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 the

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. Suárez has managed in six Latin American countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Managerial career

Suárez led the

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to the round of 16 at the

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and won the 1999 Colombian championship with Atlético Nacional. In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutive

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. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, leading Ecuador to their best showing in a FIFA World Cup in

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. 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. Suárez was offered to keep coaching the Ecuador national team till the next

in 2010. Following a poor

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, 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. On October 2009 he signed with

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, a Peruvian football team.

Honors

;As a player

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* Copa Libertadores:

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;As a manager

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Managerial statistics

References

External links

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