Carlos Enzo Exzequiel Reinoso Valdenegro (born 7 March 1945) is a Chilean former
footballer
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and manager who recently managed Mexican club
UAT.
He began his career in the 1960s playing for
Audax Italiano
Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...
in his native
Chile
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. In 1970 Reinoso was scouted by Mexican
club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
, with whom he played for nine years. He is considered one of the greatest foreign players in Mexican football history, and among the greatest players in Club América history.
Playing career
Carlos Reinoso began his playing career playing for boyhood club
Audax Italiano
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, joining them at age 15. He played in over 150 games with Audax before he was sold to
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
of Mexico.
His debut with América came in 1970 in a league match against
Atlante. Reinoso played in over 200 matches with the Mexican club, winning the league in the 1970–71 and 1975–76 seasons, as well as the
Copa México
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in 1973–74, a
Campeón de Campeones
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cup in 1975–76, a
CONCACAF Cup
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in 1977, and a
Copa Interamericana
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in 1978. To date, he is the foreigner with the most games played for Club América, playing in 364 games across all competitions, and with 95 goals he is the club's seventh-highest scorer of all-time.
In 1979, Reinoso played a season with
Deportivo Neza
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, before retiring and embarking on a coaching career.
A
Chilean international, Reinoso played in 34 matches and scored 7 goals with the national team from 1966 till 1977, and played at the
1974 FIFA World Cup
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, as well as the
1975 Copa America.
Coaching career
In 1981, Reinoso was named head coach of Club América, with whom he won two league titles, most notably winning the 1983–84 final against rivals
Guadalajara
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. He would go on to manage a number of different clubs in Mexico including former club Neza,
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...
,
Tampico Madero,
Atlas
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,
Veracruz
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,
León,
Atlante,
Quéretaro,
Tecos UAG
Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional Association football, football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the ''Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March ...
, and
San Luis, with varying degrees of success.
He managed América twice more, in 1998 and 2011, and last managed Veracruz from 2015 till 2017, winning the
Clausura 2016 Copa MX
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This tournament began on January 19, 2016, and ended on April 13, 2016. The ...
after defeating
Necaxa
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History
Foundation (Light and Power Comp ...
in the final.
Personal life
In Mexico, he was nicknamed ''El Gran Chaparral'' by the journalist due to his short height and great football qualities.
He married the Mexican singer
Lupita D'Alessio
Lupita D'Alessio (, born Guadalupe Contreras Ramos on 10 March 1954 in (Mexico City, México) is a Mexican singer and actress. She is nicknamed ''La Leona Dormida'' (a title of one of her songs, which translates to "The sleeping lioness").
Biog ...
and dated
Verónica Castro
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She started her career as a television actress, where she met comedian Manuel Valdés, fa ...
.
His son
Carlos Jr. is a Mexican football manager and former footballer.
Honours
Player
;América
*
Primera División (2): 1970–71, 1975–76
*
Copa México
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona (beer), Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican association football, football cup competition that was established in 1907 in association ...
(1): 1973–74
*
Campeón de Campeones
''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...
(1): 1976
*
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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(1): 1977
*
Copa Interamericana
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(1): 1977
Managerial
;América
*
Primera División (1): 1983–84
;Veracruz
*
Copa MX
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...
(1):
Clausura 2016
Individual
*Top scorer of the
Chilean Primera División
The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...
(1): 1968
*Best player in the history of Club América
References
External links
*
Profileas www.esmas.com
at PartidosdeLaRoja.com
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1946 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Chile international footballers
Chilean emigrants to Mexico
Mexican footballers
Chilean Primera División managers
Liga MX players
Audax Italiano footballers
Club América footballers
Coyotes Neza footballers
Association football midfielders
Chilean football managers
Mexican football managers
Liga MX managers
Club América managers
Atlas F.C. managers
C.D. Veracruz managers
Tigres UANL managers
Atlante F.C. managers
Club León managers
Tecos F.C. managers
San Luis F.C. managers
Querétaro F.C. managers
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
1974 FIFA World Cup players
1975 Copa América players
Toros Neza footballers
Naturalized citizens of Mexico