Alberto Coyote

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Coyote and the second or maternal family name is Tapia.
Alberto Coyote
Personal information
Full name Héctor Alberto Coyote Tapia
Date of birth (1967-03-26) March 26, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 León 58 (5)
1993–2001 Guadalajara 259 (9)
2001–2002 Atlante 30 (0)
International career
1992–2001 Mexico 54 (0)
Managerial career
2011 Oro
2011–2012 Guadalajara Reserves and Academy
2012–2013 San Luis (Assistant)
2013–2014 Unión de Curtidores
2014–2016 Querétaro Premier
2016 Querétaro (Assistant)
2016–2017 Cimarrones (Assistant)
2017–2018 Guadalajara Reserves and Academy
2019 Guadalajara (Assistant)
2019 Guadalajara (interim)
2019 Guadalajara Reserves and Academy
2019–2020 Guadalajara (Assistant)
2020–2021 Tapatío
2022 Guadalajara Reserves and Academy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Alberto Coyote Tapia (born 26 March 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of Liga de Expansión MX club Tapatío.[1]

As a player, he obtained 54 caps for the Mexico national team between 1992 and 2001, and was a squad member at the 1995 Copa América. He made his international debut on 26 July 1992.[2]

Club career

He began his career with León in 1990, quickly winning a place in the lineup and starting 42 matches as the club won the championship in the 1991–92 season.[3] Coyote is most remembered for his eight years at C.D. Guadalajara, where he spent the prime seasons of his career. A hard-working defensive midfielder with an effective short passing touch, he played for five years alongside his more renowned club and international teammate Ramón Ramírez. This skillful central midfield duo helped Chivas to the Verano 1997 championship, after which Coyote was honored as the league's player of the season.[4] After leaving Guadalajara in 2001, he ended his top-flight Mexican career with Atlante F.C. in 2002.

International career

Although Coyote appeared in the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup[5] and 1995 Copa América,[6] his international career reached its height in 1996 and 1997, when Mexico was under the management of Bora Milutinovic. There, he formed an aging but clever midfield trio with Alberto García Aspe and Benjamín Galindo, while his club teammate Ramírez played at left back. Although he played in thirteen of Mexico's sixteen qualifiers, Coyote missed out on the 1998 FIFA World Cup after the appointment of Manuel Lapuente in late 1997. Coyote was one of four regular starters in the qualifiers, all of them aged 30 or above, to be dropped from the team upon Lapuente's appointment. He was recalled by Enrique Meza in 2000 and earned five more caps. Coyote's last international appearance came at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament against Australia on 30 May 2001.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Comunicado oficial". Chivas de Corazón (in Spanish). C.D. Guadalajara. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ Owsiański, Jaroslaw. "International Matches 1992 - North and Central America and Caribbean". RSSSF, February 2, 2005. Retrieved on January 19, 2013.
  3. ^ MedioTiempo. "Alberto Coyote - Atlante" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on January 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Castro Serna, Emmanuel. "Mexico - Citlalli - Mexican League Awards". RSSSF, October 22, 2003. Retrieved on January 19, 2013.
  5. ^ Bobrowsky, Josef. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details" Archived 2004-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF, October 22, 2001. Retrieved on January 19, 2013.
  6. ^ Tabeira, Martín. "Copa América 1995". RSSSF, March 25, 2011. Retrieved on January 19, 2013.
  7. ^ FIFA. "FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001 Match Report - Mexico - Australia 0:2" Archived 2007-11-27 at archive.today. May 30, 2001. Retrieved on January 19, 2013.