Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Luis Real Casillas | ||
Date of birth | 6 June 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Guadalajara, Mexico | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Toluca | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1980 | Guadalajara | ||
1980–1985 | Atlas | 138 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1990–1991 | Atlas | ||
1991–1997 | Mexico U-23 | ||
2004–2005 | Sinaloa | ||
2009–2011 | Guadalajara | ||
2013 | Chivas USA | ||
2013–2014 | Guadalajara | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
José Luis Real (born 6 June 1952) is a Mexican former footballer and the current sports development & youth academy director of Toluca.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Real played club football for C.D. Guadalajara and Club Atlas.
Real managed Chivas, leading the club to a runners-up finish in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
On 29 May 2013, he was announced as Chivas USA's new head coach.
On 25 November 2013, he was announced to return to Club Guadalajara as head coach. After the season, he was let go.
The club offered him a new job but this time as the Director of Sports Development in Guadalajara's youth academy but he was once again let go in June 2014.
In October 2014, newly appointed Guadalajara president Néstor de la Torre hired Real as the new Technical-Tactical Coordinator for the youth academy. This is Real's third stint as a director in the club's youth academy.