Miguel Mejía Barón

Miguel Mejía Barón ( born April 17, 1949) is a former Mexican football coach, who was in charge between 1988 and 2001 several Mexican clubs and between 1993 and 1995, the Mexican national team.

• 2.1 club
• 2.2 national team

Biography

Association

Mejía began his coaching job in 1988 in the service of the Club Universidad Nacional, with whom he won the 1991 championship. He then worked for the CF Monterrey and ended the collaboration beginning in 1993, when the post of national coach he was entrusted with. After two and a half years and 54 games in the use of the national team he took over prior to the start of the 1996/97 season the CF Atlante and came across the Tigres and Puebla in early 2001 returned to his first club, the UNAM Pumas. After he was released there because of lack of success, he hung up his coaching job permanently on the nail.

National

His debut as head coach of the Mexican national team gave Mejía on 20 January 1993 in a friendly in Italy, which was lost 0-2. Despite a defeat in El Salvador (1-2) in his first qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup on 4 April 1993, his first year was very successful: the next five qualifiers ( April 11-May 9 ) have all been won and the subsequent Copa América on the Mexico was allowed to participate for the first time ever, after qualifying for the finals, against the nemesis Argentina ( 1:2 ) has been lost. One week after the final on July 4 began the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1993, the Mexico won impressively against the groups: on the way to the title were, among others, Canada ( 8-0 ), Jamaica (6:1) and in the final on 25 July. , the U.S. ( 4-0) literally swept off. Also get in the friendlies after some notable successes, such as the 1-1 draw in Brazil on August 8 or 0-0 against Germany in the last test match of the year on 22 December 1993.

Less successful, however, ran the test matches in early 1994 when, on January 26 against Switzerland (1:5) and a week later against Russia (1:4 ) continued hefty losses. Also the start of the 1994 World Cup was unfavorable, as the opening game against Norway was lost by a late goal from Rekdal ( 84 minutes ) with 0:1. But by a subsequent 2-1 win over Ireland and a 1-1 draw in the final group match against Italy Mexico won one of the strangest groups in World Cup history: all four teams included the preliminary round with four points from. With 3:3 gates was Mexico group winners ahead of Ireland and Italy ( 2-2 goals) as well as the bottom-placed Norway ( 1-1 goals), who had to return home after the group stage. Mexico failed his part in the second round to Bulgaria (1-3 on penalties ).

When Mexico the following year on July 17 was eliminated in the Copa América in 1995 in the quarterfinals calculated against arch-rivals USA (1:4 on penalties ), Mejía was replaced by Bora Milutinovic.

Achievements

Association

• Mexican champion: 1991 ( with UNAM Pumas )

National

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: Winner 1993
• Copa América: Finalist 1993

Sources and links

• Proof of trained by him at clubs Mediotiempo.com
• Profile on the official website of the Association

• Football coach (Mexico)
• Born in 1949
• Man