Mónica_Vergara

Mónica Vergara

Mónica Vergara

Mexican football player and manager (born 1983)

Mónica Vergara Rubio (born 2 May 1983) is a Mexican professional football manager. Vergara is the former manager of the Mexico women's national football team. Before her manager career, Vergara was a member of the senior Mexico women's team, playing as a defender. Vergara also held positions as manager for the U-15, U-17, and U-20 Mexico women's national teams, leading the U-15 squad to a third-place finish at the Youth Olympic Games and, most notably, leading the U-17 team to the championship game of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vergara and the second or maternal family name is Rubio.
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International career

Vergara represented Mexico at the senior level, competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in eighth place.[2]

Managerial career

Mexico U-15 women's national football team

On August 26, 2014, Vergara led the Mexico U-15 women's national team to a bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games after beating Slovakia 3–1 in the third-place match. Three days prior, Mexico fell to Venezuela in penalty kicks, 3–4, after the game ended in a draw, 1-1.

Mexico U-17 women's national football team

On June 12, 2018, Mexico U-17 women's national football team finished as Runners-up at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[3]

On December 1, 2018, Mexico U-17 women's national football team finished as Runners-up at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, falling to Spain in the Final, 1–2.[4]

Mexico U-20 women's national football team

On March 8, 2020, Mexico U-20 women's national football team finished as Runners-up at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[5] With this result, the team qualified for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which was later postponed to 2021 and eventually canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mexico senior women's national football team

Vergara was named head coach of the senior team on January 19, 2021. She was sacked on August 15, 2022, after Mexico failed to qualify to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup during the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.

Honors

Manager

Mexico U-15 women's national football team
Mexico U-17 women's national football team
Mexico U-20 women's national football team

References

  1. [1]
    "Mónica Vergara named México Women's National Team manager". FMF State of Mind. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Mexico (MEX)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. [3]
    "México, segundo Lugar del Campeonato Femenino Sub-17 de la CONCACAF". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. [4]
    "México, Subcampeón en la Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-17". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. [5]
    "La SNM Femenil Sub-20 es subcampeona del Premundial". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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