Luis Fernando Tena

Born on January 20, 1958 in Mexico City, Luis Fernando Tena Garduño is a Mexican former professional football player and former head coach of Club Deportivo Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most legendary teams. Luis Fernando played professional football for 12 years, starting in 1976 with Atlético Español (now Club Necaxa) and ending his career with Atlante Fútbol Club where he hung his boots in 1988. In between those years - from 1983 to 1986 - he also played for Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Chivas. Following his retirement, his first coaching stint with the Mexican football league, Liga MX, was with Cruz Azul in 1994. Three years later he led the team to win the 1997 winter league title. Another league title came in the winter of 2000, but this time Luis Fernando was the head coach for another Liga MX team - Club Atlético Morelia. His greatest accomplishment as a head coach was leading the Mexican national football team to win a gold medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He has also coached other Liga MX teams, including Santos, Chiapas, América, León and Querétaro. Luis Fernando was kept as Chivas' head coach for the Clausura 2020 tournament because he helped the team improve during the previous season. But Chivas fell on hard times with a string of embarrassing losses that derailed their 2020 season. After resuming the Mexican league due to the global Coronavirus pandemic that halted all mass sporting leagues and events, a bad start in the Liga MX Guard1anes 2020 tournament ended Luis Fernando's head coaching gig with Chivas. On November 28, 2020, he officially became the head coach of Fútbol Club Juárez, but his short stint with Bravos came to an end on March 15, 2021.