Manuel Negrete Arias
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Manuel "Manolo" Negrete Arias (born March 11, 1959 in Ciudad Altamirano
, Guerrero
) is Mexican
coach
and former football
midfielder
, who became famous for scoring one of the most spectacular goals of the 1986 World Cup
. He is currently the manager of Club León
in the Primera Division A.
of Mexico, also known as Pumas. His style of play gave him instant recognition among Mexican soccer fans, with Negrete becoming a household name quickly. After the 1986 World Cup, Negrete continued playing in the Mexican Football League, and then reached the European soccer leagues by joining Sporting Lisbon in Portugal and then moving to Sporting de Gijón
in Spain.
, for which Mexico automatically qualified because it was the event's host country, the Mexican Association Football Federation
chose a very exclusive group of players to represent their country, including Negrete as a member of the national team.
In the 1986 World Cup finals, Negrete participated in five games and scored one goal in the round of 16 against Bulgaria
in the 35th minute, the first of a 2-0 win. The goal has been described as one of the most spectacular in World Cup history by many football fans and journalists. Negrete received a high ball outside the penalty area
, controlled it, let the ball bounce once on the ground and combined with Javier Aguirre
; the latter returned the ball on the first touch, while keeping it on the air, and Negrete shot it on a scissor kick
into the bottom left corner of goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov
. Mexico repeated their best result at a World Cup during that tournament, reaching the quarterfinals for the second time (a feat they accomplished first at the 1970 World Cup, also hosted by Mexico).
| 1. || August 16, 1984 || Helsinki Olympic Stadium
, Helsinki
, Finland
|| || 3–0 || 3–0 || Friendly
|-
| 2. || March 1, 1984 || Puskás Ferenc Stadion
, Budapest
, Hungary
|| || 1–0 || 2–0|| Friendly
|-
| 3. || September 18, 1984 || Estadio Universitario
, San Nicolás
, Mexico
|| || 1–1 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 4. || November 11, 1984 || National Stadium
, Port of Spain
, Trinidad and Tobago
|| || 1–0 || 2–0 || Friendly
|-
| 5. || February 5, 1985 || Estadio La Corregidora
, Querétaro, Mexico || || 2–0 || 5–0 || Friendly
|-
| 6. || February 5, 1985 || Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico || || 5–0 || 5–0 || Friendly
|-
| 7. || June 15, 1985 || Estadio Azteca
, Mexico City
, Mexico || || 1–0 || 2–0 || Azteca Cup
|-
| 8. || October 11, 1985 || March 28 Stadium
, Benghazi
, Libya
|| || 1–1 || 1–3 || Friendly
|-
| 9. || December 7, 1985 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City , Mexico || || 1–0 || 2–0 || 1985 Mexico Cup
|-
| 10. || March 6, 1986 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
, Los Angeles
, United States
|| || 1–0 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 11. || June 15, 1986 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || || 1–0 || 2–0 || 1986 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 12. || February 21, 1989 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 2–1 || 1989 Friendship Cup
|}
as an assistant coach. He became head coach after the firing/resignation of Mario Alberto Garcia
.
Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero
Ciudad Altamirano is a city in the "Tierra Caliente/Hot Land" region of the Mexican state of Guerrero...
, Guerrero
Guerrero
Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....
) is Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
and former football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, who became famous for scoring one of the most spectacular goals of the 1986 World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...
. He is currently the manager of Club León
Club León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...
in the Primera Division A.
Club career
Negrete became a professional football player in 1980 with Club Universidad NacionalClub Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...
of Mexico, also known as Pumas. His style of play gave him instant recognition among Mexican soccer fans, with Negrete becoming a household name quickly. After the 1986 World Cup, Negrete continued playing in the Mexican Football League, and then reached the European soccer leagues by joining Sporting Lisbon in Portugal and then moving to Sporting de Gijón
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division....
in Spain.
National team
Determined to post a much better result at the 1986 FIFA World Cup1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...
, for which Mexico automatically qualified because it was the event's host country, the Mexican Association Football Federation
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
The Mexican Federation of Football is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican league and all affiliated amateur sectors, and is in charge of promoting, organizing, directing, spreading, and supervising competitive football in Mexico...
chose a very exclusive group of players to represent their country, including Negrete as a member of the national team.
In the 1986 World Cup finals, Negrete participated in five games and scored one goal in the round of 16 against Bulgaria
Bulgaria national football team
The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...
in the 35th minute, the first of a 2-0 win. The goal has been described as one of the most spectacular in World Cup history by many football fans and journalists. Negrete received a high ball outside the penalty area
Penalty area
The penalty area , is an area of an association football pitch. It is rectangular and extends to each side of the goal and in front of it. Within the penalty area is the penalty spot , which is from the goal line, directly in-line with the centre of the goal...
, controlled it, let the ball bounce once on the ground and combined with Javier Aguirre
Javier Aguirre
Javier Aguirre Onaindía , popularly nicknamed El Vasco , is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He was also a member of the Mexico national team and later became manager in two different occasions, but resigned after the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
; the latter returned the ball on the first touch, while keeping it on the air, and Negrete shot it on a scissor kick
Scissor kick
Scissor kick may refer to:* Scissor kick , a move in martial arts and wrestling* Bicycle kick, a move in football* A leg movement used in swimming, such as in the sidestroke* A vulgar term for Tribadism...
into the bottom left corner of goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov
Borislav Mikhailov
Borislav Biserov Mihaylov is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper and currently President of Bulgarian Football Union, member of the executive committee of UEFA....
. Mexico repeated their best result at a World Cup during that tournament, reaching the quarterfinals for the second time (a feat they accomplished first at the 1970 World Cup, also hosted by Mexico).
International goals
|-| 1. || August 16, 1984 || Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
|| || 3–0 || 3–0 || Friendly
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
|-
| 2. || March 1, 1984 || Puskás Ferenc Stadion
Stadium Puskás Ferenc
Ferenc Puskás Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated on the Pest side of the capital between the Stadionok and the Keleti Palyaudvar metro stations. It is currently used mainly for football matches. The stadium is going to be demolished sometime in 2012 and...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
|| || 1–0 || 2–0|| Friendly
|-
| 3. || September 18, 1984 || Estadio Universitario
Estadio Universitario
The Estadio Universitario – nicknamed El Volcán is a stadium property of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, located in its premises in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León in Mexico.-Sports:...
, San Nicolás
San Nicolás de los Garza
San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It has become primarily a city for residencies and family houses, although it still has several factories that...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
|| || 1–1 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 4. || November 11, 1984 || National Stadium
Hasely Crawford Stadium
The Hasely Crawford Stadium, located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is named after Hasely Crawford, the first person from Trinidad and Tobago to win an Olympic gold medal. Originally built as the National Stadium in 1980, the stadium was re-named to honour Crawford in 2001. The stadium...
, Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
|| || 1–0 || 2–0 || Friendly
|-
| 5. || February 5, 1985 || Estadio La Corregidora
Estadio La Corregidora
Estadio Corregidora is a stadium in Querétaro, Mexico. Named for Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez , has a capacity of 34,130 and is located on the outskirts of the city of Queretaro, north Mexico City. This venue is used mostly for football games...
, Querétaro, Mexico || || 2–0 || 5–0 || Friendly
|-
| 6. || February 5, 1985 || Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico || || 5–0 || 5–0 || Friendly
|-
| 7. || June 15, 1985 || Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
, 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...
, Mexico || || 1–0 || 2–0 || Azteca Cup
|-
| 8. || October 11, 1985 || March 28 Stadium
March 28 Stadium
March 28 Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Benghazi, Libya. It is a part of Benghazi Sports City. It was used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. The stadium holds 65,000...
, Benghazi
Benghazi
Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
, Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
|| || 1–1 || 1–3 || Friendly
|-
| 9. || December 7, 1985 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City , Mexico || || 1–0 || 2–0 || 1985 Mexico Cup
|-
| 10. || March 6, 1986 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|| || 1–0 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 11. || June 15, 1986 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || || 1–0 || 2–0 || 1986 FIFA World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...
|-
| 12. || February 21, 1989 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 2–1 || 1989 Friendship Cup
|}
Post-playing career
Negrete has led a more quiet life in Mexico since he retired from playing. He worked as coach of the UNAM Pumas youth teams, and later went to Club LeónClub León
Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...
as an assistant coach. He became head coach after the firing/resignation of Mario Alberto Garcia
Mario Alberto García
Mario Alberto García is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for the Belgian Third Division A club Racing Mechelen.-K.R.C. Mechelen:Racing Mechelen signed García along with 7 other Mexican players in order for them to get out of Belgian Third Division A and into Jupiler League.-External...
.