Manuel Vidrio

Manuel Vidrio Solís (born August 23, 1972 in Teocuitatlán de Corona, Jalisco) is a former Mexican football defender and assistant coach for the Mexican national team. He has been capped for the Mexican national team, including four games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Mexican 1992 Summer Olympics squad. A rugged and combative central defender, Vidrio played for Chivas until 1996. He then spent two seasons at Toluca and three at UAG Tecos before joining Pachuca, where he became one of the most effective defenders in Mexico. Lining up in a tough back line that also included Mexican internationals Alberto Rodriguez, Francisco Gabriel de Anda and Octavio Valdez, Vidrio helped Pachuca to its first national professional...