Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán (born 28 December 1969) is a Peruvian

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and former

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. He started his playing career in his native Peru where he played for

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

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 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

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tournaments in

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and

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. He also captained the team to reach the semi-finals of

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his final tournament.

Club career

Born in

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, Reynoso started his career playing for Alianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He later joined Spanish club

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in 1990, with the club featuring in the

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at the time. In his only season with the

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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

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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

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in the

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. In July 1994, he moved to

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and joined

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where he would end up playing for eight years from 1994 to 2002. He won the

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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

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after they won by a 2–0 victory over

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in the final. In 1997, he captained the club to the

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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

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season after

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5–2 in the final, completing a

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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

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, in which he scored five goals. He made his debut on 28 January 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 23 February 2000, against Colombia (1–2). He served as captain of the side from 1993 to 1999. He featured in five

tournaments namely

and

. He also captained the team to reach the semi-finals of

his final tournament.

Managerial career

Reynoso started his coaching career immediately after retiring at

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in 2004 and was appointed as the assistant coach of the club serving under Raúl Arias. He played that role until 2006.

Bolognesi

In 2007, he returned to his native Peru and was appointed as the head coach of

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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

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, the coach who signed him for the club in 1994. He moved on to serve as the head coach of

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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

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via a penalty shootout in the

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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

, this time at Liga MX club

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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

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, 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

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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.

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 31 May 2021, he led Cruz Azul in making history by winning the

when Cruz Azul beat

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2–1 on aggregate in the final 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 18 July 2021, Reynoso led Cruz Azul to the

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beating León by 2–1 at

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. The

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was between

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

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. He left Mexico, and his 1st match would be against Mexico with a 1–0 loss. He would pick up his 1st win with Peru on 27 September 2022, in a 4–1 win against

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. He would then win against

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and

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, both 1-0 just before the Qatar 2022 World Cup. After failing to gain a win after 6 matches in

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, Peru were sitting on 2 points. Reports had come in that Peru were searching for a new Head Coach. On 23 November 2023,

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would officially state that Reynoso wouldn't resume being the manager of Peru. On 13 December 2023, the

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published a statement, confirming Reynoso’s departure.

Career statistics

International

International goals

: ''Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Universitario de Deportes *

Cruz Azul *

: Invierno 1997 *

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: 1996–97 *

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runner-up:

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Manager

Bolognesi * Torneo Clausura:

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Universitario de Deportes *

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FBC Melgar * Torneo Clausura:

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* Peruvian Primera División:

* Torneo de Verano:

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Cruz Azul *

: Guardianes 2021 *

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Individual *

Best Manager:

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All-Star:

References

External links

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