{{short description|Mexican footballer and manager (born 1956)}} {{BLP one source|date=June 2015}} {{family name hatnote|Rubio|Ríos|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sergio Rubio | fullname = Sergio Rubio Ríos | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|27}}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ligamx.net|title=Sergio Rubio Rios, Ficha Cuerpo Técnico|url=http://ligamx.net/cancha/cuerpotecnico/53076/sergio-rubio-rios|language=Spanish}}</ref> | birth_place = San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico | position = Defender | currentclub = | years1 = 1977–1988 | years2 = 1988–1990 | clubs1 = Cruz Azul | clubs2 = Guadalajara | caps1 = ? | caps2 = ? | goals1 = ? | goals2 = ? | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 2002–2003 | manageryears2 = 2004 | manageryears3 = 2007 | manageryears4 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs1 = Colibríes de Morelos | managerclubs2 = Cruz Azul Oaxaca | managerclubs3 = Atlético Celaya | managerclubs4 = Estudiantes de Altamira | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }} {{medalRU|FIFA U-20 World Cup|1977}} }}
'''Sergio Rubio Ríos''' (born 27 November 1956) is a Mexican football manager and former defender.
==Playing career== Sergio Rubio made his debut on July 31, 1977 with Cruz Azul in a match against Unión de Curtidores, where Cruz Azul fell 2-1. With Cruz Azul he was a two-time champion in the 1978-1979 and 1979-1980 seasons.
==Management career== Rubio has spent his coaching career in the Liga de Ascenso. He has coached Colibríes de Morelos, including a span in 2003 where he was fired mid-Clausura,<ref name="elu-fired-1">{{cite news |url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/deportes/55110.html |title=Sergio Rubio, octavo DT cesado; llega Petricevic |trans-title=Sergio Rubio eighth DT dismissed; Petricevic arrives |date=18 March 2003 |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=El Universal |quote=El ''Peque'' Sergio Rubio se convirtió ayer en el octavo técnico cesado del Clausura 2003 ...}}</ref> re-hired two weeks later, and then fired once again three weeks after being re-hired.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2003/04/23/21an2dep.php?origen=deportes.html |title=La directiva de Colibríes volvió a despedir al técnico Sergio Rubio |trans-title=The Colibríes board fired coach Sergio Rubio again |date=23 April 2003 |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=La Jornada}}</ref> He also coached Cruz Azul Oaxaca who are now Cruz Azul Hidalgo, Atlético Celaya who are now Club Celaya, and as of 2011 was the manager at Estudiantes de Altamira.<ref>{{cite web|title= Altamira busca recuperar la confianza|url= http://www.milenio.com/node/548074|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130128183734/http://www.milenio.com/node/548074|url-status= dead|archive-date= 28 January 2013|work= Milenio|accessdate= 24 October 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== Rubio's sister María Eugenia played for the unofficial Mexico women's national football team in the 1970 and 1971 Women's World Cups, scoring the first goal in each tournament and a total of four across both.<ref name="futbolera-317">{{cite book |title=Futbolera: a history of women and sports in Latin America |publisher=University of Texas Press |first1=Brenda |last1=Elsey |first2=Joshua H. |last2=Nadel |date=2019 |doi=10.7560/310427 |isbn=9781477318591 |page=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zlCMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA317}}</ref> Her short stature earned her the nickname ''La Peque'' (the short one),<ref name="futbolera-226">{{cite book |title=Futbolera: a history of women and sports in Latin America |publisher=University of Texas Press |first1=Brenda |last1=Elsey |first2=Joshua H. |last2=Nadel |date=2019 |doi=10.7560/310427 |isbn=9781477318591 |page=226}}</ref> and during his career Sergio was nicknamed ''El Peque''.<ref name="futbolera-317"/><ref name="elu-fired-1"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Medio Tiempo|sergio-rubio}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubio, Sergio}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Mexican men's footballers Category:Cruz Azul footballers Category:C.D. Guadalajara footballers Category:Mexican football managers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century Mexican sportsmen