Mario Carrillo

Personal information
Full name	José Mario Carrillo Zamudio
Date of birth	1 February 1956 (1956-02) (age 68)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mexico
Medal record Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Team competition

José Mario Carrillo Zamudio (born 1 February 1956) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, and a commentator for television sports channel ESPN Deportes. He also assisted head coach Javier Aguirre with the Mexico national team.^[1]

Carrillo has also coached Club Puebla, Club América, and Cruz Azul.^[2]

Playing career

Club

Born in Mexico City, Carrillo played football for Cruz Azul, Atlético Español, Tigres UANL, Deportivo Neza, Oaxtepec, Puebla and Ángeles de Puebla. He was league runner-up with Tigres UANL in 1977–78.^[3]

International

Carrillo played for Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and won a gold medal in football at the 1975 Pan American Games.^[4]

Managerial career

He started coaching on 1 October 1999, with Puebla FC. Later, he worked as an assistant coach for Pumas UNAM, under head coach Hugo Sánchez, becoming champions for two consecutive tournaments. Mario is known for his strong defensive, and fast offensive playing scheme, and always encouraging his players to never give up. He spends long hours studying rivals, hence gaining the nickname of "Capello", in reference to Italian head coach Fabio Capello's skills.

In 2005, Club América won the Mexican Clausura championship under Carrillo management,^[1] that being to date his biggest accomplishment.

Later, Carrillo moved to La Liga of Spain to join Javier Aguirre as an assistant coach of Atlético Madrid.

After the FIFA World Cup of South Africa 2010, he returned to Mexico, to manage Pumas UNAM.

Mexico National Team

He was Assistant Coach of Manuel Lapuente in the Mexico national team during the FIFA World Cup of France, in 1998. He was also invited by Javier Aguirre to be his Assistant Coach in the Mexico national team, for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 project.

Clubs as head coach

Club	Country	Year
Puebla FC	Mexico	1999–2001
América	Mexico	2002
Cruz Azul	Mexico	2003
Puebla FC	Mexico	2003
América	Mexico	2004–2005
Tigres de la UANL	Mexico	2007–2008
Puebla FC	Mexico	2008
UNAM	Mexico	2012

Titles

As head coach

Title	Club	Country	Year
Primera División	América	Mexico	2005
Campeón de Campeones	América	Mexico	2005