Manuel Manzo

Manuel Manzo ( born February 10, 1952 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican football player who acted in midfield. He was considered a great talent, but at the same time suffered from alcohol problems. After his playing career, he was the coach of Toros Neza.

Life

Association

Manzo got his first professional contract in 1968 at the age of 16 years at the Mexican first division club Leon FC.

After he had signed in 1972 a contract with Atlético Español, he returned to his hometown. Three years later he moved to Chivas Guadalajara, where he was from 1975 to 1977 under contract. He then played one season for the UNAM Pumas before he returned in the summer of 1978 to Atlético Español. However, he moved after just six games for the Toros in early November 1978 in the North American Soccer League to Houston Hurricane. There he experienced his personal nadir in 1979, when he almost came under the influence of alcohol in a hotel pool their lives.

Manzo recovered from this grave accident and returned to his homeland where he stood in the 1979/80 season again at Chivas Guadalajara under contract, before he returned to the UNAM Pumas with whom he twice between 1980 and 1983 CONCACAF Champions Cup and once each in the Copa Interamericana and the Mexican league titles won. Especially in the profits of the domestic championship Manzo had considerable proportion. Because of the 12 goals that scored the Pumas in the group stage of the championship finals, get him alone five hits. This brought his club as many points one without the Cougars win the group and thus the finals would have been denied.

After two each year at the UANL Tigres stations and the Coyotes Neza he ended his active career at Atlante.

National

In 1972, Manzo for Mexico at the Olympic football tournament and two years later he made ​​the jump to the senior national team, for whom he made ​​his international debut in a friendly against Brazil on March 31, 1974, in the 53rd minute, the equalizer to make it 1: 1- Full achieved. It was his first of three international goals, which still followed the winning goal to make it 1-0 against East Germany on 6 August 1975, a goal for 4-0 win over Cuba on November 1, 1981. His last international match, which ended goalless, Manzo denied on November 22, 1981 as part of the World Cup qualifiers for 1982 against Honduras.

Achievements

  • Mexican champion: 1981
  • CONCACAF Champions Cup: 1980 and 1982
  • Copa Interamericana: 1981
Deportivo Neza Liga MX North American Soccer League (1968–84)
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