Luis Fernando Tena

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tena and the second or maternal family name is Garduño.

Luis Fernando Tena Garduño (born 20 January 1958) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Guatemala national team.

Luis Fernando Tena

Tena in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Luis Fernando Tena Garduño
Date of birth	(1958-01-20) 20 January 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Guatemala (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1982	Atlético Español	190	(2)
1982–1983	Oaxtepec	32	(0)
1983–1986	Guadalajara	46	(0)
1987–1988	Atlante	45	(1)
Managerial career
1994–1996	Cruz Azul
1996–1997	Tecos
1997–2000	Cruz Azul
2000–2001	Morelia
2002–2003	Santos Laguna
2004	Cruz Azul
2005–2006	Chiapas
2006–2007	América
2008–2009	Morelia
2009–2010	Chiapas
2010–2013	Mexico (assistant)
2011–2012	Mexico U23
2013	Mexico (caretaker)
2014–2015	Cruz Azul
2016	León
2017–2018	Querétaro
2019–2020	Guadalajara
2021	Juárez
2021–	Guatemala
Medal record Men's football Representing  Mexico (as manager) Olympic Games 2012 London Team Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Tena began his coaching career in 1994 with Cruz Azul, a squad which he has guided on three occasions. Aside from stints at Cruz Azul and Morelia, Tena has coached Santos Laguna, Chiapas and Tecos UAG. His brother, Alfredo Tena, a former Club América player and manager, served as an assistant coach for Luis. On 16 March 2008 Tena was named the new coach of Monarcas Morelia, he was fired on 20 February 2009 and was later named as the head coach to Chiapas on 6 May 2009.

After a slow start to Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 tournament, Tena was later let go from his head coach position from Chiapas in early January, 2010.

On 7 September 2013 Mexico's Olympic gold medal-winning coach Luis Fernando Tena took temporary control of the Mexico national football team following the departure of Jose Manuel de la Torre.^[1]

On 11 September 2013, Tena was released as Mexico national team coach.^[2]

On 10 December 2013, Tena was confirmed as the new head coach of Cruz Azul for a fourth term. He signed a contract with Cruz Azul for 18 months. On May 29, 2015, Tena was fired from the club.

Honours

Manager

Cruz Azul

• Mexican Primera División: Invierno 1997
• CONCACAF Champions League: 1996, 1997, 2013–14

Morelia

• Mexican Primera División: Invierno 2000

Mexico U23

• Pan American Games: 2011
• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2012
• Toulon Tournament: 2012^[3]
• Olympic Gold Medal: 2012

Notes

References

1. "Luis Fernando Tena takes over as Mexico coach - Soccer - SI.com". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13.
2. "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
3. Gomez, Eric (1 July 2012). "Mexico U23 3–0 Turkey U23: El Tri win their first Toulon tournament". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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