José Mario Carrillo Zamudio (born 1 February 1956) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, and a commentator for television sports channel ESPN Deportes. He also assisted head coach Javier Aguirre with the

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. Carrillo has also coached Club Puebla,

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, and Cruz Azul.

Playing career

Club

Born in Mexico City, Carrillo played football for Cruz Azul, Atlético Español, Tigres UANL, Deportivo Neza, Oaxtepec, Puebla and Ángeles de Puebla. He was league runner-up with Tigres UANL in 1977–78.

International

Carrillo played for Mexico at the

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in Montreal and won a gold medal in

football at the 1975 Pan American Games The seventh edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in four cities in Mexico: Mexico City (main city of the Games), Guadalajara, Toluca, and Puebla, from October 13 to October 25, 1975. Thirteen teams competed in a ro ...

Managerial career

He started coaching on 1 October 1999, with Puebla FC. Later, he worked as an assistant coach for

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, under head coach Hugo Sánchez, becoming champions for two consecutive tournaments. Mario is known for his strong defensive, and fast offensive playing scheme, and always encouraging his players to never give up. He spends long hours studying rivals, hence gaining the nickname of "Capello", in reference to Italian head coach

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's skills. In 2005,

won the Mexican Clausura championship under Carrillo management, that being to date his biggest accomplishment. Later, Carrillo moved to La Liga of Spain to join Javier Aguirre as an assistant coach of Atlético Madrid. After the FIFA World Cup of South Africa 2010, he returned to Mexico, to manage

Mexico National Team

He was Assistant Coach of Manuel Lapuente in the Mexico national team during the FIFA World Cup of France, in 1998. He was also invited by Javier Aguirre to be his Assistant Coach in the Mexico national team, for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 project.

Clubs as head coach

Titles

As head coach

References

External links

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at Medio Tiempo {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrillo, Mario 1956 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Association football defenders Mexican footballers Olympic footballers of Mexico Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cruz Azul footballers Atlético Español footballers Tigres UANL footballers Club Puebla players Mexican football managers Club Puebla managers Club América managers Cruz Azul managers Tigres UANL managers Club Universidad Nacional managers Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games