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Marco Antonio Ruiz quits as Mexican U17 National team coach

The Mexican football federation has announced that Marco Antonio “Chima” Ruiz has stepped down as coach of the U17 Mexican National team. With this, Ruiz leaves the youth system of the Mexican National teams which he had been part of for eight years. He was first an assistant Coach of the U20 team first under Juan Carlos Chavez and then with Sergio Almaguer. Later, he became head coach of the team and took them to the 2017 U20 World Cup. He then moved on to the U23 team before Jaime Lozano ended up with the U17 team in 2019, which he took to the final.