Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán (born December 28, 1969 in
Lima
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) is a Peruvian professional
manager
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and former
footballer
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. He started his playing career in his native Peru where he played for
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima, popularly known as Alianza Lima or simply Alianza, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams i ...
from 1986 to 1990. He made over 230 appearances with Cruz Azul where he served as captain and let the team to a historic treble in the 1996–97 season. He later joined Necaxa and retired in 2004 after making playing over 75 games.
At the international level Reynoso capped for the Peru, with 84 appearances from 1986 to 2000, serving as captain from 1993 to 1999. He represented the team at five
Copa America
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tournaments in
1987
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,
1989
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,
1993
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,
1995
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and
1999
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. He also captained the team to reach the semi finals of
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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his final tournament.
Club career
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Reynoso started his career in Peru, where he played for Alianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He later joined Spanish club
Sabadell
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Sabadell pioneered the Ind ...
in 1990, with the club featuring in the
Segunda División
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at the time.
In his only season with the
Barcelona
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-based club, he played 14 league matches and returned to Alianza Lima the following year.
He stayed with Alianza Lima until 1992 before signing for fellow Peruvian club
Universitario
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in January 1993.
In his first season with the club he won his first career title as the club won the
Peruvian Primera División
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in the
1993 season
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.
In July 1994, he moved to
Mexico
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and joined
Liga MX
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The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
Cruz Azul
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where he would end up playing for eight years from 1994 to 2002.
He won the
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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in 1996 with the club.
During the 1996–97 season he was a key member of the Cruz Azul side that won
1996–97 Copa México after they won by a 2–0 victory over
Toros Neza
Neza Fútbol Club, also known as ''Toros Neza'' is a Mexican football team based in the city of Nezahualcóyotl. They play in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano.
The club returned for the Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place o ...
in the final.
In 1997, he captained the club to the
Primera División de México
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Invierno 1997 title ending a 17-year championship drought. Alongside that he led them to retain their CONCACAF Champions' Cup for the
1997
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season after
Los Angeles Galaxy
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5–2 in the final,
completing a
continental treble
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, the second time in the club's in history.
He joined Mexican club Necaxa in 2002. In 2004, he announced his retirement from playing football after almost 20 years of playing.
International career
Reynoso obtained 84 international caps for his
national team
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, in which he scored five goals.
He made his debut on January 28, 1986 against PR China (1-3), when he was aged sixteen (and 31 days). Reynoso played his last international match for his native country on February 23, 2000 against Colombia (1–2). He served as captain of the side from 1993 to 1999. He featured in five
Copa America
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COPA
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tournaments namely
1987
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,
1989
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,
1993
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,
1995
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and
1999
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.
He also captained the team to reach the semi finals of
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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his final tournament.
Managerial career
Reynoso started his coaching career immediately after retiring at
Club Necaxa
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Foundation (Light and Power Company ...
in 2004 and was appointed as the assistant coach of the club serving under
Raúl Arias
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Career
He played with various clubs, including Tampico Madero, Atletico Potosino, ...
.
He played that role until 2006.
Bolognesi
In 2007, he returned to his native Peru and was appointed as the head coach of
Coronel Bolognesi
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. He led the club to their first league title in the history of the club (78 years) by winning the
2007 Torneo Clausura.
In 2012, he returned to his former Cruz Azul to serve as the assistant coach to
Enrique Meza
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, the coach who signed him for the club in 1994.
He moved on to serve as the head coach of
Cruz Azul Hidalgo
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from 2013 to 2014.
Melgar
Reynoso moved back to his native Peru and signed for
Melgar in January 2014. In 2015, he led the club to the
2015 Torneo Clausura and ultimately the
2015 Peruvian Primera División to end their 34-year championship drought.
in 2017, he also led the team to the
2017 Torneo de Verano beating
UTC via a penalty shootout in the
finals
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after a 2–2 aggregate in the double legged final. This resulted in him winning his third league title at the end of his three year tenure.
Puebla
After his exploits with Melgar, he moved back to Mexico in October 2019 to serve as the assistant coach to
Enrique Meza
Enrique Meza Enríquez (born 3 March 1948) is a Mexican professional football manager who most recently coached Veracruz. Prior to pursuing a career in coaching, he was a goalkeeper for Cruz Azul during their dynasty of the 1970s, albeit a backu ...
, this time at Liga MX club
Puebla
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.
After spending two years with as assistant at Puebla, in March 2019, he returned to Peru to serve the head coach of
Real Garcilaso
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History
Beginnings
The club was founded in 20 ...
, now Cusco FC.
After five months, he returned to Puebla as he had been appointed as their new head coach in August 2019. During the
2020 Liga MX Apertura, he led the club to eliminate reigning champions Monterrey in a penalty shootout to qualify to the quarter-finals.
During the quarter-finals, they defeated eventual winners Leon by 2–1 in the first leg, however they were beaten 2–0 by
Leon
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in the
second leg of the quarterfinals and were eliminated by 3–2 on aggregate. Following the club's quarterfinal exit from the tournament, he was sacked in December 2020.
During his tenure he guided Puebla to 14 wins, eight draws and 19 losses. He was later replaced by
Nicolás Larcamón
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Early life
Larcamón was born in La Plata, Argentina to a footballing family: both his father and an uncle played professionally in Argentina. He dreamed of foll ...
.
Cruz Azul
In January 2021, Reynoso was appointed the head coach of his former club Cruz Azul, replacing
Luis Armando González who was working in a caretaker role.
He won his four out of his first six matches in charge picking up the 12 points, the highest in a Cruz Azul's manager's debut in the last six years.
On May 31, 2021, he led Cruz Azul in making history by winning the
Liga MX
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when Cruz Azul beat
Santos Laguna
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2–1 on aggregate in
the final
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to claim the
Guardianes 2021 season title. It was the club's ninth in all, but the first in 24 years, ending a title drought for the ''Los Azules'' since 1997 when he captained them to win the trophy''.''
With the win he also became the club's first foreign-born manager to win the title.
He also became the first to win a league title as both a player and a coach for Cruz Azul in the club's history.
On July 18, 2021, Reynoso led Cruz Azul to the
2021 Campeón de Campeones
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beating
León by 2–1 at
Dignity Health Sports Park
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in
Carson, California
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.
The
match
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was between
Liga MX
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season's Apertura and Clausura champions with León being the Apertura Champion.
On 18 May 2022, Reynoso was dismissed by Cruz Azul.
Peru
On 3 August 2022, Reynoso was presented as the new Head Coach of Peru's national football team, after the successful management of
Ricardo Gareca
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Career statistics
International
International goals
: ''Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.''
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
Universitario de Deportes
*
Peruvian Primera División
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:
1993
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Cruz Azul
*
Primera División de México
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The league is considered the strongest in North America, and amo ...
:
Invierno 1997
*
Copa Mexico
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:
1996–97
*
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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:
1996
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,
1997
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Manager
Bolognesi
*
Torneo Clausura:
2007
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Universitario de Deportes
*
Peruvian Primera División
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:
2009
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FBC Melgar
*
Torneo Clausura:
2015
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* Peruvian Primera División:
2015
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*
Torneo de Verano:
2017
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Cruz Azul
*
Liga MX
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The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
:
Guardianes 2021
*
Campeón de Campeones
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:
2021
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Individual
*
Liga MX
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Best Manager:
2020–21
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*
Liga MX
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All-Star:
2021
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References
External links
*
Interview in peru.comJuan Reynosoat Footballdatabase
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1969 births
Living people
Footballers from Lima
Peruvian footballers
Peru international footballers
Association football defenders
Club Alianza Lima footballers
CE Sabadell FC footballers
Club Universitario de Deportes footballers
Cruz Azul footballers
Club Necaxa footballers
Peruvian Primera División players
Liga MX players
La Liga players
Peruvian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Peruvian football managers
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Coronel Bolognesi managers
Club Universitario de Deportes managers
Juan Aurich managers
Sporting Cristal managers
FBC Melgar managers
1987 Copa América players
1989 Copa América players
1993 Copa América players
1995 Copa América players
1999 Copa América players
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Peruvian expatriate football managers
Cusco FC managers