Víctor Manuel Vucetich

Víctor Manuel Vucetich
	Vucetich as Monterrey manager in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas
Date of birth	25 June 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mazatlán (head coach)
Youth career
	Universidad Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1981	Atlante
1981–1983	Oaxtepec
Total
Managerial career
1988–1989	Neza
1990–1993	León
1993–1995	Tecos
1995–1996	Tigres UANL
1996–1997	Cruz Azul
1997–1998	Tecos
1999	León
1999–2000	Tigres UANL
2001–2002	La Piedad
2002–2003	Puebla
2003–2004	Pachuca
2005–2006	Veracruz
2007	Chiapas
2009–2013	Monterrey
2013	Mexico
2015–2017	Querétaro
2019–2020	Querétaro
2020–2021	Guadalajara
2022–2023	Monterrey
2024–	Mazatlán
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Víctor Manuel Vucetich Rojas (born 25 June 1955) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Liga MX club Mazatlán.

With a career spanning more than thirty years, Vucetich is one of the most decorated managers in the history of Mexican football. He has coached thirteen teams in the Liga MX, winning five league championships with four clubs. He has also won four Copa México championships, an InterLiga championship and two second division titles, as well as three CONCACAF Champions League cups.

Because of his many achievements with multiple clubs, he is popularly nicknamed by the Mexican press, players and fans as El Rey Midas (King Midas) because "everything he touches turns to gold".^[1]^[2]

Managerial career

Mexico

In October 2010, Víctor Manuel Vucetich was identified as the most advanced of the candidates to fill the vacant post of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team), even receiving an official contact after several weeks of "scratching in the realm of speculation", as he called it. He ultimately ruled out the possibility of taking over the national team, citing commitments with then-employer Monterrey as well as personal reasons.^[3] On October 16, Vucetich explained at a press conference his role as a father, thus declining the opportunity to coach the national team, stating: "Yesterday evening is ultimately where I determined to step aside to avoid a larger problem for the federation, so that someone can give their full time to the national team. The reasons for which I have made this decision are personal and family related more than anything."

On September 12, 2013, a few days after leaving Monterrey, Vucetich was officially named coach of the Mexico national team.^[4] He won his first match in charge, a vital 2–1 win over visiting Panama national team, which was Mexico's first victory at the Azteca in the final round of qualifications.

On October 17, two days after Mexico lost their match against Costa Rica, Vucetich was sacked, being replaced by Miguel Herrera. This occurred after the polemics that arose after the team's abysmal performance in their World Cup qualifying campaign, managing to reach the play-off against New Zealand due to the United States's 3–2 victory over Panama.

Querétaro

On 23 February 2015 Vucetich was officially appointed as Querétaro F.C. head coach.^[5] In his first season, he led Querétaro to their inaugural final facing Santos Laguna. Querétaro lost in the first leg, rebounded in the second leg (5–0) then fell short by two goals. His tenure with the club ended in 2017.^[6]

Guadalajara

On 13 August, he was named as Guadalajara's new manager.^[7] Two days later, he would win his debut match with the team against Atlético San Luis in a 2–1 home victory.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 9 November 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Neza		1988	1989	47	22	14	11	66	45	+21	046.81
León		25 September 1990	30 June 1993	185	80	58	47	270	184	+86	043.24
Tecos		1 July 1993	30 June 1995	88	39	32	17	121	86	+35	044.32
Tigres UANL		1 July 1995	30 June 1996	45	17	16	12	57	51	+6	037.78
Cruz Azul		1 July 1996	9 March 1997	37	15	9	13	60	49	+11	040.54
Tecos		1 July 1997	17 August 1998	41	14	11	16	53	62	−9	034.15
León		1 January 1999	30 June 1999	17	5	1	11	19	33	−14	029.41
Tigres UANL		17 September 1999	30 June 2000	29	9	12	8	46	36	+10	031.03
La Piedad		5 October 2001	30 June 2002	29	15	3	11	48	37	+11	051.72
Puebla		16 September 2002	3 March 2003	19	6	2	11	21	33	−12	031.58
Pachuca		1 July 2003	30 June 2004	46	20	15	11	71	60	+11	043.48
Veracruz		4 March 2005	30 June 2005	10	2	4	4	11	17	−6	020.00
Veracruz		3 March 2006	3 September 2006	16	6	5	5	17	20	−3	037.50
Chiapas		15 February 2007	7 September 2007	19	5	6	8	18	31	−13	026.32
Monterrey		9 January 2009	26 August 2013	244	114	71	59	394	273	+121	046.72
Mexico		12 September 2013	18 October 2013	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Querétaro		24 February 2015	31 January 2017	91	35	24	32	130	116	+14	038.46
Querétaro		18 February 2019	2 June 2020	47	19	9	19	64	65	−1	040.43
Guadalajara		13 August 2020	19 September 2021	45	17	17	11	54	50	+4	037.78
Monterrey		2 March 2022	28 May 2023	54	31	12	11	89	49	+40	057.41
Mazatlán		7 May 2024	present	22	4	10	8	17	24	−7	018.18
Total				1,133	476	331	326	1,629	1,324	+305	042.01