Marcos Ignacio "Nacho" Ambriz Espinoza (born 7 February 1965) is a Mexican professional manager and former footballer.
Playing for various clubs in Mexico, AmbrÃÂz is closely associated with Club Necaxa, a club he had three spells with, and was part of two championship-winning seasons in 1994âÂÂ95 and 1995âÂÂ96.
AmbrÃÂz earned 64 caps and scored 6 goals for the Mexico national team between 1992 and 1995, and captained the squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in all four games. He also formed part of the national squad that won the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Following his retirement from the playing field, AmbrÃÂz began his coaching career in 2002 with the Mexico national team, where he was the assistant to Javier Aguirre, taking part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Following his participation with the national team, he joined Puebla, managing only seven matches. In 2003, he was once again the assistant to Javier Aguirre at Spanish clubs Osasuna and Atlético de Madrid. They parted company when Aguirre was sacked from the Madrid position in 2009. He also had spells with San Luis â from 2009 to 2011 â and Guadalajara in 2012, only in charge for twelve matches.
On 4 February 2013 Adolfo RÃÂos, President of Querétaro, announced AmbrÃÂz as their new manager after the club sacked Sergio Bueno after a 3âÂÂ0 loss to Club América at Estadio Azteca. He managed the club up until February 2015, where AmbrÃÂz was sacked after a string of bad results during the Clausura tournament.
On 26 May 2015, AmbrÃÂz was confirmed as the new manager at Club América, signing a two-year contract. He led América to a disappointing run at the FIFA Club World Cup, losing the quarter-final match to Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande, and defeating Congolese club TP Mazembe to claim a fifth-place finish in the competition. The following year, AmbrÃÂz led América to the CONCACAF Champions League finals, defeating Tigres UANL 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate, thus earning their qualification to the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. In September, he was ranked as the 10th best coach according to Football Coach World Ranking. On 17 September, after suffering a 2âÂÂ0 home defeat to León, AmbrÃÂz was sacked as manager the following day.
In August 2017, AmbrÃÂz was appointed manager of Necaxa, staying with the club for a year; he won the Clausura 2018 Copa MX with Necaxa, beating Toluca 1âÂÂ0 in the final to end a 19-year trophy-less drought for the club.
On 18 September 2018, AmbrÃÂz was named manager of Club León, replacing Gustavo DÃÂaz. During the 2019 Clausura, he helped León attain the records of most consecutive wins with eleven and the most points attained during the current 17-match tournament format with 41 points and a first-place finish. They faced Tigres UANL in the Clausura championship final but lost following an aggregate score of 1âÂÂ0. Despite the loss, his feats with the club contributed to him being named best manager at the conclusion of the season. After a first-place finish in the Guardianes 2020 general table, on 13 December, León won the league title defeating Club Universidad Nacional with an aggregate score of 3âÂÂ1, becoming Mexico's joint fourth most successful team with eight titles in total alongside Cruz Azul.
Following León's championship win, AmbrÃÂz and Club León were unable to reach an agreement for AmbrÃÂz's contractual renewal. AmbrÃÂz opted to not renew the contract, citing his desire to manage a European club.
On 28 June 2021, AmbrÃÂz became the manager of La Liga club Huesca. On 25 October, he was dismissed from his position following a disappointing start.
On 1 December 2021, Toluca appointed AmbrÃÂz as their new manager. On 25 October 2023, AmbrÃÂz and Toluca parted ways by mutual agreement.
On 12 February 2024, Santos Laguna announced AmbrÃÂz as their new manager. On 11 November 2024, AmbrÃÂz resigned from his role following the club's last-place finish in the Apertura 2024 tournament.
On 29 September 2025, AmbrÃÂz took on the position of head coach at León, starting his second spell with the club. On 14 March 2026, he stepped down from his role.
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