.67 |
References[]
- ^ Homewood, Brian (2008-12-18). "Soccer-Ex Ecuador coach Suarez takes over at Atletico Nacional". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2007-11-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Luis Fernando Suárez at Footballdatabase
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Medellín
- Colombian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Deportivo Pereira footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- Colombian football managers
- Atlético Nacional managers
- Deportivo Cali managers
- Deportes Tolima managers
- S.D. Aucas managers
- Ecuador national football team managers
- Juan Aurich managers
- Honduras national football team managers
- Club Universitario de Deportes managers
- Dorados de Sinaloa managers
- Atlético Junior managers
- Costa Rica national football team managers
- Peruvian Primera División managers
- Liga MX managers
- 2006 FIFA World Cup managers
- 2007 Copa América managers
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers
- 2014 FIFA World Cup managers
- 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers
- Colombian expatriate football managers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in Peru
- Expatriate football managers in Honduras
- Expatriate football managers in Mexico
- Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica
- Colombian football biography stubs