Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican

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manager and former player who last acted as the

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of América in the

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. He was the head coach of the

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from 1998 to 2016.

Playing career

Club

Cuéllar played for Pumas and Atletas Campesinos in Mexico. He played in the NASL between 1979 and 1984 for the San Diego Sockers,

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and

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. He played for the Earthquakes during the NASL indoor seasons.

International

Cuéllar also represented the

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40 times, scoring 3 goals and participated at the

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Coaching

Personal life

He has an American-born son, Christopher Cuellar, who has coached Mexico women at under-17 and under-20 levels.

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NASL/MISL career stats
1954 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Mexican men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Club Universidad Nacional footballers San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) players San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players Golden Bay Earthquakes (MISL) players Liga MX players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Olympic footballers for Mexico Mexico men's international footballers Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1978 FIFA World Cup players CONCACAF Championship–winning players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Mexican football managers Mexico women's national football team managers Club América (women) managers 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup managers Liga MX Femenil managers 20th-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub