Raúl Cárdenas

Raúl Cárdenas de la Vega ( born October 30, 1928) is a former Mexican football player and coach. Also known under the nickname El Rojo and Guero Cárdenas participated in four World Cup tournaments: three times as a player in 1954, 1958 and 1962, and in 1970 as a coach. In addition, Cárdenas is División with six league titles won the second most successful club coach in the Mexican Primera.

• 2.1 club
• 2.2 national team
• 2.3 international games as coach

Playing career

Association

The emerged from the offspring of the Club Oviedo Cárdenas began his professional career in 1947 in the service of the Real Club España. He then played for Guadalajara and Marte, before moving to Puebla FC, ​​where he at least was during the 1954 World Cup under contract. Probably the longest of his career he worked for the CD Zacatepec, where he end his active career as a player in 1962.

National

His debut for the Mexican national team gave Raúl Cárdenas Guero on August 2, 1948 at the Summer Olympics of 1948 in a game against North Korea, where he immediately scored a goal, but the 3:5 defeat of his team could not prevent.

His last international match, he denied on June 7, 1962 with the FIFA World Cup in Chile in 1962 against Czechoslovakia. Although Mexico again eliminated in the first round also at this World Cup, his farewell game was also a historic game for the whole country; as calculated against the eventual runners managed a 3-1 first World Cup victory of the Mexican ever.

Overall, in defense and in midfield equally applicable Cárdenas played 37 matches in which he scored three goals. The other two goals get in the 2-1 win against England on May 24, 1959 and 4-1 against Costa Rica on April 12, 1961.

In the three World Cups 1954-1962 discharged, he completed seven of eight games of the Mexicans in full length and lacked only the opening game of the Mexicans against hosts Sweden (0:3) on 8 June 1958.

Coaching career

Association

With six league titles el Rojo Cárdenas after Ignacio Trelles ( seven times champion) is División successful club coach of Primera. He is also the only coach besides Javier de la Torre ( with Guadalajara), who won five league titles with a team. In addition to the five championship titles he won with Cruz Azul between 1969 and 1974, he was successful in 1976 still with the Club América. Regard to the period of only eight years, where he won six championships with the trained teams of him, he set another record. In addition, he is still the only coach the Primera División, the ( 1972-1974 ) three times in a row was champion.

National

His debut as coach gave Cárdenas de la Vega at a highly successful tour of South America, the Mexican, which began on October 16, 1968 with a 1-0 win against Colombia and the more impressive wins against Uruguay ( 2-0) and Brazil ( 2:1) followed.

Height of his international coaching career was undoubtedly the 1970 discharged in their own country World Cup, in which the team coached by him ever in World Cup history of Mexico survived the first round for the first time. In addition, the team of all tournament participants from the start stayed away for the longest time (294 minutes) without conceding a goal, before it failed in the quarter-finals with 1:4 against Italy.

His first stage as national coach ended in a friendly against Brazil (1-2) on September 30, 1970. Between 1979 and 1981 he served again as a coach, although far less successful. So missed the team coached by him to qualify for the 1982 World Cup because they last qualifier against Honduras on 22 November 1981 it past 0-0 and El Salvador by the simultaneous 1-0 win against Haiti still in Mexico vorbeizog. A goalless game in Honduras was also the 59th and last international game in which Cárdenas served as head coach of the Mexicans. His record: 25 wins, 20 draws and 14 defeats.

International games as coach

Achievements

• Mexican champions (6 ): 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976
• Mexican Cup Winners ( 1): 1969

References and links

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