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Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football (soccer) club based in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. Club Universidad represents the National Autonomous University of Mexico

National Autonomous University of Mexico

The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...

(UNAM), the largest university in Mexico, and plays their home matches at Olímpico Universitario

Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico. This stadium has a capacity of 63,186 . During the 50s and the 60s this stadium was used mostly for college American football matches...

Stadium, located on UNAM's main campus

Ciudad Universitaria

Ciudad Universitaria , Mexico, is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoacán borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, it encloses the Olympic Stadium, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central...

.

Universidad is one of the most popular clubs in Mexico. They have won seven Primera División

Primera División de México

The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

championships and four international titles. The team is also known for their youth development system which has produced international players such as Enrique Borja

Enrique Borja

Enrique David Borja García is a Mexican football striker who played 65 games for the Mexico national team between 1966 and 1975, scoring 31 goals.Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970....

, Hugo Sánchez

Hugo Sánchez

Hugo Sánchez Márquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. Sanchez is considered the first highly talented Mexican player. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...

, Claudio Suárez

Claudio Suárez

Luis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....

, Alberto Garcia Aspe

Alberto García Aspe

Alberto García Aspe Mena is a retired Mexican football midfielder. He is one of the all-time appearance leaders for the Mexican national team. He has also participated in 109 matches, scoring a total 21 goals...

, Jorge Campos, Manuel Negrete

Manuel Negrete Arias

Manuel "Manolo" Negrete Arias is Mexican coach and former football midfielder, who became famous for scoring one of the most spectacular goals of the 1986 World Cup...

, Luis Flores

Luis Flores

Luis Alberto Flores is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 2 in and 205 lb guard. He grew up in the United States, in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, and attended Norman Thomas High School...

, Gerardo Torrado

Gerardo Torrado

Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla is an international Mexican football player, currently playing as a midfielder for Cruz Azul and is captain of the team. He is known as "El Borrego" for his bushy-like hair...

, Luis García, Braulio Luna

Braulio Luna

Braulio Luna Guzmán is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Tecos in the Primera División de México....

, Israel Castro

Israel Castro

Israel Castro Macías is a Mexican football player currently playing midfield for Cruz Azul. He also plays for the Mexico national football team.-Pumas UNAM:He currently plays as a defender for Cruz Azul, a Mexico City...

, Francisco Fonseca

Francisco Fonseca

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...

, Rafael Márquez Lugo

Rafael Márquez Lugo

This article is about the Mexican footballer who currently plays for Morelia. For the New York Red Bulls defender, please see Rafael Márquez Álvarez. For the Mexican boxer, see Rafael Márquez ....

, Efraín Juárez

Efrain Juárez

Efraín Juárez Valdez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as a right back for La Liga club Real Zaragoza on loan from Celtic, and the Mexico national team.-Club Universidad Nacional:...

, Héctor Alfredo Moreno, and Pablo Barrera

Pablo Barrera

Pablo Edson Barrera Acosta is a Mexican footballer who plays as a winger or outside forward for La Liga side Real Zaragoza, on loan from West Ham United...

Los Pumas

Club Universidad Nacional was originally an amateur club affiliated with UNAM, although the relationship with the university no longer exists. Since its founding, the UNAMitas have evolved into one of the most popular Mexican teams and have gained an international following.

The team's blue and gold colors were selected as a tribute to the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

, whose football coaches helped to develop an American-style football team at the university. The nickname was inspired by Roberto 'Tapatio' Mendez, who coached the team from 1946–1964 and whose motivational speeches often compared his players to pumas. The nickname stuck with the public, and ever since all the athletes representing the University have been called Pumas.

Their home ground is the Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Estadio Olímpico Universitario

, which was the setting for the 1968 Summer Olympics

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. It has a capacity for 62,700 fans and is within the University, allowing it to be very close to its main supporters, the students. The Pumas also have training facilities within the University but their main complex is the Cantera

Cantera

Cantera, literally meaning "quarry" in Spanish, is a term used in Spain to refer to youth academies and farm teams organized by sports clubs. It is also used to refer to the geographical area that clubs recruit players from. The term is widely used in football but is also applied to other sports...

, located near the University.

The early days: 1930s and '40s

In the first decades of the 20th century, the most popular sport among the UNAM

National Autonomous University of Mexico

student body was American football , although association football (soccer) was becoming a stronger presence on campus. In 1927, the dean of the University, Luis Chico Goerne, made the first attempt to affiliate a representative of UNAM

Unam

UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...

to the top football Mexican championship of the day, by filing a petition to join the Liga Mayor de Fútbol Professional del Distrito Federal. The petition was rejected in favor of Club Marte de Morelos.

By the 1940s, the dean Gustavo Baz Prada assigned the task to prepare the UNAM representative to Rodolfo "Butch" Muñoz, then player of Club España

Club España

Club España was an American soccer team which won the National Challenge Cup in 1987. The team also won the 1985 National Amateur Cup. The team ceased operations in 1987 when head coach, Hugo Berly, and most of the players, moved to the newly formed Washington Diplomats....

. The new manager formed its new team with members of the student body of the many schools and faculties of the university. The UNAM representative joined many university tournaments, with successful results, and "Butch" Muñoz went on to manage the team for 13 years. This prepared the team to complete their later transition to professional status.

Establishment: 1950s

In August 1954, the Club Universidad was accepted as a member of the Segunda División, in those days the second tier division of professional football in Mexico. This achievement was accomplished with the support of the dean Nabor Carrillo and Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez Sr., a benefactor of the club. Aguilar Alvarez was appointed by the dean as the chairman of the club.

On September 12, 1954 UNAM

Unam

played its first professional game, an away match against CF Monterrey. The transition was not easy after only three years; Club Universidad requested a special permit to leave the Segunda División for a year while they underwent a rebuilding process. The process was completed within the year, Hector Ortiz

Hector Ortiz

Hector Ortiz may refer to:* Héctor Ortiz , Puerto Rican baseball player* Héctor Ortíz , Paraguayan football referee* Héctor Ortiz Ortiz , Mexican politician...

was appointed as the new manager of the club, and a Board of Patrons was formed.

The Promotion: 1960s

After eight years in the Segunda División, UNAM finally achieved its objective and won promotion to the Primera División. Club Universidad won the promotion on January 9, 1962 by defeating Club Cataluña de Torreón by a score of 5–1 in Ciudad Universitaria. At the end of the game the celebration was moved from the stands to the pitch when the fans invaded the field to congratulate their heroes, and carried the players on the shoulders. this was the first step towards the consolidation of the club.

The following day, the team was received and congratulated by the dean Ignacio Chávez.
Octavio Vial, the manager that led the team to win the promotion, and the players; Homero Villar, Raúl Chanes, José Antonio "La Espátula" Rodríguez, Alfredo Echávarri, José Ruiz, Carlos Gutierrez, Alfredo "Tito" Zenteno, José Luis "El Chango" Ledezma, Antonio Sámano, Jorge Gaitán, Guillermo Vázquez Sr., Lorenzo García, Carlos Calderón de la Barca, Manuel "Manolo" Rodríguez, Edmundo "El Poli" Pérez, and Gustavo "El Gato" Cuenca became important characters in the history of the club.

Once the team had established itself in the first division, the Board of Patrons took one of the most important decisions in the history of the club, deciding to create a modern youth system to develop new generations of players.

The legend begins: 1970s

After two years under the management of Alfonso 'El Pescado' Portugal, the Spaniard Ángel Zubieta took the reins of the team. In doing so, he opened the door to foreign reinforcements, but he also gave continuity to the tradition of the club of employing players that had been trained in its youth system.

The first half of the decade was marked by the arrival of three of the most important foreign players in the history of the club; the Peruvian Juan José Muñante

Juan José Muñante

Juan José Muñante López is a former Peruvian footballer. He played in a right winger role.-Biography:Nicknamed The Jet in Peru and The Cobra in Mexico...

, the Serbian Velibor "Bora" Milutinović, and Evanivaldo Castro "Cabinho". They arrived to join a solid base of Mexican players such as Miguel Mejía Barón

Miguel Mejía Baron

Miguel Mejía Barón is a Mexican football manager.He coached Mexico at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-Teams a coach:*1988-1991: UNAM Pumas*1991-1992: Monterrey*1993-1995: Mexico national football team*1996-1998: Atlante...

, Héctor Sanabria, Arturo Vázquez Ayala, José Luis "Pareja" López, and Leonardo Cuellar

Leonardo Cuéllar

Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera is a retired Mexican football player. He is currently the Head Coach of the Mexico national women's team. As a player, Cuéllar played for Pumas and Atletas Campesinos in Mexico. He also played in the NASL between 1979 and 1984 for the San Diego Sockers, San Jose Earthquakes...

. In the second half of the decade those same players would give the club its first titles in the top division.

In 1975 the club adopted a new administration consisting of an independent civil association that helped the University to support the club. In the 74–75 season, Universidad won the Copa México

Copa México

The Copa México was a Mexican football cup competition that existed from 1907 to 1997. It consisted of both professional and amateur stages. It was the first official tournament that included teams from different parts of Mexico, and it was an important and prestigious tournament, especially during...

and the Campeón de Campeones

Campeón de Campeones

Campeón de Campeones was an annual Mexican association football competition -as well as the name of the trophy given to its winner-, initiated in 1942 as a contest between each year's Mexican First Division league winner and its Mexican Cup counterpart, and then reformatted in 2001 as a yearly...

. In the 76–77 season, Club Universidad became league champion for the first time in its history. That championship was followed by two sub championships. The culmination of a successful decade for Club Universidad came with the debut of Hugo Sánchez

Hugo Sánchez

Consolidation: 1980s

In the 1980–81 season, Universidad won its second league championship. That season was also the last season Hugo Sánchez played for the club. In the following season, the Pumas won the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

Championship and the Interamerican Cup.

This decade also marked the national recognition of the work performed by the club, and the revolutionary and dynamic style of play that helped Mexican football overall. For the 1986 FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

, the Mexican Football Federation appointed the manager of Universidad, "Bora" Milutinović as the manager of the Mexico national football team

Mexico national football team

The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...

. Milutinović called numerous Pumas and former Pumas to the nation team, including Hugo Sánchez, Félix Cruz Barbosa, Rafael Amador, Raúl Servín, Miguel España, Manuel Negrete

Manuel Negrete

Manuel Negrete may refer to:*Manuel Negrete Arias, Mexican football player*Manuel Negrete , Chilean individual that was allegedly killed by Armed Forces...

and Luis Flores

Luis Flores (footballer)

Luis Enrique Flores Ocaranza was a football player, and a former striker who played for the Mexican national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup being held in Mexico...

. This generation of players gave great satisfactions not only to the followers of Pumas, but also to the Mexican football fans.

Ups and downs: 1990s

This decade began with one of the most celebrated championships in club history, the 1990–91 League Championship against arch-rivals Club América

Club América

Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

. A new generation of players arrived, including Luis García, Jorge Campos, Claudio Suárez

Claudio Suárez

Luis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....

, Antonio Sancho

Antonio Sancho

Antonio Sancho Sánchez is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder and captain of Tigres UANL. He was also captain of Club Universidad Nacional.-Career:...

, Israel López, Braulio Luna

Braulio Luna

Braulio Luna Guzmán is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Tecos in the Primera División de México....

, Rafael García

Rafael García

Rafael García is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Super Caló. García is a long-time mainstay of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , but is perhaps best known outside of Mexico for his stint in World Championship Wrestling during the 1990s.-Professional...

, Jaime Lozano

Jaime Lozano

Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín is a Mexican football player currently playing for Morelia in the Mexican First Division. In Tigres, he played in the midfielder position with the number 21. However, at Cruz Azul he was employed as more of a defensive wingback...

, and Gerardo Torrado

Gerardo Torrado

. This decade is, however, considered as one of the least successful in terms of championships and development of players. Towards the end of the decade, Hugo Sánchez became manager of the club for the first time.

Success: 2000s

In 2004, Sánchez led the Pumas to their first championship in thirteen years. The Pumas were able to retain the championship later that year, becoming the first team since the Mexican league was split into two seasons to win back-to-back championships. As of 2010, they remain the only team to achieve this feat. Along with two domestic titles, the Pumas were also able to win both the Campeon de Campeones and the Santiago Bernabeu trophy

Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu

The Santiago Bernabéu Trophy or Santiago Bernabéu Cup is dedicated to the memory of long-time Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabéu. It is a friendly tournament organised each year by Real Madrid at the beginning of the season, somewhere around the end of August or the beginning of...

, defeating Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

in the latter, becoming, as of 2010, the only non-European team to win the cup in Real Madrid's stadium.

In 2005, the Pumas reached the Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

final, where they lost to Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

in a penalty shoot out. Domestically, the Pumas struggled after their 2004 success and, by 2006, were facing the threat of relegation. Tuca Ferretti

Ricardo Ferretti

Ricardo Ferretti de Oliveira, commonly known as Tuca, is a football coach, who has coached Pumas UNAM, Chivas, UANL Tigres, Toluca, and Morelia He played with Atlas. He is nicknamed "El Tuca", and is known for his aggressive style on the bench.After retiring as a player, Ferretti started to work...

was appointed as manager that year in an effort to lead Pumas away from the relegation zone. The stability and discipline that Ferretti brought to the team paid off as the Pumas climbed out of the relegation zone and reached a final in 2007 against Atlante, which they lost 2–1 on aggregate. In 2009, Ferretti once again led the Pumas to a final, this time being victorious against Pachuca in extra time to claim the team's sixth championship. In 2011, Pumas became champions of Clausura 2011 tournament, winning their seventh championship against Monarcas Morelia.

Rivalries

Universidad has strong rivalries with Club América

Club América

Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

and Cruz Azul. These games are passionate and followed by the whole city. There is also a more recent rivalry with Guadalajara.

UNAM vs. América

The rivalry with Club América

Club América

Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

, compared to the others, is quite old and began during the '60s, when Universidad won its promotion. The mere fact that both clubs are located in Mexico City

Mexico City

generated the right atmosphere to see a rivalry born and grow. A few years later América bought UNAM idol Enrique Borja

Enrique Borja

Enrique David Borja García is a Mexican football striker who played 65 games for the Mexico national team between 1966 and 1975, scoring 31 goals.Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970....

, even though the player had made a public statement that he did not want to be sold to América. In the '80s the rivalry grew when América defeated Universidad twice in the league finals, always with controversial refereeing decisions. The '90s began with a "victory" of the Pumas over their rivals in the league finals, although it was actually a tie; the first leg was lost 3–2, and only the second leg was a 1–0 win. The aggregate score was 3–3, but UNAM scored two goals as the visiting team, giving them the edge. A new generation of players from the youth system grew up hating their adversaries; this decade is also marked by the birth of Las Barras, who supported both sides but had a much longer background story of rivalry. This rivalry is often referred to as the most violent of the country, with security measures exceeding those of any other game.

UNAM vs. Cruz Azul

The rivalry with Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

comes out of the fact that both clubs are located in Mexico City

Mexico City

, and they have played two league finals against each other as well as many other important matches.

UNAM vs. Guadalajara

The rivalry with the Chivas originated recently when Jorge Vergara

Jorge Vergara

Jorge Vergara is a Mexican businessman and film producer. He's the founder of Grupo Omnilife, one of the top 200 corporations in Mexico. Grupo Omnilife owns the football clubs: Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico, C.D...

mocked the Pumas after a defeat. The rivalry later intensified when the Pumas and Chivas faced off in the 2004 final, with Universidad Nacional being victorious. In 2005, the Mexican rock group Molotov

Molotov (band)

Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...

composed the song "Me Vale Vergara", ridiculing the owner of the Chivas and proclaiming the band's allegiance to Universidad.

Past kits

First kit evolution

Honours

Domestic tournaments

Primera División de México
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

: 7

1976-77, 1980–81, 1990–91, Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011

Segunda División de México: 1

1961-62

Copa México
Copa México
The Copa México was a Mexican football cup competition that existed from 1907 to 1997. It consisted of both professional and amateur stages. It was the first official tournament that included teams from different parts of Mexico, and it was an important and prestigious tournament, especially during...

: 1

1974-75

Campeón de Campeones
Campeón de Campeones
Campeón de Campeones was an annual Mexican association football competition -as well as the name of the trophy given to its winner-, initiated in 1942 as a contest between each year's Mexican First Division league winner and its Mexican Cup counterpart, and then reformatted in 2001 as a yearly...

: 2

1975, 2004

International tournaments

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 3

1980, 1982, 1989

Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...

: 1

1981

Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

: 0

Runner-up: 2005

Copa Sudamericana 2005

The 2005 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes was international football cup competition played annually by clubs of CONMEBOL and, starting with this edition, invited teams from CONCACAF...

Friendly Tournaments

Copa Universidades de América: 1

2000

Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu
Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu
The Santiago Bernabéu Trophy or Santiago Bernabéu Cup is dedicated to the memory of long-time Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabéu. It is a friendly tournament organised each year by Real Madrid at the beginning of the season, somewhere around the end of August or the beginning of...

: 1

2004

Copa Chiapas: 1

2008

Best games (national):

National 9–0 vs U.A.G. May 16, 1976

Apertura 2007: 8–0 vs Veracruz

Apertura 2002: 7–1 vs (Guadalajara)

Best games (international):

Best International score: 5–0 vs

DC United April 2005.

CONCACAF Champions League: 6–1 vs

Marathón March 2010.

Best position in the "Tabla General": 1
Worst position in the "Tabla General": 19th (last) during winter 2001

Current squad

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2011.

Notable former players

Mario Álvarez Martín Bravo

Martín Bravo

Martín "Tin" Ivan Bravo is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Pumas de la UNAM.After a slow start to his career with his home town club Colón de Santa Fe In 2007 he joined San Martín de San Juan on loan where he established himself as a first team player and a regular goalscorer...

Bruno Marioni

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Víctor Muller

Victor Muller

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Rubens Sambueza

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Ignacio Scocco

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Esteban Solari

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Aílton

José Aílton da Silva

José Aílton da Silva or simply Aílton , is a Mexican-Brazilian left-sided attacking midfielder for Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Primera División A of Mexico.-Career:...

Cabinho

Evanivaldo Castro

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Candido

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Jose Damasceno

José Damasceno

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Leandro Augusto

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Ricardo Ferretti

Joaquín Botero

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Osvaldo Castro

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Agustín Delgado

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Bernd Schuster

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Pablo Barrera

Pablo Edson Barrera Acosta is a Mexican footballer who plays as a winger or outside forward for La Liga side Real Zaragoza, on loan from West Ham United...

Joaquín Beltrán

Joaquin Beltran

Joaquín Beltrán Vargas is a Mexican professional football defender, currently will play for Querétaro FC.Beltran has spent most of his career with Pumas UNAM...

Sergio Bernal

Sergio Arturo Bernal Hernández is a retired Mexican football player.He currently played as a goalkeeper for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas in 1988 from the UNAM Fuerzas Basicas...

Enrique Borja

Enrique David Borja García is a Mexican football striker who played 65 games for the Mexico national team between 1966 and 1975, scoring 31 goals.Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970....

Jorge Campos Israel Castro

Israel Castro

Horacio Cervantes

Horacio Javier Cervantes Chávez is a Mexican football player who plays as a defender for Pachuca. His brother Diego Alberto Cervantes plays for Puebla FC.-External links:...

Leonardo Cuellar

Leonardo Cuéllar

Antonio de Nigris

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Joaquín del Olmo

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Miguel España Luis Flores

Luis Flores (footballer)

Luis Enrique Flores Ocaranza was a football player, and a former striker who played for the Mexican national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup being held in Mexico...

Francisco Fonseca

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...

Gerardo Galindo

Gerardo Gabriel Galindo Martínez , in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico is a professional footballer. He currently plays as a left defensive midfielder for Tijuana in the Liga de ascenso.-Career:...

Alberto García Aspe

Luis García Postigo Rafael García Torres

Rafael García Torres

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Ignacio González

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Efraín Juárez

Efrain Juárez

Efraín Juárez Valdez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as a right back for La Liga club Real Zaragoza on loan from Celtic, and the Mexico national team.-Club Universidad Nacional:...

Israel López

Israel López Hernández is a Mexican football player who plays for Querétaro FC.His former clubs include UNAM Pumas, Chivas de Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul, he has also played at international levelfor Mexico....

José Luis López Pareja López

José Luis López

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Enrique López Zarza

Enrique López Zarza , is a Mexican football manager and former striker. He is currently the manager of Pumas Morelos.-External links:*...

Jaime Lozano

Braulio Luna

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Rafael Márquez Lugo

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Miguel Mejía Barón

Miguel Mejía Baron

Hector Moreno Manuel Negrete Arias

Manuel Negrete Arias

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José Antonio Noriega

José Antonio Noriega known as El Tato Noriega is a former Mexican footballer who played 14 years for various clubs in the Primera División de México. Noriega played with seven different clubs in Mexico, his most years coming with Monterrey. Noriega played for the Mexico national football team in...

Jesús Olalde

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Aarón Padilla

Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez

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David Patiño Gonzalo Pineda

Gonzalo Pineda

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Jesús Ramírez

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Juan de Dios Ramírez Adolfo Ríos

Adolfo Ríos

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Hugo Sánchez

Antonio Sancho

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Raúl Servín

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Manuel Sol

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Claudio Suárez

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Gerardo Torrado

Mariano Trujillo

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Arturo Vázquez Ayala

Arturo Vázquez Ayala is a retired Mexican footballer.During his club career he played for UNAM Pumas. He scored 1 goal for the Mexico national football team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.-External links:*...

Juan Francisco Palencia Juan José Muñante

Juan José Muñante

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Bora Milutinović Mike Sorber

Guillermo Vázquez Herrera

Guillermo Vázquez

Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez Herrera is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He is currently the manager of Pumas UNAM.-Playing career:...

Diego Alonso

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Álvaro González

Álvaro Fabián González

Álvaro Fabián González Pintos is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Danubio F.C. in the Uruguayan Primera División.-Club career:...

Rodrigo Lemos

Rodrigo Lemos is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Centro Deportivo Social Liverpool, a semi-amateur team from Canelones, Uruguay.-Club career:...

Sebastián Taborda

Sebastián Taborda Ramos is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Club Atlético River Plate in the Uruguayan Primera División, as a centre forward.-Club career:...

Notable trainers

Renato Cesarini

Renato Cesarini was an Italian Argentine football player and coach, who also played for Juventus in Italy...

Jorge Marik

Mexico Velibor Milutinović (Bora) Miguel Mejía Barón

Miguel Mejía Baron

(El Doctor) Mario Velarde

Mario Velarde

Mario Velarde Velázquez is a former Mexican football midfielder, who played for the Mexico national team between 1962 and 1972. He was part of the Mexico squad for the 1962 and 1970 world cups....

Hector Sanabria (El Capi) Hugo Sánchez

Hugo Sánchez

(El Niño De Oro, El Pentapichichi, El Macho)

Mexico Ricardo Ferretti

Ricardo Ferretti

(El Tuca) Guillermo Vázquez

Guillermo Vázquez

Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez Herrera is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He is currently the manager of Pumas UNAM.-Playing career:...

Jr. (Memo Vazquez)

External links

Pumas official website UNAM official website

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