- Hugo Sánchez
Hugo Sánchez Márquez, popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi and Hugol, is a Mexican former football striker who played for four European clubs, including Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid. As a member Mexico national team he participated in three World Cups. Sánchez played twelve seasons in the Spanish "Primera División" and is the second highest goalscorer in the history of that league.
- Antonio Carbajal
Antonio Felix "La Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez , also called "El Cinco Copas" ("Five cups", in reference to his record of FIFA World Cups played, equalled by German player Lothar Matthäus in 1998), (born June 7, 1929 in Mexico City) is a legendary Mexican football goalkeeper. He was the first player ever to appear in five World Cups, from 1950 to 1966. He played for Club España and León in Mexico.
- Omar Bravo
Omar Bravo Tordecillas is a Mexican international Football player, specializing as a Striker, currently playing for Chivas de Guadalajara in the Primera División de México.
- Ricardo Lavolpe
Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe, born February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires) is the coach of Velez Sarsfield. Lavolpe is a former Argentinian World Cup winning goalkeeper and the former coach of Mexican national team. He is known for his tactical flexibility during matches and abrasive manner, as well as his signature chain-smoking on the touchline.
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo is a Mexican football striker, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer and for the Mexican national team, where he has a Golden Boot and a Silver Ball, both in Confederations Cup. He is regarded as one of the best strikers and most controversial football players in Mexico. As of July 1, 2007, he is on the roster of Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire, …
- Javier Aguirre
Javier Aguirre Onaindía is a former Mexico national football team player and coach. He took the Mexican national team to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Before the national team, he coached CF Atlante and CF Pachuca, winning one National championship in 1999 with Pachuca. He managed CA Osasuna in the La Liga from 2002-2006 having previously played for the club and attained them a UEFA Champions League spot having finished 4th in La Liga, …
- Lucien Laurent
Lucien Laurent (born December 10, 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France near Paris; died April 11, 2005 in Besançon) was a French footballer, famous for scoring the first ever World Cup goal. Between 1921 and 1930, Laurent played for the semi-professional team Cercle Athlétique de Paris, before being taken on by Sochaux, then a works team for the car manufacturer Peugeot, where he worked.
- Gerardo Torrado
Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla is an international Mexican football player, currently playing as a defensive midfielder for Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México.
- Carlos Vela
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido is a Mexican football striker who currently plays for Arsenal.
- Gonzalo Pineda
Gonzalo Pineda Reyes is a Mexican international Football player, who currently plays as a Defensive Midfielder for Chivas de Guadalajara, in the Primera División de México.
- Luis Hernández
Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón is a retired Mexican football striker, the second highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups. Known for his long dyed blond hair, number 15 jersey and nickname of "El Matador," Hernández gained notability during the Copa América 1997, where he scored six goals and became the tournament's leading goal scorer.
- Luis Hernández
Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón is a retired Mexican football striker, the second highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups. Known for his long dyed blond hair, number 15 jersey and nickname of "El Matador," Hernández gained notability during the Copa América 1997, where he scored six goals and became the tournament's leading goal scorer.
- Claudio Suárez
Claudio Suárez Sánchez (born December 17, 1968 in Texcoco, México) is a Mexican international football player currently playing for Chivas USA as a defender, in the MLS since 2006. He is considered one of the best defenders of Mexico's history, and has the record for most caps with the Mexican national team.
- Carlos Salcido
Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores is a Mexican international football player, who is currently playing for PSV Eindhoven as a Left Full Back in the Dutch Eredivisie league.
- Carlos Hermosillo
Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortua is a Mexican soccer player, one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexican national team. He's also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul". Hermosillo started his club career with America during the 1983-84 season. He spent most of his club career in his native Mexico, also playing for Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Atlante, and Chivas. Carlos' best two seasons were in 1994-95 and 1995-96, …
- Andrés Guardado
José Andrés Guardado Hernández is a Mexican international footballer who plays as a left winger. He plays for Deportivo La Coruña in La Liga, having been signed from Atlas in the summer of 2007 fro approximately €7m. He is tipped as a rising star of the Mexican national team.
- Miguel Mejía Barón
Miguel Mejía Barón is a Mexican football manager. He coached Mexico at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
- Bora Milutinović
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović is a Serbian football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round, before failing to do so with China. In the summer of 2003, Milutinović was in serious negotiations to finally take over the national team at his native Serbia-Montenegro.
- Pavel Pardo
Pável Pardo Segura, is a Mexican international football player, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart as a Defensive Midfielder in the German Bundesliga and for the Mexican national team.
- Alberto García Aspe
Alberto García Aspe was a Mexican soccer midfielder, and one of the all-time appearance leaders for the Mexican national team. His debut came on April 26, 1988, in an impressive 4-1 victory against Honduras. Garcia Aspe has participated in 109 matches, scoring a total 21 goals. In addition, Garcia played in three World Cups (1994, 1998 and 2002). In his club career that started in 1984, García Aspe played for UNAM Pumas, Necaxa, River Plate, América, and Puebla.
- Oswaldo Sánchez
Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra is a Mexican international goalkeeper, currently playing for Santos Laguna in the Primera División de México as well as for the Mexican national team.
- Guillermo Franco
Guillermo Luis Franco Farcuason (born on November 3, 1976 in Corrientes, Argentina) is an international Argentine- Mexican football striker, who currently plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF in La Liga
- Manuel Lapuente
Manuel Lapuente is a Mexican football coach and former player, currently working as vicepresident of football operations for Club América. He played 13 matches for the Mexico national team, scoring 5 goals. He coached Mexico at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. At the club level, he has coached CF Puebla, Necaxa and Club América to Mexican league titles during his tenure as a manager.
- Israel Castro
Israel Castro is a Mexican football player. He currently plays as a defender for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas youh system and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2002; he's a regular starter and played a very important role on the 2004 campaign of the team, when Pumas won consecutive league championships. Fans also call him the "Asesino de galácticos" or "Assassin of Galactics", …
- Alberto Medina
Alberto Medina Briseño is a Mexican football player for Chivas de Guadalajara, and for the Mexican National Team alternating between Forward and Attacking Midfielder wearing number 10.
- Ramón Morales
Ramón Morales Higuera is a Mexican international football player, currently playing for Chivas de Guadalajara as Captain, as a Midfielder, and for the Mexican National Team
- Hector Moreno
Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera is a Mexican football player. He currently plays as a defender for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas youth system at the age of 15, he broke into the first team after winning the U-17 FIFA World Cup and playing a key role in the defense with the U-17 Mexican national team, he debuted this year, and this season would try to become a regular starter.
- Ricardo Osorio
Ricardo Osorio Mendoza is a Mexican football defender, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga
- Jaime Lozano
Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín is a Mexican football player who, as of 2006 was playing for UANL Tigres. In Tigres, he plays midfielder position with the number 21. He is often simply called "Jimmy" Lozano, however, sometimes he is also called in other media as "El Actor" because he was born to a family of actors (in the Spanish version of EA Sports' FIFA series, he is called this way). Lozano is well known for his free-kicks and his left foot.
- Ramón Ramírez
Jesús Ramón Ramírez Ceceña is a Mexican football (soccer) player and one of the all-time capped players for the Mexican national football team, who last played as a midfielder for Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer (USA). Ramirez was meant to be one of the best Mexican players since Hugo Sánchez, but various injuries threatened and stopped his career several times. He was one of the top world footballers in the 1990s, …
- Giovanni dos Santos
Giovanni dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican football striker who plays for FC Barcelona and is part of the Mexican National U-20 Football Team and was a member of the Mexican National U-17 Football team that won the FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005 held in Peru. Dos Santos, also known as "Gio" or "Giova", was a key piece in winning that title.
- Braulio Luna
Braulio Luna Guzmán is a Mexican football player, who currently plays as a midfielder for San Luis in the Primera División de México. Luna made his professional debut in the Mexican League Division in 1994, playing for UNAM Pumas in a 3-3 draw match against León. He made his international debut for the Mexican national football team in December 1997, playing in a friendly match against Australia. Luna also played in two World Cup tournaments, …
- Antonio Naelson
Antônio Naelson Matias, also known simply as Zinha, is a Brazilian-Mexican football player, who is currently playing as midfielder for Club Toluca, where he is often called "El Toñito". Naelson stands at 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) and weighs 67 kg (147 lb) and is often the shortest player on the football field. He was part of the Mexican 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, …
- Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Boca Juniors. He plays as a striker.
- Jonny Magallón
José Jonny Magallón Oliva in Ocotlan, Jalisco) is a Mexican Football player currently playing with Chivas de Guadalajara as a Defender. He made his debut with Chivas on March 13, 2005 against arch rival Club América which ended tied 3-3. Jonny plays as a Left Back with Chivas, replacing fellow Ocotlán native Carlos Salcido, now playing for PSV Eindhoven. In his first as a regular starter, Jonny played from the first game through the Final game against Club Toluca.
- Efraín Velarde
Efraín Velarde is a Mexican football player. He currently plays as a defender for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas youh system at the age of 13 and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2004; he usually plays in the left flank of the defense and this season would try to become a regular starter. He has played also for the U-20 and U-21 Mexico national football team.
- José de Jesús Corona
José de Jesús Corona Rodriguez is a Mexican international football goalkeeper who currently plays for UAG Tecos in the Primera División de México. Corona started his career in CF Atlas in 2002, being an important and vital goalkeeper for Atlas. Playing 47 games from 2002 to 2004, he was transferred to UAG Tecos in 2004. Corona has been capped by the Mexico national football team, …
- Ricardo Ferretti
Ricardo Ferretti de Olveira (born February 22, 1954 in Brazil) is a football coach, who has coached Pumas UNAM, Chivas, UANL Tigres, Toluca, and Morelia. He is nicknamed "El Tuca", and is known for his smoking and his aggressive style on the bench. After retiring as a player, Ferretti started to work as a football coach in 1995 with Pumas UNAM. In 1996 he moved to Chivas, where he had his most successes, including a championship in 1997, and a runner-up position in 1998.
- Oguchi Onyewu
Oguchialu Chilioke "Oguchi" Onyewu or "Gooch" (born May 13, 1982 in Washington, D.C.) is an American soccer player who plays in defense for Standard Liège and the United States. Onyewu's parents moved to the United States from Nigeria to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. Onyewu has two brothers, Uche and Nonye, and two sisters, Chi-Chi and Ogechi. Growing up in Silver Spring and later Olney, Maryland, …
- Salvador Carmona
Salvador José Carmona Álvarez is a retired Mexican football defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional soccer affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests. During his career, he obtained 85 caps for the Mexican national team since his debut in 1996, and participated at the World Cup finals in 1998 and 2002, in which he played an important role in the team.