Roberto Medina

{{short description|Mexican footballer and manager (born 1968)}} {{family name hatnote|Medina|Arellano|lang=Spanish}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=April 2016}} {{expand German|topic=bio|Roberto Medina|date=March 2016}} }} {{Infobox football biography | name = Roberto Medina | fullname =Roberto Gerardo Medina Arellano<ref name=ligamx>{{cite web|title=Roberto Gerardo Medina Arellano|url=https://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/cuerpotecnico/3400/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMTI0NX0=/roberto-gerardo-medina-arellano|publisher=Liga MX Femenil|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|04|18|df=y}} | height = 1.74 m | currentclub = UNAM (women) (Manager) | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1988–1992 | clubs1 = UNAM | caps1 =99 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 1993–1994 | clubs2 = UAG | caps2 =29 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1994–1997 | clubs3 = Monterrey | caps3 = 103 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 1997–1999 | clubs4 = León | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 1999–2000 | clubs5 = Puebla | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2000–2001 | clubs6 = Atlante | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2001 | clubs7 = Irapuato | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2002 | clubs8 = Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz | caps8 = 15 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2002 | clubs9 = Atlante | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2003 | clubs10 = Zacatepec | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1993–1998| nationalteam1 = Mexico | nationalcaps1 = 7| nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 =2010 | managerclubs1 = Mexico U-20 (women) | manageryears2 =2016 | managerclubs2 = Mexico U-20 (women) | manageryears3 = 2016 | managerclubs3 = Mexico (women) (Interim) | manageryears4 = 2016–2018 | managerclubs4 = Mexico (women) | manageryears5 = 2019–2022 | managerclubs5 = UANL (women) | manageryears6 = 2023–2025 | managerclubs6 = Atlas (women) | manageryears7 = 2026– | managerclubs7 = UNAM (women) | }}

'''Roberto Gerardo Medina Arellano''' (born 18 April 1968) is a Mexican football manager and former player and current manager. He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hay una visión clara|url=https://esto.com.mx/886138-roberto-medina-revela-que-cambio-en-atlas-para-competir-dentro-de-la-liga-mx-femenil/|publisher=Esto|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref>

==Club career==

Medina began his professional career in 1988 with UNAM Pumas, with whom he won the 1989 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the 1991 Mexican Championship.

In 1992 he moved to CF Pachuca, for whom he scored a total of seven goals in the 1992/93 season; more than in any other season. On 18 October 1992 he scored twice in a 3–2 win over Deportivo Toluca and on 21 November 1992 he scored one in a 5-0 thrashing of Club América, arch-rivals of his previous employers Pumas. The other four goals came in just five weeks between February 6, 1993 (1-2 at CD Veracruz) and March 14, 1993 (2-1 against Atlas).

Via UAG Tecos, where he was under contract in the 1993/94 season and was part of the team that won the only league title in the history of Tecos, he came to CF Monterrey in 1994, for which he made the most top division appearances with 103 appearances completed his career. Then he was from 1997 to 1999 at Club León, in the 1999/00 season at Puebla FC and most recently at Club Atlante under contract, where he was used less frequently at the Potros and for a half-season at CD Irapuato and CD Veracruz was borrowed. In 2003 he ended his active career with CD Zacatepec, which plays in the second-class Primera División 'A'.

==International career==

Medina made his debut for the Mexico national team on September 22, 1993, in a friendly against Cameroon, which they won 1–0. Medina played the last four of his six international appearances in February 1998 as part of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the USA. His last game was the 1–0 final win over the hosts and Mexico's arch-rivals USA on February 15, 1998.

==Manager==

After retiring, Medina began coaching and was responsible for the Mexico U-20 women's national soccer team, which he led to the quarter-finals of the 2010 and 2012 World Cups. He was later appointed manager of the Mexican Women's National Team.

He was the head coach of Tigres UANL Femenil from 2019 to 2022, winning two Liga MX Femenil titles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tigres Femenil anuncia la salida de Roberto Medina como técnico|date=2 June 2022 |url=https://www.tigres.com.mx/es/noticias/club/tigres-femenil-anuncia-la-salida-de-roberto-medina-como-tecnico/|publisher=Tigres UANL|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Roberto Medina, DT de Atlas Femenil, tras golear al San Luis: "El desempeño del equipo me dio mucha alegría"|url=https://www.espartanasmx.com/news/68-liga-mx-femenil/atlas-femenil/9203-roberto-medina-dt-de-atlas-femenil-tras-golear-al-san-luis-el-desempeno-del-equipo-me-dio-mucha-alegria|publisher=Espartanas|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref>

==Honours==

'''UNAM''' *Mexican Primera División: 1990–91 *CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1989

'''UAG''' *Mexican Primera División: 1993–94

'''Mexico''' *CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1998

==References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Liga MX Femenil player|3400|Roberto Gerardo Medina Arellano}}

{{Atlas F.C. (women) squad}} {{Mexico squad 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup}} {{Mexico women's national football team managers}} {{Mexico squad 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Medina, Roberto}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Mexican men's footballers Category:Pumas UNAM footballers Category:Tecos F.C. footballers Category:C.F. Monterrey players Category:Club León footballers Category:Club Puebla players Category:Atlante F.C. footballers Category:C.D. Irapuato footballers Category:C.D. Veracruz footballers Category:Zacatepec F.C. players Category:Footballers from Mexico City Category:Mexican football managers Category:Liga MX players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Category:Liga MX Femenil managers Category:Mexico women's national football team managers Category:Mexico men's international footballers Category:20th-century Mexican sportsmen