Hugo Sánchez Sports manager

Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born July 11, 1958), popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and participated in three World Cups. He is currently manager of Pachuca of the Primera División de México. As a coach, he won two championships as head coach of the club Pumas de la UNAM and briefly with Club Necaxa, both teams in the Mexican Primera División. He also had a sixteen-month stint with the Mexican national team, but was fired on March 31, 2008. Hugo Sanchez has signed up to start coaching again, now in Europe, for UD Almería http://www. udalmeriasad. com/udalmeria/index. php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1773&Itemid=59 from the Spanish First Division starting December 29, in an attempt to save the team from descending to the 2nd Division by the Summer. He has succeeded in keeping UD Almeria free from relegation from La Liga for the 2009–2010 season. In 1999, the IFFHS voted him the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from the CONCACAF region.

Personal facts

Hugo Sánchez
Alias (AKA)Hugo Sánchez Márquez
Birth dateJuly 11, 1958
Birth place
Mexico City , Mexico
Height (meters)1.75

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Football manager

club
Club Universidad Nacional
Mexico national football team
C.F. Pachuca
UD Almería
Club Necaxa
position
Forward (association football)
teams
Real Madrid C.F.
Club Celaya
Club Universidad Nacional
Mexico national football team
Rayo Vallecano
FC Linz
Atlético Madrid
FC Dallas
C.F. Atlante
Club América
San Diego Sockers (1978–96)

Hugo Sánchez on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Sanchez.Hugo.htm
  2. http://www.bdfutbol.com/j/j1040.html
  3. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040472616/1202817491117/jugador/JugadorLegendario/Hugo_Sanchez.htm
  4. http://www.rsssf.com/players/hugosanchez-in-ec.html