Jesús del Muro

Jesús del Muro

Personal information
Full name	José de Jesús del Muro López
Date of birth	November 30, 1937
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Mexico
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1954-1965	CD Atlas
1965	Veracruz
1966	Cruz Azul
1969	Toluca
1971	Cruz Azul
1973	Toluca
National team
1958-1968	Mexico	40[1]	(0)
Teams managed
1972-1973	Toluca
1973	C.F. Pachuca
1974-75	Jalisco
	Cruz Azul
1977-78	Mexico youth team
1980	Mexico youth team
1984-86	Mexico national U-20 team
1987-88	Mexico national U-17 team
1995	Mexico national U-20 team
1995-97	Mexico national U-17 team
1998-2000	Mexico national U-20 team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José de Jesús del Muro López (born 30 November 1937) is a retired Mexican football coach and former defender.

During his career he played for CD Atlas (1954-1965), Veracruz (1965), Cruz Azul (1966 and 1971) and Toluca (1969 and 1973).

In 1958 he became a member of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team), and went on to four FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1958, 1962, and 1966, appearing in seven final tournament matches^[2] as well as two qualification matches. His 40th and last international match was in 1968.

Del Muro retired from play in 1973 and became a coach, managing Toluca (1972-1973), C.F. Pachuca (1973), Jalisco (1974–75) and Cruz Azul, coaching the latter for the last time in 1997. He was an assistant coach for Mexico national team at 1978 World Cup, and coach of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (FIFA World Youth Championship) (1977–78 and 1980), the U-17 team (1987–88 and 1995–97) and the U-20 team (1984–86, 1995 and 1998-2000).

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/mex-recintlp.html
2. Source: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=48371/index.html

External links

• FIFA.com - Individual record at FIFA tournaments