Cuéllar with Mexico in 1975
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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América women (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1979 | Pumas | ||
1979–1981 | San Diego Sockers | 57 | (9) |
1980–1981 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 2 | (0) |
1981–1982 | Atletas Campesinos | ||
1982 | San Jose Earthquakes | 20 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor) | 25 | (3) |
1983–1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 51 | (3) |
National team | |||
1973–1981 | Mexico | 41 | |
Teams managed | |||
1998–2016 | Mexico women | ||
2016– | América women | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who is the current manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil. He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2016.
As a player, Cuéllar played for Pumas and Atletas Campesinos in Mexico. He played in the NASL between 1979 and 1984 for the San Diego Sockers, San Jose Earthquakes and Golden Bay Earthquakes. He played for the Earthquakes during the NASL indoor seasons. Cuéllar also represented the Mexico national football team 41 times. and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
He has an American-born son, Christopher Cuellar, who has coached Mexico women at under-17 and under-20 levels.