José Luis Trejo Montoya (born 4 August 1951) is a Mexican former professional

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and current

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Career

Trejo played club football for

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and Tecos. Trejo has coached Toros de Neza,

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

C.F. Pachuca Club de Fútbol Pachuca is a Mexican professional football team based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, that competes in Liga MX. Founded by Cornish miners from Camborne and Redruth in 1901, it is one of the oldest football clubs in the Americas, and was ...

UANL Tigres 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 ...

, Monarcas Morelia and Necaxa. He had managed more than 300 First Division matches. Trejo took Cruz Azul to the

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final against

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in 2001, which made Cruz Azul the first Mexico team to reach the Libertadores final. The game ended 1-1 on aggregate, and had to be determined on penalties. In 2006, Trejo won the Clausura with Pachuca. One day after he won the league, Trejo signed with Tigres to be their coach for one year. Despite having a good record for the first few games, the team began showing lack of commitment. Soon, the record showed eight consecutive games without winning, including a 7-0 defeat against Toluca, and all the responsibility was put on Trejo's management. His last game with Tigres was against Pachuca, the very same team he had made champion a year before. After the team lost 5-0, he was fired on 1 October 2006. Trejo was not unemployed for long, as he was hired by Necaxa after manager

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left to coach the

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. He was fired from

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in 2008. He was next employed with the

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club San Luis. On 4 September 2013, Trejo became the new manager of

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. On August 15, 2014 after

suffered their 4th consecutive loss, Trejo was sacked and David Patiño was named interim coach.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trejo, Jose Luis 1951 births Living people Mexican footballers Association football defenders Footballers from Hidalgo (state) Olympic footballers of Mexico Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Atlético Español footballers Tecos F.C. footballers Mexican football managers Cruz Azul managers Chiapas F.C. managers C.F. Pachuca managers Tigres UANL managers Club Necaxa managers Atlético Morelia managers Tecos F.C. managers Club Puebla managers San Luis F.C. managers Club Universidad Nacional managers