Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada (born 3 October 1981) is a Mexican former professional

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and current

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Playing career

Club

Gerardo played for Atlante for a year and went back to

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...

, but was transferred to

Club Atlas Atlas Fútbol Club () is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco that currently plays in Liga MX. It plays home matches at the Estadio Jalisco. Founded in 1916, Atlas has won three league titles and four domestic cups ...

before he got to play for Santos. Espinoza was transferred to Atlas for the Apertura 2009 season.

International

He was part of the Mexican 2004 Olympic football team, who were eliminated in the first round, having finished third in group A, below group winners

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Managerial career

He was appointed as the interim manager for Atlas on January 15, 2018, replacing José Guadalupe Cruz. He was in charge for two matches, losing against

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in the league and defeating Tampico Madero in the

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. On January 25, 2018, he returned to his assistant coach position under Rubén Omar Romano. On 19 March 2018, Espinoza was named interim coach for Atlas until the end of the Clausura 2018 tournament following the destitution of Rubén Omar Romano.

Honours

Player

Mexico U23 * CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2004

Manager

Tampico Madero *

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* 1981 births Living people Footballers from Sinaloa Association football midfielders Mexican footballers Olympic footballers of Mexico Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Atlas F.C. footballers Dorados de Sinaloa footballers Santos Laguna footballers Club Universidad Nacional footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Chiapas F.C. footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Club Puebla players Atlas F.C. managers People from Guamúchil Mexican football managers Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub