Rafael Garza Gutiérrez

Rafael Garza Gutiérrez

Garza (right) with Real Madrid player Félix Quesada, 1927
Personal information
Full name	Rafael Garza Gutiérrez
Date of birth	(1896-12-13)December 13, 1896
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	July 3, 1974(1974-07-03) (aged 77)
Place of death	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1916–1932	América
International career
1923–1930	Mexico	11	(0)
Managerial career
1917–1919	América (player-manager)
1920–1926	América (player-manager)
1929–1931	América (player-manager)
1933–1935	América
1934	Mexico
1935–1936	América
1937–1938	Mexico
1937–1942	América
1946–1949	América
1949	Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (13 December 1896 – 3 July 1974), nicknamed "Récord", was a Mexican footballer and manager. He is one of the founders of Mexican football team Club América.

As a footballer, he played as a defender, and spent his whole career at Club América. He was also capped 11 times for Mexico, and played for them at the 1928 Summer Olympics^[1][2] and the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring from football, he became a manager. He has coached both Club América and the Mexico national team, and was the manager of Mexico at the 1949 NAFC Championship.

• Rafael Garza Gutiérrez at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stats as a player
• Chronologic list of Mexico National Team coaches