Alberto Guerra (footballer)

Alberto Guerra
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Guerra López
Date of birth	8 May 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Position(s)	Defensive midfildier
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1968	C.D. Guadalajara
1969–1973	C.F. Monterrey
1974–1976	Atlético Potosí
Managerial career
1979–1980	Atlético Potosí
1981–1987	C.D. Guadalajara
1988	Mexico
1989–1992	Leones Negros de la U. de G.
1992–1993	Tecos UAG
1993–1995	C.D. Guadalajara
1995–1996	Toros Neza
1996–1997	Tigres UANL
1998	Club León
1999	Toros Neza
2001	C.F. La Piedad
2003	Tecos UAG
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Guerra López (born 8 May 1944) is a Mexican former football player and manager. He played for Guadalajara throughout his career.

Playing career

When Guerra was five, his parents decided to move to the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco,^[1] where he joined the youth ranks of Club Deportivo Guadalajara and also played for the Selección Jalisco youth team.

He made his debut on August 23, 1964, at the age of 20, in a match against Club Atlas in Guadalajara. Later in 1969 joined C.F. Monterrey and then in 1975 he joined Atlético Potosí, where he finished his career in 1976.

Management career

Upon retiring, Guerra becomes head coach of Atlético Potosí, starting off with the youth reserves and eventually going to lead the first team in the 1979–1980 season. After San Luis, Guerra coached Club Deportivo Guadalajara twice, with whom he crowned in the 1986–1987 season and two runners-up runs in 1982-1983 and 1983–1984. In 1990, Guerra won the Copa México with Leones Negros de la U. de G. defeating Club América, in the same season he reaches the final, but loses against the Puebla F.C. of Manuel Lapuente, with an aggregate score of 6–3. After winning back to back championships in the Primera "A" with Tigres de la UANL during the Torneo Invierno 96 and Verano 97, Guerra reaches promotion to the Primera División de México for the tournament of Invierno '98.^[2]^[3]

Mexico

Alberto Guerra coached the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national football team) for three games in 1988, winning all three matches, but ultimately left the coaching position because he did not agree on the special interests in the Mexican Football Federation, and how economic interests always came before sport.^[4]

Event	Date	Local	Score	Visitor
Copa Amistad 1989	February 23, 1989	El Salvador	0-2	Mexico
Copa Amistad 1989	February 21, 1989	Guatemala	1-2	Mexico
Friendly Match	February 14, 1989	Mexico	3-1	Poland

Honours

Manager

Guadalajara

Mexican Primera División: 1986-1987

Leones Negros de la U. de G.

Copa México: 1990

Tigres UANL

Primera "A": Invierno 1996, Verano 1997

Personal

He is married to former Mexican model Gloria Vázquez and is the father of Mexican singer Ely Guerra.

References

^ Qué fue de Alberto Guerra, el técnico campeón con Chivas en 1987. Miranda, Aldo. 05-05-2021.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2010-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Alberto Guerra es presentado en Chivas como nuevo directivo | Milenio.com". www.milenio.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Federación Mexicana de Fútbol". Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1] Qué fue de Alberto Guerra, el técnico campeón con Chivas en 1987. Miranda, Aldo. 05-05-2021.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2010-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Alberto Guerra es presentado en Chivas como nuevo directivo | Milenio.com". www.milenio.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[4] "Federación Mexicana de Fútbol". Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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