Juan Reynoso
Reynoso in 2009
Personal information
Full name Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán
Date of birth (1969-12-28) December 28, 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Alianza Lima
1990–1991 Sabadell 14 (0)
1991–1992 Alianza Lima
1993–1994 Universitario
1994–2002 Cruz Azul 236 (12)
2002–2004 Necaxa 75 (2)
International career
1986–2000 Peru 84 (5)
Managerial career
2004–2006 Necaxa (assistant)
2007–2008 Coronel Bolognesi
2009–2010 Universitario
2010 Juan Aurich
2011 Sporting Cristal
2012 Cruz Azul (assistant)
2013–2014 Cruz Azul Hidalgo
2014–2017 Melgar
2017–2019 Puebla (assistant)
2019 Real Garcilaso
2019–2020 Puebla
2021–2022 Cruz Azul
2022–2023 Peru
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán (born December 28, 1969, in Lima) is a Peruvian professional manager and former footballer.

He started his playing career in his native Peru where he played for Alianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He made over 230 appearances with Cruz Azul where he served as captain and let the team to a historic treble in the 1996–97 season. He later joined Necaxa and retired in 2004 after making playing over 75 games.

At the international level Reynoso capped for the Peru, with 84 appearances from 1986 to 2000, serving as captain from 1993 to 1999. He represented the team at five Copa America tournaments in 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999. He also captained the team to reach the semi-finals of 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup his final tournament.

Club career

Reynoso playing for Universitario in 1993

Reynoso started his career in Peru, where he played for Alianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He later joined Spanish club Sabadell in 1990, with the club featuring in the Segunda División at the time.[1][2]

In his only season with the Barcelona-based club, he played 14 league matches and returned to Alianza Lima the following year.[1] He stayed with Alianza Lima until 1992 before signing for fellow Peruvian club Universitario in January 1993.[2] In his first season with the club he won his first career title as the club won the Peruvian Primera División in the 1993 season.[1]

In July 1994, he moved to Mexico and joined Liga MX Cruz Azul where he would end up playing for eight years from 1994 to 2002.[1][2] He won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1996 with the club.[3]

During the 1996–97 season he was a key member of the Cruz Azul side that won 1996–97 Copa México after they won by a 2–0 victory over Toros Neza in the final.

In 1997, he captained the club to the Primera División de México Invierno 1997 title ending a 17-year championship drought. Alongside that he led them to retain their CONCACAF Champions' Cup for the 1997 season after Los Angeles Galaxy 5–2 in the final,[3] completing a continental treble, the second time in the club's in history.[4][5] He joined Mexican club Necaxa in 2002. In 2004, he announced his retirement from playing football after almost 20 years of playing.[6][7]

International career

Reynoso obtained 84 international caps for his national team, in which he scored five goals.[8] He made his debut on January 28, 1986, against PR China (1-3), when he was aged sixteen (and 31 days). Reynoso played his last international match for his native country on February 23, 2000, against Colombia (1–2). He served as captain of the side from 1993 to 1999.[9] He featured in five Copa America tournaments namely 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999.

He also captained the team to reach the semi-finals of 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup his final tournament.

Managerial career

Reynoso started his coaching career immediately after retiring at Club Necaxa in 2004 and was appointed as the assistant coach of the club serving under Raúl Arias.[6][7] He played that role until 2006.

Bolognesi

In 2007, he returned to his native Peru and was appointed as the head coach of Coronel Bolognesi. He led the club to their first league title in the history of the club (78 years) by winning the 2007 Torneo Clausura.[10][11]

In 2012, he returned to his former Cruz Azul to serve as the assistant coach to Enrique Meza, the coach who signed him for the club in 1994.[4] He moved on to serve as the head coach of Cruz Azul Hidalgo from 2013 to 2014.[12]

Melgar

Reynoso moved back to his native Peru and signed for Melgar in January 2014. In 2015, he led the club to the 2015 Torneo Clausura and ultimately the 2015 Peruvian Primera División to end their 34-year championship drought.[10] in 2017, he also led the team to the 2017 Torneo de Verano beating UTC via a penalty shootout in the finals after a 2–2 aggregate in the double legged final.[13][14] This resulted in him winning his third league title at the end of his three-year tenure.[12]

Puebla

After his exploits with Melgar, he moved back to Mexico in October 2019 to serve as the assistant coach to Enrique Meza, this time at Liga MX club Puebla.[4][12] After spending two years with as assistant at Puebla, in March 2019, he returned to Peru to serve the head coach of Real Garcilaso, now Cusco FC.

After five months, he returned to Puebla as he had been appointed as their new head coach in August 2019. During the 2020 Liga MX Apertura, he led the club to eliminate reigning champions Monterrey in a penalty shootout to qualify to the quarter-finals.[12] During the quarter-finals, they defeated eventual winners Leon by 2–1 in the first leg, however they were beaten 2–0 by Leon in the second leg of the quarterfinals and were eliminated by 3–2 on aggregate. Following the club's quarterfinal exit from the tournament, he was sacked in December 2020.[15][12] During his tenure he guided Puebla to 14 wins, eight draws and 19 losses.[16] He was later replaced by Nicolás Larcamón.[17]

Cruz Azul

In January 2021, Reynoso was appointed the head coach of his former club Cruz Azul, replacing Luis Armando González who was working in a caretaker role.[18][12][19] He won his four out of his first six matches in charge picking up the 12 points, the highest in a Cruz Azul's manager's debut in the last six years.[20]

On May 31, 2021, he led Cruz Azul in making history by winning the Liga MX when Cruz Azul beat Santos Laguna 2–1 on aggregate in the final to claim the Guardianes 2021 season title. It was the club's ninth in all, but the first in 24 years, ending a title drought for the Los Azules since 1997 when he captained them to win the trophy.[21][4] With the win he also became the club's first foreign-born manager to win the title.[5] He also became the first to win a league title as both a player and a coach for Cruz Azul in the club's history.[22]

On July 18, 2021, Reynoso led Cruz Azul to the 2021 Campeón de Campeones beating León by 2–1 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.[23][24][25] The match was between Liga MX season's Apertura and Clausura champions with León being the Apertura Champion.[26]

On 18 May 2022, Reynoso was dismissed by Cruz Azul.[27]

Peru

On 3 August 2022, Reynoso was presented as the new Head Coach of Peru's national football team, after the successful management of Ricardo Gareca.[citation needed] He left Mexico, and his 1st match would be against Mexico with a 1–0 loss. He would pick up his 1st win with Peru on September 27, 2022, in a 4–1 win against El Salvador.[citation needed] He would then win against Paraguay and Bolivia, both 1-0 just before the Qatar 2022 World Cup.[citation needed]

After failing to gain a win after 6 matches in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), Peru were sitting on 2 points.[citation needed] Reports had come in that Peru were searching for a new Head Coach.[28] On 23 November 2023, Juan Carlos Oblitas would officially state that Reynoso wouldn't resume being the manager of Peru.[29] On 13 December 2023, the Peruvian Football Federation published a statement, confirming Reynoso’s departure.[30]

Career statistics

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Peru[8][1] 1986 3 0
1987 3 0
1988 4 0
1989 16 2
1990 0 0
1991 0 0
1992 1 0
1993 19 1
1994 3 0
1995 1 0
1996 9 2
1997 11 0
1998 2 0
1999 8 0
2000 4 0
Total 84 5

International goals

Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.[8][1]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 July 1989 Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador  Paraguay 2–4 2–5 1989 Copa América
2. 25 July 1989 Estadio Nacional, Santiago  Chile – 1–2 Friendly
3. 27 June 1993 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito  Mexico 2–4 2–4 1993 Copa América
4. 2 June 1996 Estadio Nacional, Lima  Colombia 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 10 November 1996 Estadio Nacional, Lima  Venezuela 1–0 4–1

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Coronel Bolognesi Peru 1 April 2007 23 November 2008 56 21 16 19 037.50
Universitario 23 December 2008 1 July 2010 80 38 23 19 047.50
Juan Aurich 18 August 2010 30 December 2010 17 8 3 6 047.06
Sporting Cristal 20 April 2011 23 November 2011 29 8 10 11 027.59
Cruz Azul Hidalgo Mexico 1 January 2013 31 December 2013 40 9 15 16 022.50
Melgar Peru 8 January 2014 1 October 2017 190 86 52 52 045.26
Real Garcilaso 25 March 2019 20 August 2019 18 9 5 4 050.00
Puebla Mexico 26 August 2019 5 December 2020 46 16 9 21 034.78
Cruz Azul 2 January 2021 18 May 2022 74 36 20 18 048.65
Peru Peru 3 August 2022 22 November 2023 14 4 3 7 028.57
Total 564 235 157 172 041.67

Honours

Player

Universitario de Deportes

Cruz Azul

Manager

Bolognesi

Universitario de Deportes

FBC Melgar

Cruz Azul

Individual

References

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