Mario Alberto García Covalles (born 1 June 1967) is a Mexican former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and football manager. He is the manager of Atlético Morelia in the

Liga de Expansión MX The Liga de Expansión MX, also known as Liga de Desarrollo (Liga BBVA Expansión MX for sponsorship reasons), is a Mexican football league founded in 2020 as part of the Mexican Football Federation's "Stabilization Project", which has the prima ...

Club career

García Covalles played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Atlante Atlante or Atlantes may refer to: * Atlas (architecture), a column in the shape of a man * Atlante San Alejo, a Salvadoran football club * Atlante F.C., a Mexican football club * Atlante (private equity fund) * ''Atlante''-class tugboat * Atlante ...

during his whole career, from 1989 to 1997.

Managerial career

García Covalles started his managerial career as an assistant to José Guadalupe Cruz during his coaching stay with the Atlante from 2004 to 2008. In August 2008 he became the head coach of Club León obtaining the first win of his professional career after beating

C.D. Tapatío Club Deportivo Tapatío is the official reserve team of C.D. Guadalajara. It was dissolved in 2009 and has been replaced by C.D. Guadalajara Premier, Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara before its own dissolution in 2019. In 2020 the team was reactivat ...

3–1.

Honours

Manager

Atlante *

: Apertura 2021 * Campeón de Campeones:

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References

External links

Mario Alberto García Covalles at LigaMX.net

Mario Alberto García Covalles at TelevisaDeportes.esmas.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Mario 1967 births Living people Mexican men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Atlante F.C. footballers Liga MX players Club León managers Atlante F.C. managers Mexican football managers Footballers from Mexico City