The next MX League tournament will revolve around Atlantis, as important characters have a history in the Iron Colts.
MEXICO – In Liga MX the situations and characters were arranged in such a way that Guardians 2021 will have a Barça flavor.
Today more than ever Atlas appears in several margins of the first tournament of the New Year, despite participating in Expansion League. The coaches, players and managers who once defended their colors will represent in a way the so-called team of people from the first time of the competition.
ESPN Digital presents the figures that will increase the tournament in the first semester of Mexican football, with an Atlanticist past:
JAVIER AGUIRRE
Javier Aguirre will lead Monterrey on his return to Mexico, after about 20 years of working abroad.
“Vasco” Aguirre’s career as a club coach began at Atlante, although in his time as a player he also defended the colors from 1984 to 86. Coach Miguel Mejía Barón ordered him to retire as a footballer to add to his staff. as a coach in the Mexican national team in the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
Alejandro Burillo, who was then director of the national teams, paid for his training as a coach and, in 1996, gave him the opportunity to make his debut at the helm of Atlanta to lead 11 games; Then he became Mejía Barón’s assistant in the team again, but with the experience of knowing what it was like to lead in the First Division.
SANTIAGO SOLARI
After playing in Argentina, Spain and Italy, Argentine Santiago Solari played practically his last season as a professional at Atlante; This happened in the 2009-2010 campaign to everyone’s surprise. Santiago Solari was a player for River Plate, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid, as well as for Inter Milano, and his arrival in Mexico provoked emotions. Although he was not a player who made a difference, his name always stood out above that of others, due to his relationship with Jorge ‘Indio’ Solari, his uncle and Eduardo Solari, his father. It is worth mentioning that in his Atlantic stage, Santiago was led by Jose Guadalupe Cruz.
VÍCTOR MANUEL VUCETICH
Victor Manuel Vucetichtechnician Chivas, made his professional football debut in 1978 with the Atlante shirt in a match against Curtidores. He militated with the horses for two years, until he was sold to Oaxtepec. His baptism as a coach was also presented in Barça colors. In the 1988-89 season, the so-called “King Midas” was given the opportunity to guide Potros Neza, then a subsidiary of the Second Division of Atlantis. In 1989 he was promoted to the First Division with a team that later became champions with the Colts in 1993.
IGNACIO AMBRIZ
The current technical champion of the MX League with León, Nacho ambriz, had the opportunity to wear the Iron Colts jacket, when he was signed in 1996 by the Barça team. Ambriz became an Atlanticist element after living his best years as a professional footballer with Rays of Necaxa, who won it at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. After defending two seasons for the horses, he was transferred to Puebla.
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Jose Guadalupe Cruz, current helmsman at NecaxaHe made his professional debut for Atlante in 1988. He was part of the group of players who, in 1993, celebrated the title of Division I, under the guidance of Ricardo La Volpe. He had a second stage as a player from 1991 to 1997 and fate gave him the opportunity to join the club, but as a strategist.
Atlante also opened the doors of the technical direction, giving it to the team in 2004. It did not go well that year, but it went on its return, since became the Colts champion in 2007, when the team was already playing in Cancun.
SANTIAGO BATHROOM
Barça representation a America is its president, Santiago Banos, 44 years old. The former defender and midfielder started playing for Necaxa in 1995 and seven years later was hired by Atlante. In the Colts he began his relationship with Miguel Herrera, who started as a coach in 2002. For two years he provided the services of the institution, since then he emigrated to Monterrey.
GUILLERMO CANTÚ
President Bravos de Juárez, Guillermo Cantú, has blood ties to Barça. His presentation as a professional player took place in 1998 at Potros Neza, in the Second Division, and the following year he was already part of the Atlanteans in the highest category. For eight years he defended the shirt, during which time he won a league title in the 1992-93 season.
FERNANDO NAVARRO
León also has another Barça contribution to the side defense Fernando Navarro, who, despite starting in Pumas’ core forces, made the leap into the First Division with the Colts. He didn’t have to be champion in 2007, when Atlante was crowned against Pumas in his first tournament in Cancun, but he did play a Club World Cup and face Barcelona and claims the title in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Fernando Navarro shone in the final in which the green bellies were crowned in the Guardians 2020 and another similar year follows, but now with Barça flashes.