Enrique Maximiliano Meza


Enrique Maximiliano Meza Salinas is a football coach and teamwork professional; with technical, scientific, management, sustainability, innovation, emerging technologies, creativity, scouting and analytical studies from Spain, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and continental Africa. Currently, Meza is Coach and Director for Fuerzas Básicas: First-team, U20 plus Youth Teams professionalism, envisioning, creativity, innovation, sustainability and technical development at Toluca Football Club in Mexican First Division: Premier League.
Recently, he was Head Coach and Technical Director for Celaya Football Club. Previously, he served as Head Coach and Technical Director at FBC Melgar in premier league of Peru. Before Melgar, he was Head Coach and Technical Director for Querétaro Football Club Under-20; and earlier, he served as Head Coach and Technical Director for C.S. Cartaginés Football Club in premier league of Costa Rica.
Notably, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for the African continent, by the invitation of Thomas N'kono and Paul Le Guen, Enrique advised on technical trainings of Cameroon. In 2012, with the authorization of General Secretary: Horace Reid, Enrique consulted on technical analysis and report for the Jamaica Football Federation during the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification matches for CONCACAF: Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football region. For Mexican First Division clubs: Pachuca and Cruz Azul, Meza Jr. served as assistant coach. He is the son of Enrique Meza.

Coaching and Managerial Career

Pachuca

CONCACAF Championship

As assistant coach for Pachuca Football Club, Meza won the 2007 and 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
In addition, CONCACAF awarded Enrique's Pachuca Football Club, the 2007 CONCACAF Team of the Year for their 5 titles in 15 months. Also, as assistant coach with Pachuca, Enrique won the 2007 Mexican Clausura Premier Division League Championship. The highly contested championship began on Friday 19 January 2007, and lasted for the next five months. During the final game, on 27 May, Pachuca defeated America 3-2 to become champions for the fifth time.

Cruz Azul

Independence Cup final

In August 2011, Meza led the Cruz Azul under 17 team to the final of the Mexican and South American clubs invitational Independence Cup; but lost to Boca Juniors of Argentina by a score of 0-1.
Meza's team got to the final by topping their Group B with 4 wins out of 4 games, 12 points, 10 goals in favor, 2 goals against and +8 goals difference.

Mediterranean International Cup Spain

On Wednesday 28 March 2012, Enrique traveled to Barcelona and Palamós: Spain with his Cruz Azul under 17 team - to participate in the global 2012 MIC: Mediterranean International Cup - starting from Tuesday 3 April to Sunday 8 April 2012; involving up to 40 countries from around the world.
Enrique Meza, Jr.'s Cruz Azul under 17 team began the tournament's Qualifying Round in Group E on a highly strong note by beating AC Hostalric of Spain 6-0 on Wednesday 4 April. On Thursday 5 April Enrique's Cruz Azul team continued their winning streak with a 2-0 overcoming of EF Gironés Sàbat from Girona: Catalonia, Spain; and also solidly out-scoring Sakuyo Futuro of Japan by 4-0; later the same day.
Having led Group E with 3 wins out of 3 games, a maximum of 9 points, 12 goals for, 0 goals against and +12 goals difference, Enrique's Cruz Azul qualified for the MIC: Mediterranean International Cup Round of 16, pitched against Nordstrand IF: Nordstrand Idrettsforening sports club from Oslo, Norway.
In Lloret de Mar, on Friday 6 April, Meza, Jr.'s Cruz Azul booked their MIC 2012 Quarter Final slot against CE Farners of Spain by emphatically beating Nordstrand IF of Norway 3-0; bringing Enrique's Cruz Azul team's impressive run in the 2012 MIC to 5 wins out of five games - with 15 goals; and no goals conceded. On Saturday 7 April, in Tossa de Mar, at the Quarter Final stage, Meza Jr.'s Cruz Azul crashed out of the 2012 Mediterranean International Cup tournament after losing 0-1 to Spain's CE Farners.

Olympics Champions

Within Mexico's Under 23 national football team that won the gold medal as champions on Saturday 11 August at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London - were 3 of Enrique's Cruz Azul boys: Néstor Araujo and Javier Aquino plus the team's captain and goalkeeper: José de Jesús Corona.

Copa MX 2013

On 10 April 2013, as assistant coach and technical director, Meza's Cruz Azul team won the Copa MX Championship by defeating Atlante F.C. at Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo. The highly contested was won by Cruz Azul in a penalty shoot-out after a score of 0-0 in regular time.

FIFA Club World Cup

From 2007 to 2008, Enrique Meza, Jr. served as assistant coach of successful Mexican first division football club: Pachuca in their participation at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup hosted by Japan - where his team came fourth and took away US$2 million in FIFA prize money.
In May 2009, during the H1N1 outbreak, while working as scout for Pachuca, Meza was detained incommunicado in Ghana for over 27 hours under terrible hygienic conditions since he flew in from Mexico. His father, Enrique Meza, strongly protested this human rights violation and inhumane treatment of his son in a letter for the Government of Ghana through the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations. Meza Jr. was later sent to Nigeria from where he left for Mexico.

European studies and 2010 World Cup

From studying in Liverpool, United Kingdom, starting from April 2008, Enrique Meza Jr. traveled to Italy, Spain and Germany to take courses in football coaching, management, analysis and scouting. In Barcelona, he met Thomas N'kono. N'kono of the Cameroonian Football Federation invited Meza Jr. to watch, study and analyze trainings of Cameroon for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Africa. Earlier, N'kono had taken the coaching position on an interim basis from Otto Pfister.
When Paul Le Guen became manager of Cameroon in October 2009, he asked Meza Jr. to stay on board. Subsequently, Cameroon qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. His Cameroon period ended in November 2009. In December 2009, Meza Jr. was reunited with his father: Enrique Meza at Cruz Azul, as assistant coach and technical manager.

2014 Barcelona Technical Course

In terms of further knowledge enrichment, from January 2014 to 15 May 2014, Meza Jr. was in Barcelona Spain for a special course in latest football coaching techniques, analysis, scouting, creativity, innovation, emerging technologies, sustainability and management at FC Barcelona.

Santos de Guápiles Costa Rica

On Friday 16 May 2014, Limón, Costa Rica based Santos de Guápiles Football Club announced that its management has contracted Meza, Jr. as the Club's technical director and head coach.

Club Sport Cartaginés Costa Rica

2015: Head Coach and Technical Director of C.S. Cartaginés.

Querétaro Football Club Mexico

2016: Head Coach and Technical Director of U20 Querétaro F.C..

Football Club Melgar Peru

January 2017: Head Coach and Technical Director of FBC Melgar Youth Team. On 5 October 2017, Meza, Jr. was named Head Coach and Technical Director of FBC Melgar first team in Peruvian premier league. He took Melgar to 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Celaya Football Club Mexico

July 2018: Head Coach and Technical Director for Celaya Football Club. On Thursday 5 July 2018, executives from Celaya Football Club presented Meza, Jr. as Head Coach and Technical Director for the club.

Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz

From June to September 2019, Meza served as Assistant Coach and Technical Director for Veracruz.

Toluca Football Club

On Monday 21 October 2019, Toluca F.C. issued a press document, stating that Meza will serve as their new Director for Fuerzas Básicas; in charge of professionalism, envisioning, coaching, management, creativity, innovation, technical improvements plus sustainability of their First-team, U20 and Youth Teams.

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