Juan Carlos Cacho
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Juan Carlos Cacho Gutiérrez | ||||||||||
Date of birth | May 3, 1982 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | México, D.F. | ||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Puebla U-20 (Assistant) | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2001–2004 | Cruz Azul | 68 | (22) | ||||||||
2004–2008 | Pachuca | 141 | (45) | ||||||||
2006 | → Indios UACJ (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
2008–2016 | Pumas UNAM | 85 | (24) | ||||||||
2009–2010 | → Pachuca (loan) | 23 | (8) | ||||||||
2012–2013 | → Toluca (loan) | 37 | (5) | ||||||||
2014 | → Puebla (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||
2015 | → Mérida (loan) | 7 | (1) | ||||||||
Total | 370 | (105) | |||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
2007–2009 | Mexiko | 11 | (3) | ||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||
2020– | Puebla Reserves and Academy | ||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2013 |
Juan Carlos Cacho Gutierréz (born May 3, 1982 in Mexico D.F.) is a former Mexican footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Juan Carlos Cacho is a product of the youth system of Cruz Azul. He started his professional career in this club in 2001.
Cruz Azul
He debuted in Cruz Azul against Puebla on February 14, 2006. On November 17, 2006, his second game ever, he scored his first goal ever against Monterrey only having played 23 minutes. He did not really receive too many minutes until the Apertura 2002 when they put him in for 90 minutes and he scored 6 goals. The next tournament, with Abreu having an early departure in the early-half of the tournament because of contractual problems, Juan Carlos Cacho became the team's prized forward with 8 goals in the regular league and two in the reclassification (in which Cruz Azul was eliminated). Unfortunately, Juan Carlos Cacho was young and he was a local player which did not give him much priority with the different coaches that passed through Cruz Azul. In the tournament after, he was not able to play the first half of the tournament because Marcel Delgado and Cesar Delgado were brought to Cruz Azul. Juan Carlos Cacho was finally put in as a starter in the last 5 games and was able to score 5 goals. In the reclassification and the quarter finals, he was well covered by Tecos and Tigres, leaving Argentine Cesar Delgado, who had a great second game against Tigres, to take charge of the offense, so even though he was not scoring he was still a key element to the team. In the next league, Clausura 2004, Juan Carlos Cacho, receiving very few minutes per game, went dry without having scored a single goal. Cruz Azul then sold Juan Carlos to Pachuca for a sum of $10 million.
Pachuca
Juan Carlos Cacho is one of the best players Cruz Azul has produced, with his quickness, a perfect shot, and the mind and cold blood of a forward. Although, in Pachuca, he had to start all over. Which was fine with him, because in about 5 weeks he had his first goal against Tecos, and playing only 19 minutes against Cruz Azul he enacted a sort of revenge and scored 2 goals. He then ended the tournament scoring 2 goals in the last 2 games. Although in the quarter finals, Monterrey played smart and did not allow many goals and got through to the next round eliminating Pachuca. His 5 goals were impressive counting the fact that he was a substitute throughout the whole league.
Next league was not Cacho's nor Pachuca's league. Cacho scored against Atlante and against Monterrey, while Pachuca missed the playoffs. Although, it is quite impressive that Juan Carlos Cacho's goal against Atlante was from half field going over Federico Vilar's head. Then in the first game of the Apertura 2005, Juan Carlos Cacho entered for 21 minutes and won the game for Pachuca scoring another goal from half field this time over Christian Martinez head. He scored three more goals in the league, in which Pachuca won all three games. Then in the playoffs, Cacho and Landin shared the glory of getting Pachuca into the semi finals where Toluca was able to stop Pachuca from advancing. Cacho did not have a good tournament the following season and only scored two goals, but Luis Angel Landín and Richard Nuñez were able to keep the team scoring and Pachuca was able to win the championship of the Liga MX against San Luis.
The next tournament, Cacho returned in full force and was the team's prized forward with 8 goals in the league and 4 goals in the Copa Nissan Sudamericana. Cacho now had a little of help to score goals and was not alone up in front. With Damian Alvarez, el 'Chaco' Gimenez, Andres Chitiva, Luis Angel Landín, Jaime Correa Córdoba and Gabriel Caballero alongside with him, it made it a lot easier to score. This Pachuca team went to the semi finals of the Mexican league and ended up being the first team from Mexico to ever win a competition set up by CONMEBOL, by beating Colo Colo in the final of La Copa Sudamericana.
In the Clausura 2007, he scored 8 goals in the regular league to match his previous season, while also scoring a goal in the final of la Copa de CONCACAF Campeones against Chivas, where Pachuca also ended up champion. Juan Carlos Cacho also scored the 3 goals of his team against America in the two games of the Mexican final, two in the first game, and one in the second game becoming champion with Pachuca for the second time.
In July 2008, Cacho joined UNAM Pumas. He was loaned to C.F. Pachuca after being Drafted on the 2009 Draft. After Pachuca decided not to keep Cacho, he was back in Pumas.
National team
Cacho has recently been called up for the Mexico national team debuting in the Copa America in a stunning 2-0 win against Brazil. On September 12, 2007, he scored his first goal against Brazil, the team he debuted against a few months prior. He scored 3 goals in 2 games.
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | September 12, 2007 | Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, United States | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly | |
2. | October 14, 2007 | Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
3. | October 14, 2007 | Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
International appearances
As of 30 September 2009
International appearances | ||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | |
1. | February 28, 2007 | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States | ![]() |
3–1 | Friendly | |
2. | 27 June 2007 | Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela | ![]() |
2–0 | 2007 Copa América | |
3. | July 1, 2007 | Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela | ![]() |
2-1 | 2007 Copa America | |
4. | 8 July 2007 | Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela | ![]() |
6–0 | 2007 Copa América | |
5. | July 11, 2007 | Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela | ![]() |
0–3 | 2007 Copa América | |
6. | 12 September 2007 | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States | ![]() |
1–3 | Friendly | |
7. | 14 October 2007 | Estadio Benito Juarez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | ![]() |
2–2 | Friendly | |
8. | 6 February 2008 | Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States | ![]() |
2–2 | Friendly | |
9. | 16 April 2008 | Qwest Field, Seattle, United States | ![]() |
1–0 | Friendly | |
10. | 9 September 2009 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | ![]() |
1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
11. | 30 September 2009 | Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States | ![]() |
1–2 | Friendly |
Club honours
- Mexican Championship - Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007, 2008
- Copa Nissan Sudamericana: 2006
- North American SuperLiga: 2007
External links
- Juan Carlos Cacho – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico international footballers
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2007 Copa América players
- Association football forwards
- Liga MX players
- Cruz Azul footballers
- C.F. Pachuca players
- Indios de Ciudad Juárez footballers
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- Club Puebla players
- C.F. Mérida footballers