Enrique Meza Jr. is a football coach plus techniques

Skill

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 and teamwork

Teamwork

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 professional. He is the son of distinguished coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

 and manager Enrique Meza. Notably, Meza Jr. was the assistant coach of Cameroon

Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...

 during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The Confederation of African Football section of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams compete for five berths in the final tournament in South Africa...

 for the Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

n continent.

Coaching and Managerial Career

From 2007 to 2008, Enrique Meza, Jr. served as assistant coach of successful Mexican first division football club: Pachuca in their participation at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

2008 FIFA Club World Cup

-Play-off for Quarter-finals:-Quarter-finals:-----Semi-finals:-----Match for fifth place:-Match for third place:-Final:-Scorers:3 goals Wayne Rooney...

 hosted by Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 - where his team came fourth; winning 2 million US dollars in prize money. Additionally, in 2009, Meza Jr. served as new talent scout for Pachuca footbal club in Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

 and Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

.

In Ghana, during May 2009, at the Influenza

Influenza

Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae , that affects birds and mammals...

 outbreak, although Meza Jr. was very healthy, he was wrongfully detained incommunicado for over 27 hours under terrible hygienic conditions, just because he flew in from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. His father, Enrique Meza strongly protested this human rights

Human rights

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 violation and inhumane treatment of his son in a letter for the Government of Ghana

Foreign relations of Ghana

Ghana is active in the United Nations and many of its specialized agencies, the World Trade Organization, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of African Unity , what is now is the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States...

 through the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations. Meza Jr. was later sent to Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 from where he left for Mexico.
From studying in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, United Kingdom, Enrique Meza Jr. traveled to Italy, Barcelona and Germany to take coaching

Coaching

Coaching, with a professional coach, is the practice of supporting an individual, referred to as the client or mentee or coachee, through the process of achieving a specific personal or professional result....

 courses in football techniques and management. In Barcelona, he met Thomas N'kono

Thomas N'Kono

Thomas 'Tommy' Nkono is a retired Cameroonian footballer.Arguably the greatest goalkeeper Africa has ever produced, he is mainly associated to Espanyol, whom he represented for almost a decade appearing in more than 300 official games.Nkono appeared for the Cameroonian national team in three World...

. N'kono invited Meza Jr. to work as his assistant coach for Cameroon

Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...

. Earlier, N'kono had taken the coaching position on an interim basis from Otto Pfister

Otto Pfister

Otto Pfister is a German football manager, and one of Germany's most successful coaching exports, voted Africa's Manager of the Year in 1992. He has been to four African Cup of Nations competitions with Upper Volta , Zaire, Cameroon and Ghana) and reached the African Cup of Nations final twice,...

.

When Paul Le Guen

Paul Le Guen

Paul Le Guen is a French football manager and former player. He was recently confirmed as new manager of the Oman national football team.Le Guen had a successful managerial career in France, most notably leading Olympique Lyonnais to three consecutive Ligue 1 titles. He has also managed Stade...

 became acting manager of Cameroon in October 2009, he asked Meza Jr. to stay on board as part of the coaching staff. In December 2009, Meza Jr. was reunited with his father: Enrique Meza at Cruz Azul, as his assistant coach and manager.

Also, at Cruz Azul, apart from being assistant coach and technical manager for the first division senior team, Meza, Jr. serves as assistant coach plus techniques tutor of Cruz Azul's under 20 team; as well as being manager and head coach of the under 17 team.

Titles

• League Championships:
  • Clausura 2007 C.F. Pachuca

• CONCACAF Champion' Cup:
  • 2007
  • 2008

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