Deportivo Malacateco already has new helmsman. After the exit of the Mexican Roberto Hernándezwho separated from the border club to become the next coach of Communicationsthe leadership of the bulls soon moves their pieces and confirmed the arrival of also Mexican José Guadalupe Cruz Núñez Like his new strategist.
To their 57 yearsthe “teacher cross” is a name known in Mexican football. Its extensive tour includes renowned teams in the MX Leagueas Monterrey, monarchs Morelia, Puebla, Atlas, Dorados de Sinaloa And his latest club, Necaxawhere he last directed in the year 2021. Since then, he has remained away from the bench, but with his return to Central American football, he seeks to write a new page in his career.
The arrival of Cruz represents an ambitious bet on the part of Malacateco, a club that has been the protagonist in the last tournaments of Guatemalan football and that seeks to return to privilege posts under the guidance of a technician with hierarchy. Among its main achievements, Cruz can boast a title of the MX League, a Concacaf Champions League and two participations in the Club World Cupin addition to having received the Golden Ball to Best Coach In Mexico.
In addition to his career as a main coach, he also has experience like Technical Assistanthaving worked together with Miguel “Piojo” Herrera Between summer 2002 and the Clausura 2004, a period in which it was consolidated as a strategist with a good tactical eye and leadership inside the locker room.
Cruz up to a team in full restructuring after a regular tournament reaching the quarterfinals in the Clausura 2025. With the departure of his previous DT and several movements on his squad, Malacateco bets on the experience of a coach who has directed in the most demanding stadiums in the region, hoping to consolidate a new project that returns the club to the first flat.
The challenge will be capital. You will have to quickly adapt to Guatemalan football and form a competitive group to face the next tournament. In his favor he has the support of a demanding, but delivered hobby, and a directive that has again trusted an international profile to guide the team.
Although he has not been directed for three years, José Guadalupe Cruz arrives with the motivation to return to the ring and show that he still has much to contribute from the technical line. In Malacateco, the “teacher” will have the opportunity to reinvent himself and, at the same time, to inject his seal to a glory hunger team.
Malacateco, champion of Opening 2021, will seek in this new cycle to return to the prominence in national football and, why not, dream of another title under the baton of a technician who already knows what it is to raise trophies.