Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas (born 25 June 1955) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Liga MX club Monterrey.

Víctor Manuel Vucetich

Vucetich as Monterrey manager in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas
Date of birth	(1955-06-25) 25 June 1955 (age 67)
Place of birth	Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Monterrey (manager)
Youth career
	Universidad Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1981	Atlante	76	(0)
1981–1983	Oaxtepec	32	(1)
Total		108	(1)
Teams managed
1988–1989	Neza
1990–1993	León
1993–1995	Tecos
1995–1996	Tigres UANL
1996–1997	Cruz Azul
1997–1998	Tecos
1999	León
1999–2000	Tigres UANL
2001–2002	La Piedad
2002–2003	Puebla
2003–2004	Pachuca
2005–2006	Veracruz
2007	Chiapas
2009–2013	Monterrey
2013	Mexico
2015–2017	Querétaro
2019–2020	Querétaro
2020–2021	Guadalajara
2022–	Monterrey
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

With a career spanning more than thirty years, Vucetich is one of the most decorated managers in the history of Mexican football. He has coached thirteen teams in the Liga MX, winning five league championships with four clubs. He has also won four Copa México championships, an InterLiga championship and two second division titles, as well as three CONCACAF Champions League cups.

Because of his many achievements with multiple clubs he is popularly nicknamed by the Mexican press, players and fans as El Rey Midas (King Midas) because "everything he touches turns to gold"[1][2]

Managerial career

Mexico

In October 2010, Víctor Manuel Vucetich was identified as the most advanced of the candidates to fill the vacant post of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team), even receiving an official contact after several weeks of "scratching in the realm of speculation", as he called it. He ultimately ruled out the possibility of taking over the national team, citing commitments with then-employer Monterrey as well as personal reasons.[3] On October 16, Vucetich explained at a press conference his role as a father, thus declining the opportunity to coach the national team, stating: "Yesterday evening is ultimately where I determined to step aside to avoid a larger problem for the federation, so that someone can give their full time to the national team. The reasons for which I have made this decision are personal and family related more than anything."

On September 12, 2013, a few days after leaving Monterrey, Vucetich was officially named coach of the Mexico national team.[4] He won his first match in charge, a vital 2-1 win over visiting Panama national team, which was Mexico's first victory at the Azteca in the final round of qualifications.

On October 17, two days after Mexico lost their match against Costa Rica, Vucetich was sacked, being replaced by Miguel Herrera. This occurred after the polemics that arose after the team's abysmal performance in their World Cup qualifying campaign, managing to reach the play-off against New Zealand due to the United States's 3–2 victory over Panama.

Querétaro

On 23 February 2015 Vucetich was officially appointed as Querétaro F.C. head coach.[5] In his first season, he led Querétaro to their inaugural final facing Santos Laguna. Queretaro lost in the first leg, rebounded in the second leg (5–0) then fell short by two goals. His tenure with the club ended in 2017.[6]

Guadalajara

On 13 August, he was named as Guadalajara's new manager.[7] Two days later, he would win his debut match with the team against Atlético San Luis in a 2–1 home victory.[8]

Honours

Manager

Potros Neza

• Segunda División: 1988–89

León

• Primera División: 1991–92
• Segunda División: 1989–90

Tecos

• Primera División: 1993–94

Tigres UANL

• Copa México: 1995–96

Cruz Azul

• Copa México: 1996–97

Pachuca

• Primera División: Apertura 2003

Monterrey

• Primera División: Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010
• InterLiga: 2010
• CONCACAF Champions League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• FIFA Club World Cup: Third place 2012

Querétaro

• Copa MX: Apertura 2016

Individual

• Primera División de México Manager of the tournament: 1991–92, 1993–94, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Apertura

References

External links

• Víctor Manuel Vucetich – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
• Víctor Manuel Vucetich at official Liga MX Profile

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