Benjamin Galindo
Benjamin Galindo Marentes (born December 11, 1960 in Tierra Blanca , Zacatecas ) is a former Mexican soccer player and current soccer coach. He played mostly in attacking midfield and was also known by his nickname El Maestro (the champion).
Life
player
Benjamín Galindo made his debut in the Primera División , the top division of Mexican club football, on September 30, 1979 for Tampico-Madero FC . In 1986 he moved to Mexico's most popular club, Chivas Guadalajara , with which he immediately won the championship and with which he remained under contract until the 1994/95 season.
In the second half of the 1990s, Galindo changed employers relatively frequently and won several championship titles with various clubs. He ended his active career in 2001 at the age of 40 with Club Deportivo Guadalajara, for which he also worked as a coach in the 2004/05 season.
"El Maestro" made his international debut on March 15, 1983 against Costa Rica (1-0), but had not been nominated for a long time and therefore missed the 1986 World Cup , which was held in his own country . At the 1994 World Cup, which was held eight years later in the neighboring USA , Galindo was part of the World Cup squad of the Mexican national team and played twice: one half in the preliminary group game against Norway (0: 1) and the full length in the round of 16 against Bulgaria , the 1: 1 ended and in which the Mexicans - as so often - lost in the subsequent penalty shoot-out . In total, Galindo made 65 international appearances, in which he scored 21 goals.
Trainer
In the summer of 2004 he took over the position of head coach at his former club Chivas Guadalajara and held it until the end of 2005. He then worked for his city rivals Atlas and his other ex-clubs Cruz Azul and Santos Laguna. With the latter club, he won the Mexican football championship for the first time as a coach in Clausura 2012 . Since 2013 he has been working again as head coach at Chivas.
successes
As a player
- Mexican champion (4): 1986/87 (with Chivas Guadalajara ), winter 1996/97 (with Santos Laguna ), winter 1997/98 (with Cruz Azul ), winter 1999/00 (with Pachuca ).
As a trainer
- Mexican champion: Clausura 2012 (with Santos Laguna)
Web links
- ¡Gracias a todos, campeones! - unofficial fan page ( memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
- Trainer profile at Mediotiempo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Galindo, Benjamin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Galindo Marentes, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tierra Blanca, Zacatecas |