Ignacio Ambríz

Marcos Ignacio "Nacho" Ambríz Espinoza (born 7 February 1965) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of Liga MX club León.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ambríz and the second or maternal family name is Espinoza.
Ignacio Ambriz
Ambríz as América's manager in 2016
Personal information
Full name Marcos Ignacio Ambríz Espinoza
Date of birth (1965-02-07) 7 February 1965
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 León (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Necaxa 33 (0)
1986–1987 Petroleros
1987–1989 León
1989–1996 Necaxa 193 (16)
1996–1997 Atlante 22 (3)
1998 Puebla 19 (0)
1998 Celaya 7 (0)
1999–2001 Necaxa 57 (1)
Total 331 (20)
National team
1992–1995 Mexico 64 (5)
Teams managed
2002 Mexico (assistant)
2002–2003 Puebla
2003–2006 Osasuna (assistant)
2006–2009 Atlético Madrid (assistant)
2009–2011 San Luis
2012 Guadalajara
2013–2015 Querétaro
2015–2016 América
2017–2018 Necaxa
2018– León
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Ambríz had three spells with Club Necaxa, and was part of two championship-winning seasons in 1994–95 and 1995–96.

He earned 64 caps and scored 6 goals for the Mexico national team between 1992 and 1995,[1] and captained the squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in all four games. Ambríz also formed part of the national squad that won the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Managerial career

Following his retirement from the playing field, Ambríz began his coaching career in 2002 with the Mexico national team, where he was the assistant to Javier Aguirre, taking part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[2] Following his participation with the national team, he joined Puebla, managing only seven matches. In 2003, he was once again the assistant to Javier Aguirre at Spanish clubs Osasuna and Atlético de Madrid. They parted company when Aguirre was sacked from the Madrid position in 2009.[3] He also had spells with San Luis – from 2009 to 2011 – and Guadalajara in 2012, only in charge for twelve matches.[4]

On 4 February 2013 Adolfo Ríos, President of Querétaro, announced Ambríz as their new manager after the club sacked Sergio Bueno after a 3–0 loss to Club América at Estadio Azteca. He managed the club up until February 2015, where Ambríz was sacked after a string of bad results during the Clausura tournament.[5]

On 26 May 2015, Ambríz was confirmed as the new manager at Club América, signing a two-year contract.[6] He led América to a disappointing run at the FIFA Club World Cup, losing the quarter-final match to Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande, and defeating Congolese club TP Mazembe to claim a fifth place finish in the competition.[7] The following year, Ambríz led América to the CONCACAF Champions League finals, defeating Tigres UANL 4–1 on aggregate, thus earning their qualification to the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup.[8] In September, he was ranked as the 10th best coach according to Football Coach World Ranking.[9] On 17 September, after suffering a 2–0 home defeat to León, Ambríz was sacked as manager the following day.[10]

In August 2017, Ambríz was appointed manager of Necaxa, staying with the club for a year; he won the Clausura 2018 Copa MX with Necaxa, beating Toluca 1–0 in the final to end a 19 year trophy-less drought for the club.[11]

"We are all conscious that at any moment we can be at full-back, at any moment we can be holding midfielders, forwards, and we have to take on the roles and play as the position demands, and that is something that "Nacho" likes."

—Club León footballer Fernando Navarro Morán[12]

On 18 September 2018, Ambríz was named manager of Club León, replacing Gustavo Díaz.[13] During the 2019 Clausura, he helped León attain the records of most consecutive wins with eleven[14] and the most points attained during the current 17-match tournament format with 41 points and a first place finish.[15] They faced Tigres UANL in the Clausura championship final but lost following an aggregate score of 1–0.[16] Despite the loss, his feats with the club contributed to him being named best manager at the conclusion of the season.[17] After a first place finish in the Guardianes 2020 general table, on 13 December, León won the league title defeating Club Universidad Nacional with an aggregate score of 3–1, becoming Mexico's joint fourth most successful team with eight titles in total alongside Cruz Azul.[18]

Statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1April 11, 1993Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Honduras3–03–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2April 18, 1993Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico El Salvador1–03–11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
3July 22, 1993Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Jamaica5–16–11993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4July 25, 1993Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico United States1–04–01993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5November 3, 1993Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, United States China PR1–03–0Friendly

Honours

Player
Necaxa
Mexico

Manager
América
Necaxa
León
Individual

References
  1. rsssf: Mexico record international footballers
  2. "Los grandes momentos que no sabías de "Nacho" Ambriz" (in Spanish).
  3. "Ignacio Ambriz, decidido a debutar como técnico". Informador. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  4. "Ignacio Ambriz, fuera de Chivas". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. "Ignacio Ambriz deja de ser DT de Querétaro". Informador. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  6. "Ignacio Ambriz presentado como nuevo técnico del Club América". ClubAmérica.com.mx. Club América. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. "Club América claim fifth place". FIFA.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  8. "Cronica: América 2-1 Tigres". Club América – Sitio Oficial. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  9. "Ignacio Ambriz, entre los 10 mejores técnicos del mundo" (in Spanish).
  10. "América no aguantó; Ambriz fue cesado" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  11. "Necaxa, campeón de la Copa MX Clausura 2018" (in Spanish).
  12. Marshall, Tom (24 November 2020). "Leon are Liga MX's most exciting team; can they bring home a first league title since 2014?". ESPN.
  13. "Leon hires Nacho Ambriz to replace Gustavo Diaz as manager".
  14. "León impone récord de más victorias consecutivas en Liga MX" (in Spanish).
  15. "León impone récord de puntos en torneos de 17 jornadas" (in Spanish).
  16. Marshall, Tom (21 May 2019). "Tigres edge Leon to win Liga MX Clausura". ESPN.
  17. Bernal, Jaime (13 July 2019). "Ignacio Ambriz: ganador del Balón de Oro al Mejor Director Técnico". TUDN.
  18. Marshall, Tom (13 December 2020). "Club Leon sink Pumas to win 2020 Liga MX title". ESPN.
  19. "Necaxa". FIFA. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  20. De la Cruz, Luis (16 December 2020). "Liga MX: León, Pumas y Cruz Azul se 'roban' el 11 ideal del Guardianes 2020". SoyFutbol.com (in Spanish).
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