Víctor Rangel Ayala (born 11 March 1957) 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 lea ...

, currently manager of

Atlético Mexiquense Deportivo Toluca F.C. Reserves and Academy are the current reserves and academy systems including the Toluca Premier team and the Atlético Mexiquense U20 and U17 sides that act to develop young footballers on behalf of Deportivo Toluca F.C. Atl� ...

of the Mexican Primera Division A.

Career

Born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, Rangel played club football for

Club Deportivo Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (;), nicknamed ''"Chivas"'' () and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco. It c ...

Club León Club León is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in León, Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was founded in 1944 ...

, Atlético Potosino and

Ángeles de Puebla Club Ángeles de Puebla was a football team that played in Mexican Primera División and in Primera División A, it had its home in the city of Puebla de Zaragoza in Mexico. The team was founded in the years 1984–85 after the purchase of the C ...

. He won a gold medal in

football at the 1975 Pan American Games The seventh edition of the Association football, football tournament at the 1975 Pan American Games, Pan American Games was held in four cities in Mexico: Mexico City (main city of the Games), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Toluca, and Puebla, ...

. He scored 3 goals at the

1976 Olympic Games 1976 Olympics refers to both: *The 1976 Winter Olympics, which were originally to be held in Denver, United States, but relocated to Innsbruck, Austria *The 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of t ...

and he scored 1 goal for the

Mexico national football team The Mexico national football team () represents Mexico in men's international association football, football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation, Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (). It has been a member of FIFA since 1929 and c ...

in the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It wa ...

. He played as a

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. After he retired from playing, Rangel became a football manager. He led

Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, simply known as Tijuana or Xolos, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Tijuana, Baja California, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club ...

until December 2007. He was appointed manager of Primera "A" club

in June 2008.

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* * * 1957 births Living people Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers Mexican football managers Men's association football forwards Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Footballers from Mexico City 1978 FIFA World Cup players C.D. Guadalajara footballers Club León footballers Club Tijuana managers CONCACAF Championship–winning players Liga MX players Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in football Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-forward-1950s-stub