Sergio Almaguer

Sergio Almaguer Treviño (born 16 May 1969) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, who is the current assistant manager of Liga MX club Monterrey.[1] Almaguer made his professional debut with the former Mexico club Ángeles de Puebla on May 16, 1987.[2] Almaguer played with nine different clubs in Mexico and Turkey and also capped for the Mexico national team.[2][3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Almaguer and the second or maternal family name is Treviño.
Sergio Almaguer
Personal information
Full name Sergio Almaguer Treviño
Date of birth (1969-05-16) 16 May 1969
Place of birth Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Ángeles 27 (3)
1988–1990 Puebla 15 (1)
1990–1991 Querétaro 35 (11)
1991–1994 Tigres UANL 93 (22)
1994–1995 UAT 29 (8)
1995–1996 Tigres UANL 31 (8)
1996–1997 Puebla 35 (2)
1997–2001 Necaxa 136 (13)
2001–2003 Cruz Azul 37 (1)
2002–2003 → Galatasaray (loan) 7 (0)
2003–2005 Chiapas 55 (4)
Total 497 (73)
International career
1991–2000 Mexico 17 (0)
Managerial career
2006 América (assistant)
2008 Jaguares
2013–2015 Mexico U20
2016–2017 Querétaro (assistant)
2019–2020 Querétaro (assistant)
2020–2021 Guadalajara (assistant)
2022–2023 Monterrey (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Third placeCopa America1999 Paraguay
Representing  Mexico (as manager)
First placeCONCACAF U-20 Championship2013 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Almaguer started his career with former club Ángeles de Puebla, where he played 27 games and scored three goals.[2] After one season with Angeles he transferred to Puebla, spending three seasons with the team.[2] After the 1989–90 season Almaguer transferred to Querétaro, he appeared in 35 games and scored 11 goals.[4] Between 1991 and 1996 Almaguer played for Tigres UANL (included the relegation during the 1995-96 season), he also played on loan for Correcaminos UAT for the 1994–95 season.[2][5] For the Invierno 1996 season turned to a defender after playing as a striker for the first nine years of his career.[2] In his first season playing at defense, Almaguer played with Puebla, he played in 35 games and scored just two goals.[2]

After playing with Puebla, Almaguer was transferred to Necaxa for the Invierno 1997 season.[2] His tenure with Necaxa was successful, he was champion in the Invierno 1998 season and won the 1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[6][7] After four years playing with Necaxa he signed with Cruz Azul where he spent two years appearing in 37 games.[2] He was loaned to Galatasaray of the Turkey Süper Lig for one year, he only appeared in seven league matches, three UEFA Champions League matches and scored no goals.[3] After half a season in Turkey he returned to Mexico, he signed with Chiapas. On June 28, 2005, Almaguer announced his retirement ending his 18-year career.[8]

Coaching career

On February 20, 2008, Almaguer was named coach of his former team, Jaguares de Chiapas.[9] Almaguer made his debut three days later against Tecos UAG, Jaguares won 2–0.[10] He led the team to six victories, two draws and three losses to end the season.[11] In the first round of the postseason, Jaguares defeated Cruz Azul 1–0 in the first leg. In the second leg Cruz Azul won 2–1 and won on aggregate 2–2 because Cruz Azul was a higher seed.[12][13] After losing five of the first 10 games of the Apertura season Jaguares fired Almaguer.[14]

Mexico U-17

On July 26, 2010, Almaguer coached his first Mexico's U-17 game against Ireland's U-17, resulting in a 1–1 draw.[15]

Mexico U-20

In January 2015, Almaguer won the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Jamaica with the Mexico U-20 team also qualifying them for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[16] In December 2015, Almaguer was released from his duties with the Mexico U-20 national team.

Managerial statistics

Managerial statistics
As of 26 November 2020
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Mexico U-20 Mexico 2013 2015 24 15 2 7 58 27 +31 062.50

Honours

Player

Puebla

Tigres UANL

Necaxa

Manager

Mexico U20

References
  1. "Sergio Almaguer". esmas.com. Archived from the original on 2005-03-08. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  2. "Sergio Almaguer Treviño". mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  3. "Almaguer, Sergio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  4. "1990–91 season". mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  5. "1994–95 season". mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  6. "1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup". concacaf.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  7. "Invierno 1998 final". mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  8. "Se retira Almaguer" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  9. "Le dan la responsabilidad". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  10. "Sergio Almaguer coaching record". mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  11. "Clausura 2008 season". mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  12. "First leg". mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  13. "Second leg". mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  14. "Se terminó la paciencia" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  15. "Northern Ireland: Milk Cup".
  16. "Match Report: Panama 1 - 1 Mexico". CONCACAF. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2014-11-23. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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