Our club
Identity
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Red Bull Guadalajara commits to follow the tradition of signing Mexican players exclusively, as well as encouraging the youth talent not only by developing from within, but also by signing young players for the first team.
Jerseys
First
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In line with the other Red Bull clubs, RB Tapatío will wear a white uniform with the Red Bull logo across the chest.
Alternative
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To contrast the white uniform, the alternative jersey will be red with white highlights.
Second alternative
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In the second alternative jersey we reflect the identity of this beautiful city by wearing a colorful kit with blue and yellow halves, as seen on the flag of the city.
Coaching Staff
Sports Director: Ricardo Peláez
Hired by Amaury Vergara, Peláez will remain at the club in his role as Sports Director. Making his debut for América in 1985, he would become Necaxa's all-time leading goalscorer after joining in 1987. He retired age 35 with Guadalajara. Peláez also made 43 appearances for the national team, winning the Gold Cup in 1996. His successes would continue after he became Sports Director for América in 2011, then for the Mexico national team between 2013 and 2014, returning to América until 2017. After leaving América, Peláez became a commentator and analyst for ESPN.
Reserves and Academy Director: Guillermo Rergis
The Mexico City native played in the first tier of Mexico from 2002 to 2004. He has worked as a scout as well as Academy Director for Santos and Veracruz.
Techincal Director: Jesús Sánchez
Born in Guadalajara, Sánchez doesn't have much playing experience, having topped out at 20 years old playing semi-professionally in the Mexican 5th tier. However, he has dedicated his life to studying the game, recieving a diploma from the National Coaching School in Mexico. He has coaching experience in the lower tiers. He last managed Loros de Colima and led them to a promotion from the Liga Premier Serie A.
Technical Assistant: Cristóbal Ortega
With a playing career spanning 18 years, Ortega has followed up with a somewhat successful yet unfruitful coaching career. He is one of the most successful players in Mexican history, having collected 14 trophies playing with only one club: América. Ortega also participated in 24 games with the national team, winning the 1977 CONCACAF Cup(Now the Gold Gup) and participating in the 1978 and 1986 World Cups. As a manager, he promoted La Piedad to the Liga MX in 2013 and won the 2016 Copa MX as an assistant with Veracruz.
Technical Assistant: José Antonio "Tato" Noriega
Having played for 7 clubs in the Mexican top flight, Noriega retired in 2004. He won the first division twice, first with Pumas in 1990-91 and then with Morelia in Invierno 2000. El Tato also has medals for the 1989 CONCACAF Champions Cup with Pumas and the 1993 CONCACAF Recopa with Monterrey. Noriega served as Sports Director for Santos and Morelia, as well as a commentator for ESPN before joining Red Bull.
Technical Assitant: Fernando Gutiérrez
60-year-old Fernando Gutiérrez joins Los Toros from Zacatecas with 10 years of coaching experience with Pachuca, Tecos and in the Guadalajara youth system.
Technical Assistant: Raúl Chabrand
His playing career lasted just 8 years with the highlight being the 2005 Segunda División championship just before retiring. Since 2011 he has worked as a coach for the Monterrey and Tijuana U-20s, including a stint in 2015 as interim manager for the Xolos. In 2018 he was hired as Atlas assistant alongside manager Gerardo Espinoza.
Technical Assistant: Diego Martínez
The former Guadalajara and Mexico player was hired as Reserves and Academy Director for Chivas in 2016, leaving soon thereafter.
Goalkeeping Coach: Olaf Heredia
62-year-old Heredia was part of the 1986 World Cup and the 1980-81 first division champion Pumas team. He has been coaching goalkeepers since 2002 for Pumas, Mexico, Veracruz, San Luis, Guadalajara, Dorados, Atlante and Tampico Madero.
Players
Goalkeepers
1 Hugo González
4 Antonio Rodríguez
25 Sebastián Jurado
Defenders
2 Miguel Tapias
3 Oswaldo Alanís
15 Alejandro Mayorga
16 Miguel Ponce
17 Jesús Sánchez
21 Hiram Mier
22 Erick Aguirre
24 Antonio Briseño
26 Cristian Calderón
Midfielders
5 Victor Guzmán
6 Dieter Villalpando
8 Andrés Iniestra
9 Elías Hernández
10 Javier López
13 Walter Sandoval
18 Jesús Angulo
19 Uriel Antuna
20 Ulises Rivas
23 José Juan Vázquez
Strikers
7 Alexis Vega
14 Javier Hernández
29 Eduardo Aguirre
Attacking midfielder Carlos Cisneros is still out with a broken leg (3w-2m)
