Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas (born 25 June 1955) is a Mexican professional

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and former player, who is the current manager of

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club

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. With a career spanning more than thirty years, Vucetich is one of the most decorated managers in the history of Mexican football. He has coached thirteen teams in the

, winning five league championships with four clubs. He has also won four

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championships, an

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championship and two

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titles, as well as three

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cups. Because of his many achievements with multiple clubs he is popularly nicknamed by the Mexican press, players and fans as ''El Rey Midas'' (

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) because "everything he touches turns to gold"

Managerial career

Mexico

In October 2010, Víctor Manuel Vucetich was identified as the most advanced of the candidates to fill the vacant post of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team), even receiving an official contact after several weeks of "scratching in the realm of speculation", as he called it. He ultimately ruled out the possibility of taking over the national team, citing commitments with then-employer

as well as personal reasons. On October 16, Vucetich explained at a press conference his role as a father, thus declining the opportunity to coach the national team, stating: ''"Yesterday evening is ultimately where I determined to step aside to avoid a larger problem for the federation, so that someone can give their full time to the national team. The reasons for which I have made this decision are personal and family related more than anything."'' On September 12, 2013, a few days after leaving Monterrey, Vucetich was officially named coach of the Mexico national team. He won his first match in charge, a vital 2-1 win over visiting Panama national team, which was Mexico's first victory at the Azteca in the final round of qualifications. On October 17, two days after Mexico lost their match against

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, Vucetich was sacked, being replaced by

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. This occurred after the polemics that arose after the team's abysmal performance in their World Cup qualifying campaign, managing to reach the play-off against

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due to the

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's 3–2 victory over Panama.

Querétaro

On 23 February 2015 Vucetich was officially appointed as

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head coach. In his first season, he led Querétaro to their inaugural final facing

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. Queretaro lost in the first leg, rebounded in the second leg (5–0) then fell short by two goals. His tenure with the club ended in 2017.

Guadalajara

On 13 August, he was named as

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's new manager. Two days later, he would win his debut match with the team against

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in a 2–1 home victory.

Honours

Manager

Potros Neza *

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: 1988–89 León * Primera División: 1991–92 *

: 1989–90 Tecos * Primera División: 1993–94 Tigres UANL *

: 1995–96 Cruz Azul *

: 1996–97 Pachuca * Primera División: Apertura 2003 Monterrey * Primera División: Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010 *

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, 2011–12,

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: ''Third place''

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Querétaro *

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: Apertura 2016 Individual *

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Manager of the tournament: 1991–92, 1993–94, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Apertura

References

External links

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