The head coach of the Mexican National Team, Javier “Vasco” Aguirre, has earned a significant international accolade as the final stretch towards the 2026 World Cup approaches. The prestigious International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has placed him among the world’s ten best coaches of men’s national teams for the year 2025.
Aguirre, who accumulated 8 points in the IFFHS’s meticulous ranking, finds himself in an elite group featuring global managerial stars. The list is topped by Spain’s Luis de la Fuente (136 points), followed by his compatriot Roberto Martínez (Portugal, 83 pts) and Argentina’s World Cup-winning coach Lionel Scaloni (59 pts). “El Vasco” shares this distinction with other renowned tacticians like Thomas Tuchel (England), Didier Deschamps (France), and Néstor Lorenzo (Colombia).
This global recognition is timely, arriving as Aguirre readies Mexico to co-host the 2026 World Cup. The ranking acts as a key performance barometer for El Tri.
The top-ranked Luis de la Fuente solidifies his status after an exceptional year where Spain not only finished as the number-one team in the FIFA World Rankings but also set a new all-time record for unbeaten runs by a national team, reaching 31 consecutive official matches without defeat.
The full IFFHS ranking for the top 10 coaches is as follows:
- Luis de la Fuente (Spain) – 136 points.
- Roberto Martínez (Portugal) – 83 points.
- Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) – 59 points.
- Stale Solbakken (Norway) – 48 points.
- Thomas Tuchel (England) – 41 points.
- Didier Deschamps (France) – 30 points.
- Walid Regragui (Morocco) – 25 points.
- Timur Kapadze (Uzbekistan) – 10 points.
- Néstor Lorenzo (Colombia) – 10 points.
- Javier Aguirre (Mexico) – 8 points.
For Aguirre and the Mexican National Team, this is more than a footnote; it is a vote of confidence on the global stage that fuels the hopes and expectations of a fanbase dreaming of making history on home soil at the next World Cup.
