Leonardo Cuéllar

{{Short description|Mexican footballer and manager (born 1954)}}

{{family name hatnote|Cuéllar| Rivera|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Leonardo Cuéllar

| image = Cuellar panini card.png

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Cuéllar with Mexico as depicted in a Panini trading card

| fullname = Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|1|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico{{cite web|url=http://ligamx.net/cancha/cuerpotecnico/124877/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMTE5MX0=/leonardo-cuellar-rivera|title=Leonardo Cuellar Rivera|publisher=ligamx.net|work=Liga MX|language=es|access-date=2 May 2018}}

| height = 1.75 m{{cite web|url=http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/cuerpotecnico/124877/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMTE5MX0=/leonardo-cuellar-rivera|title=Leonardo Cuellar Rivera|publisher=ligafemenil.mx|work=Liga MX Femenil|language=es|access-date=2 May 2018}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1972–1979

| years2 = 1979–1981

| years3 = 1980–1981

| years4 = 1981–1982

| years5 = 1982

| years6 = 1982–1983

| years7 = 1983–1984

| clubs1 = UNAM

| clubs2 = San Diego Sockers

| clubs3 = San Diego Sockers (indoor)

| clubs4 = Atletas Campesinos

| clubs5 = San Jose Earthquakes

| clubs6 = Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor)

| clubs7 = Golden Bay Earthquakes

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 57

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 =

| caps5 = 20

| caps6 = 25

| caps7 = 51

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 =

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 1973–1981

| nationalteam1 = Mexico

| nationalcaps1 = 40

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1998–2016

| managerclubs1 = Mexico women

| manageryears2 = 2017–2021{{cite web | url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/leo-cuellar-se-va-del-america-tras-perder-el-clasico-ante-chivas | title=Leo Cuéllar se va del América, tras perder el Clásico ante Chivas| work=El Universal| date=27 March 2021 | access-date=2021-03-29 | author=El Universal}}

| managerclubs2 = América women

}}

Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who last acted as the manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil.{{cite news|title=Leonardo Cuellar, nuevo tecnico del America|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/deportes/futbol/2017/02/28/leonardo-cuellar-nuevo-tecnico-del-america|access-date=16 July 2017|work=El Universal|date=28 February 2017}} He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2016.{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Michael|title=Mexico's Leonardo Cuellar Has Turned 'Las Tri' into a Global Power|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2012/01/21/leonardo-cuellar-has-turned-around-womens-soccer-in-mexico/|publisher=Fox News|access-date=21 March 2014|date=21 January 2012}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/10/sports/soccer-mexican-world-cup-team-reaps-benefit-of-america-s-special-export.html?pagewanted=3&src=pm | title=SOCCER; Mexican World Cup Team Reaps Benefit of America's Special Export | work=The New York Times | date=10 June 1999 | access-date=2012-08-01 | author=Longman, Jere}}