José Manuel de la Torre

"Chepo" came up through the Chivas youth academies, and was an important player for all the teams he played for. He had a short stint in Europe with Spanish club Real Oviedo, where he played 32 games and scored 8 goals. He became champion with Chivas in the 1986 season defeating Cruz Azul in the Estadio Jalisco. He also played at Puebla, Cruz Azul, Tigres UANL during the 1995–96 season, and Necaxa. De la Torre was also called up for the Mexico national team on various occasions, but unfortunately he was never called for a FIFA World Cup.

International goals

Guadalajara

On December 10, 2006, Guadalajara won their eleventh league championship, making de la Torre the youngest coach to win a championship in the last decade at age 40 years & 27 days, and making Guadalajara the club with the most titles in the Primera División de México (their record would later be surpassed by América in 2014) (then again in 2018).

Toluca

In mid 2008, de la Torre became the coach of Toluca. In the beginning of the season Toluca had a relatively weak start, but improved as the season progressed, finishing with a five-game non-losing streak and taking 13 out of 15 points. They then went on to win the tournament. He won his second championship with Toluca in 2010, defeating Santos in a penalty shoot-out where Toluca came back from a 1–3 deficite to win the penalty shoot out 4–3.

Mexico national team

On October 18, 2010, it was announced that de la Torre would become the new manager of Mexico national team at the end of the 2010 Torneo Apertura. He made his debut as Mexico's manager on February 9, 2011, in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Mexico won 2–0. De la Torre's first tournament as Mexico's manager was the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. His first game of the tournament was on June 8, 2011, against El Salvador which Mexico won 5–0. The Mexican team won all three of their group stage matches. De la Torre's Mexico team would go undefeated throughout the tournament, winning all six of their games and…

Player

Guadalajara

Mexican Primera División: 1986–87 Puebla

Mexican Primera División: 1989–90 Necaxa

Mexican Primera División: Invierno 1998 Individual

Mexican Primera División Best Rookie: 1986–87 Mexican Primera División Best Midfielder: 1989–90

Manager

Guadalajara

Mexican Primera División: Apertura 2006 Toluca

Mexican Primera División: Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010 Mexico

CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2011 Individual

Mexican Primera División Best Manager: Apertura 2006, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010 Tecate Premios Deportes Best Manager: 2009