Luis Fernando Suárez

{{short description|Colombian footballer and manager (born 1959)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luis Fernando Suárez

| image = Luis Fernando Suarez 20180120.jpg

| caption = Luis Fernando Suárez managing La Equidad in 2018

| full_name = Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Medellín, Colombia

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1980–1993 | clubs1 = Atlético Nacional | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1994–1995 | clubs2 = Deportivo Pereira | caps2 = | goals2 =

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| manageryears1 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs1 = Atlético Nacional

| manageryears2 = 2001 | managerclubs2 = Deportivo Cali

| manageryears3 = 2001 | managerclubs3 = Deportes Tolima

| manageryears4 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs4 = Aucas

| manageryears5 = 2004–2007 | managerclubs5 = Ecuador

| manageryears6 = 2008 | managerclubs6 = Deportivo Pereira

| manageryears7 = 2009 | managerclubs7 = Atlético Nacional

| manageryears8 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs8 = Juan Aurich

| manageryears9 = 2011–2014 | managerclubs9 = Honduras

| manageryears10 = 2015 | managerclubs10 = Universitario

| manageryears11 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs11 = Dorados de Sinaloa

| manageryears12 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs12 = La Equidad

| manageryears13 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs13 = Junior

| manageryears14 = 2021 | managerclubs14 = Atlético Bucaramanga

| manageryears15 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs15 = Costa Rica

| manageryears16 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs16 = Deportivo Pereira

}}

Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born 23 December 1959) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defender. Suárez has managed in six Latin American countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Managerial career

Suárez led the Ecuador national team to the round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and won the 1999 Colombian championship with Atlético Nacional.{{cite web|publisher=Reuters|author=Homewood, Brian|title=Soccer-Ex Ecuador coach Suarez takes over at Atletico Nacional|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=3777601&type=story|date=18 December 2008|access-date=31 August 2009}} In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutive World Cup. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, leading Ecuador to their best showing in a FIFA World Cup in 2006. Reaching the second round by inflicting defeats on Poland and Costa Rica, they lost to England 1–0 after a David Beckham free kick sailed into the net.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=7&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=10777&tabla=N |title=Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano |access-date=18 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119085855/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=7&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=10777&tabla=N |archive-date=19 November 2007 }}

Suárez was offered to keep coaching the Ecuador national team till the next World Cup in 2010. Following a poor 2007 Copa América, many people wanted him out. Suárez stated that he would not resign and would improve his results. Suárez got off to the worst possible start for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, losing 1–0 at home to Venezuela and receiving a 5–0 hammering by Brazil. After another hammering defeat 5–1 to Paraguay, he resigned irrevocably his position as head coach, immediately after the end of the match. In October 2009 he signed with Juan Aurich, a Peruvian football team.

Honors

;As a player

Atlético Nacional

Copa Libertadores: 1989

;As a manager

Atlético Nacional

Categoría Primera A: 1999

Managerial statistics

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rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align=left\|Costa Rica \|align=left\|1 June 2021 \|align=left\|20 July 2023 {{WDL\|35\|17\|6\|12}}

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rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

Win %

align=left|Costa Rica

|align=left|1 June 2021

|align=left|20 July 2023