Gerardo Espinoza

Gerardo Espinoza
	Espinoza playing for Chiapas
Personal information
Full name	Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada
Date of birth	3 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2004	Atlas
2000–2001	→ Atlético Bachilleres (loan)
2004	Dorados
2005–2007	Santos Laguna
2007	UNAM
2008–2009	Atlante
2009–2011	Atlas
2011–2013	Jaguares de Chiapas
2013–2014	Querétaro
2014–2015	Puebla
2015–2016	Lobos BUAP
Total
International career
2003–2004	Mexico U23
Managerial career
2016–2017	Atlas (assistant)
2018	Atlas (reserves)
2018	Atlas (assistant)
2018	Atlas
2019	Tampico Madero (assistant)
2020–2022	Tampico Madero
2022–2023	Tapatío
2023	Mexico U23
2024	Aucas
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Mexico (as a player)
Pan American Games
Representing Mexico (as manager)
Central American and Caribbean Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada (born 3 October 1981) is a Mexican football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Club

Espinoza played for Atlante for a year and went back to Santos Laguna, but was transferred to Club Atlas before he got to play for Santos. He was transferred to Atlas for the 2009 Apertura.

International

He was part of the Mexican 2004 Olympic football team, who were eliminated in the first round, having finished third in group A, below group winners Mali and South Korea.

Managerial career

He was appointed as the interim manager for Atlas on 15 January 2018, replacing José Guadalupe Cruz.^[1] He was in charge for two matches, losing against Toluca in the league and defeating Tampico Madero in the Copa MX. On 25 January, he returned to his assistant coach position under Rubén Omar Romano.^[2]

On 19 March 2018, Espinoza was named interim coach for Atlas until the end of the Clausura 2018 tournament following the destitution of Romano.