Manuel Cerda
Mexican footballer
Manuel Cerda Canela (born 19 April 1945) is a Mexican football player and manager. As a player, he primarily played for Toluca and Zacatepec throughout the 1960s and the 1970s.
Club career
Cerda made his debut for Poza Rica during the 1962–63 Mexican Segunda División where the club would nearly be promoted that season, losing out by just two points to play in the top-flight of Mexican football. This trend of narrowly missing out qualification to the Primera División would continue for all of Cerda's tenure with the club before he switched over to Toluca for the 1966–67 season. He would be a part of a generation that included players such as Albino Morales, Vicente Pereda, Jesús Romero Reyes, Amaury Epaminondas, Carlos García Carrasco and Francisco Linares. He would also spend a majority of his career with manager Ignacio Trelles with Cerda having a fond memory of Trelles' coaching style as well as his personality. Cerda's career highlights would be under Trelles as he was part of the winning squads for the Mexican Primera División and the Campeón de Campeones for the 1966–67 season with the club winning both tournaments once more for the following 1967–68 season.
Throughout the 1970s, he played for Zacatepec and Veracruz. He notably played in the disastrous 1972–73 season where the club narrowly avoided relegation after winning the relegation playoffs against Pachuca. Notably, during his final season as a player, he chose to play for Toluca's main rivals Atlas for the 1978–79 season.
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