- Enrique Meza Enriquez
Football manager infobox
playername= Enrique Meza
fullname = Enrique Meza Enriquez
height = height|meter=1.78
nickname = "Ojitos"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|03|03
cityofbirth =Mexico City
countryofbirth =Mexico
currentclub =CF Pachuca
manageryears =1982–1983
1992–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–2000
2000–2001
2002
2003
2005
2006–
managerclubs =Cruz Azul
Cruz Azul Monarcas Morelia Toros Neza Club Toluca
MexicoCF Atlas Cruz Azul Club Toluca
CF Pachuca Enrique 'Ojitos' Meza Enríquez was born in
Mexico City , March 3, 1948.He has been the coach of several professional soccer teams in Mexican first league and the National Mexican team.His career has been full of great successes and big disappointments.Prior to being coach, he was a football player, playing as the goalkeeper for
UANL Tigres , retiring in 1976.Meza started his coaching career in the first Mexican league by coaching in 1992
Cruz Azul , and made it to the final in 1994, but lost it. The next year he moved to coachMorelia . But it was not until 1996 where his coaching started showing its true potential. His new team,Toros Neza , had a very offensive and full of goals football. The team made it to the final, but lost it toChivas de Guadalajara by a high score. Soon after losing the final, he announced that he was leaving to coachClub Toluca . His coaching proved to be very successfuland spectacular. Meza was what Toluca needed, and the club became champion on three occasions: Verano 1998, Verano 1999 and Verano 2000, in just two years.In 2000 Meza left Club Toluca to coach the Mexican National Team. The performance of the teamwas below expectations, and he resigned after only few months of accepting the appointment.
In 2006 Meza took the coaching position of Club Pachuca.After a very bad start, Meza slowly transformed the team, leading
CF Pachuca to its firstCopa Sudamericana . This made CF Pachuca the first Mexican team to win a CONMEBOL title. In 2007 Meza took CF Pachuca to their second CONCACAF title, which entitled the team to participate in theWorld Club Cup , and lead CF Pachuca to its fifth league title. On August 29, his team won its firstSuperliga title, after defeating theLos Angeles Galaxy in the Home Depot Center.Meza's results have made him one of the greatest coaches in the Mexican League, making him the fourth most successful coach in the league's history.
*League Championships:
** Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000 with Club Toluca
** Clausura 2007CF Pachuca *CONCACAF Champion' Cup:
** 2007
** 2008*
Copa Sudamericana :
** 2006External links
*sp icon [http://www.senorgol.nu/mexseleccion/emeza.htm Technical Information]
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