Reinaldo Rueda

Reinaldo Rueda Rivera (born 16 April 1957) is a Colombian football coach who currently serves as a manager for the Honduras national team.

After an unfavorable start to the 2006 World Cup qualification phase (only 1 point after 5 games) the Colombian Football Federation made Rueda the coach of the senior team.

At the 2003 South American U-20 tournament in Uruguay, Reinaldo Rueda assured his team a ticket to the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a 10-year hiatus.

On 11 October 2013, Ecuador secured a crucial 1–0 win over direct rivals Uruguay in the 17th round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

At the World Cup, Ecuador exited in the group stage placed third following a 2–1 loss to Switzerland, a 2–1 win over Honduras and a 0–0 draw to France.

In December, the team won the 2015 Torneo Finalización, Rueda's inaugural title in charge of a senior side.

They additionally reached the Copa Sudamericana finals that year, finishing as runners-up as the club's board decided to concede the title to Chapecoense.

He left at the end of the season, after securing qualification for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage with a sixth-place finish in the Série A.

At the 2019 Copa América, Chile finished second place in Group C behind Uruguay; in the quarter-finals, they knocked Colombia out in the penalty shootouts after a goalless draw in regulation time.

Again with the qualifications, Colombia managed to defeat Peru 3-0, tied Argentina and Bolivia with a result of 2-2 and 1-1 respectively, to return to the last same scoreline with Paraguay, and a 3-1 win against Chile.