Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born 23 December 1959) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Deportivo Pereira. Suárez has managed in six Latin American countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica.
 Luis Fernando Suárez managing La Equidad in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Pereira (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1993 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 1994–1995 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 2001 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 2001 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 2003–2004 | Aucas | ||
| 2004–2007 | Ecuador | ||
| 2008 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| 2009 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 2009–2010 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 2011–2014 | Honduras | ||
| 2015 | Universitario | ||
| 2015–2016 | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
| 2017–2018 | La Equidad | ||
| 2018–2019 | Junior | ||
| 2021 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 2021–2023 | Costa Rica | ||
| 2024– | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Managerial career
editSuárez led the Ecuador national team to the round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and won the 1999 Colombian championship with Atlético Nacional.[1] In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutive World Cup. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, leading Ecuador to their best showing in a FIFA World Cup in 2006. Reaching the second round by inflicting defeats on Poland and Costa Rica, they lost to England 1–0 after a David Beckham free kick sailed into the net.[2]
Suárez was offered to keep coaching the Ecuador national team till the next World Cup in 2010. Following a poor 2007 Copa América, many people wanted him out. Suárez stated that he would not resign and would improve his results. Suárez got off to the worst possible start for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, losing 1–0 at home to Venezuela and receiving a 5–0 hammering by Brazil. After another hammering defeat 5–1 to Paraguay, he resigned irrevocably his position as head coach, immediately after the end of the match. In October 2009 he signed with Juan Aurich, a Peruvian football team.
Honors
edit- As a player
- As a manager
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 8 July 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Costa Rica | 1 June 2021 | 20 July 2023 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 48.57 |
References
edit- ^ Homewood, Brian (18 December 2008). "Soccer-Ex Ecuador coach Suarez takes over at Atletico Nacional". Reuters. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano". Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
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