Miguel Mejía Barón

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Miguel Mejía Barón
Personnel
Surname Miguel Mejía Barón
birthday April 17, 1949
place of birth Mexico
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
at least 1966–1975 UNAM Pumas
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1988-1991 UNAM Pumas
1991-1993 CF Monterrey
1993-1995 Mexico
1996-1998 CF Atlante
1999 UANL Tigres
2000 Puebla FC
2001 UNAM Pumas
1 Only league games are given.

Miguel Mejía Barón (born April 17, 1949 ) is a former Mexican soccer player and coach who was in charge of various Mexican clubs between 1988 and 2001 and the Mexican national team between 1993 and 1995 . As a player he was probably only under contract with the UNAM Pumas , where he also took over his first coaching position in 1988 and which he led to winning the Mexican football championship in 1991 .

player

Mejía came to the UNAM Pumas' junior division in the 1960s, where he later received a professional contract and won the cup competition with the Pumas in the 1974/75 season and the Supercup a week later .

Trainer

society

After Mejía had initially trained his former club UNAM Pumas for three years and led it to the championship title, he moved to CF Monterrey immediately after this triumph . He ended the collaboration in early 1993 when he was entrusted with the office of national coach. After two and a half years or 54 games with the national team, he took over the CF Atlante before the start of the 1996/97 season and came back to his first club, the UNAM Pumas , via the Tigres and Puebla in early 2001. After he was released there for unsuccessfulness, he ended his coaching activity.

National team

Mejía made his debut as head coach of the Mexican national team on January 20, 1993 in a friendly in Italy, which was lost 2-0. Despite a defeat in El Salvador (1: 2) in his first qualifying game for the 1994 World Cup on April 4, 1993, his first year was very successful: the next five qualifying games (between April 11 and May 9) were all won and at the subsequent Copa America , in which Mexico was allowed to participate for the first time, managed to qualify for the final, which was lost to feared opponents Argentina (1: 2). One week after the final on July 4th, the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup began , which Mexico won impressively in front of its own audience: on the way to the title, Canada (8-0), Jamaica (6-1) and in the final on 25th July the USA (4-0) literally swept off the field. In the test matches afterwards, too, some respectable successes were achieved, such as the 1-1 draw in Brazil on August 8, or the 0-0 draw against Germany in the last test match of the year on December 22, 1993.

On the other hand, the test matches in early 1994 were less successful when they suffered heavy defeats against Switzerland (1: 5) and a week later against Russia (1: 4) on January 26th. The 1994 World Cup got off to a bad start, too , when the opening game against Norway was lost 0-1 with a late goal from Rekdal (84th minute). But with a subsequent 2-1 win against Ireland and a 1-1 draw in the final group game against Italy, Mexico won one of the strangest groups in World Cup history: all four teams finished the preliminary round with four points. Mexico won the group with 3: 3 goals, ahead of Ireland and Italy (2: 2 goals each) and Norway, bottom of the group (1: 1 goals), who had to return home after the preliminary round. For their part, Mexico failed in the round of 16 to Bulgaria (1: 3 on penalties).

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

successes

As a player

As a coach at club level

As a coach with the national team

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jugadores de Pumas (Spanish)
  2. ^ Mexico - List of Super Cup Winners at RSSSF
personal data
SURNAME Mejía Barón, Miguel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico