Luis Fernando Tena Garduño (born 20 January 1958) is a Mexican professional
football
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manager
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and former player who is the head coach of the
Guatemala national team.
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Tena began his coaching career in 1994 with Cruz Azul, a squad which he has guided on three occasions. Aside from stints at Cruz Azul and Morelia, Tena has coached
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.
Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...
,
Chiapas
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and
Tecos UAG. His brother,
Alfredo Tena, a former Club América player and manager, served as an assistant coach for Luis. On 16 March 2008 Tena was named the new coach of
Monarcas Morelia, he was fired on 20 February 2009 and was later named as the head coach to
Chiapas
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on 6 May 2009.
After a slow start to
Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 tournament, Tena was later let go from his head coach position from Chiapas in early January, 2010.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, Tena led the Olympic team to a gold medal after defeating
Brazil
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2–1 in the
final
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.
On 7 September 2013 Mexico's Olympic gold medal-winning coach Luis Fernando Tena took temporary control of the
Mexico national football team
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following the departure of
Jose Manuel de la Torre.
On 11 September 2013, Tena was released as Mexico national team coach.
On 10 December 2013, Tena was confirmed as the new head coach of Cruz Azul for a fourth term. He signed a contract with Cruz Azul for 18 months. On May 29, 2015, Tena was fired from the club.
Honours
Manager
Cruz Azul
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Mexican Primera División
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Invierno 1997
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CONCACAF Champions League
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1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
,
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
,
2013–14
Morelia
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Mexican Primera División
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Invierno 2000
Mexico U23
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Pan American Games
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2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
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CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
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Toulon Tournament
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
*
Olympic Gold Medal
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
References
External links
profile
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1958 births
Living people
Footballers from Mexico City
Mexican men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Atlético Español F.C. footballers
C.D. Guadalajara footballers
Atlante F.C. footballers
C.F. Oaxtepec footballers
Liga MX players
Mexican football managers
Cruz Azul managers
Tecos F.C. managers
Atlético Morelia managers
Santos Laguna managers
Jaguares F.C. managers
Club América managers
Mexico national football team managers
Club León managers
Querétaro F.C. managers
C.D. Guadalajara managers
FC Juárez managers
Guatemala national football team managers
Liga MX managers
2011 Copa América managers
2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers
2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
Mexican expatriate football managers
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala