Juan Álvarez (footballer, born 1948)

Juan Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Álvarez Álvarez
Date of birth (1948-04-12)12 April 1948
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death 2 July 2025(2025-07-02) (aged 77)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1977 Atlético Español
1977–1985 Tecos UAG 195 (11)
International career
1973–1981 Mexico 6 (0)
Managerial career
1988 Correcaminos UAT
1989–1990 Tecos UAG
1993–1994 Atlético Cuernavaca
1994–1996 Celaya
1996–1997 Toluca
1998 Veracruz
1999–2000 Ángeles de Puebla
2000–2001 Halcones de Querétaro
2003–2004 Jaguares FC (assistant)
2005 Pachuca (assistant)
2005–2006 Jaguares FC (assistant)
2006 Tigres UANL (assistant)
2007 Necaxa (assistant)
2008 Tecos UAG (assistant)
2010 Jaguares FC (interim)
2011 Deportivo Saprissa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Manuel Álvarez Álvarez (12 April 1948 – 2 July 2025) was a Mexican footballer and manager. As a footballer, he played as a centre-back in the Primera División de México for Atlético Español and Tecos UAG. While at Atlético Español, he helped them win the 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Surinamese team Transvaal.[1] He was capped six times for Mexico between 1973 and 1981,[2] and played for them at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[3]

After retiring from football, he became a manager. He would work as a manager and assistant manager for teams in Mexico,[4] and for Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica.[5] He also worked as the vice president of Jaguares FC, between 2009 and 2010, and was an interim manager for them in February 2010. When he was the manager of Celaya, he helped them finish second in the 1995–96 Mexican Primera División, losing the title because of the away goals rule. Because of this, fans gave Álvarez the nickname of the "king without a crown".[6]

Álvarez died on 2 July 2025, at the age of 77.[5]

Honours

Player

Atlético Español

Manager

Celaya

References

  1. ↑ Copa de Campeones 1975 on the RSSSF
  2. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Juan Manuel Álvarez". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Juan Manuel Álvarez". Olympedia.org.
  4. ↑ "Murió el entrenador del Celaya de Butragueño" [The coach of Celaya de Butragueño died.]. La Silla Rota (in Spanish). 3 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Muere Juan Manuel Álvarez, entrenador mexicano que hizo subcampeón al Celaya de Butragueño" [Juan Manuel Álvarez, the Mexican coach who led Butragueño's Celaya to second place, dies.]. Fox Sports (in Spanish). 2 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Tovar, Alan (2 July 2025). "Adiós al 'Rey sin Corona': Fallece Juan Manuel Álvarez, ícono del fútbol mexicano que llevó a la gloria al Celaya" [Farewell to the 'King without a Crown': Juan Manuel Álvarez, an icon of Mexican soccer who led Celaya to glory, dies]. El Sol de México (in Spanish).

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