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{{Short description|Mexican football player and manager (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Vergara|Rubio|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mónica Vergara
| image =
| fullname = Mónica Vergara Rubio
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1983|5|2}}
| birth_place = [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]], Mexico
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub =
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| years1 =
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| goals1 =
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| nationalteam1 = [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1 =
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| manageryears1 = 2014
| managerclubs1 = [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico women]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2014
| managerclubs2 = [[Mexico women's national under-15 football team|Mexico U–15 women]]
| manageryears3 = 2014–2016
| managerclubs3 = [[Mexico women's national under-17 football team|Mexico U–17 women]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2015
| managerclubs4 = [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico women]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2016–2018
| managerclubs5 = [[Mexico women's national under-20 football team|Mexico U–20 women]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2016
| managerclubs6 = [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico women]] (assistant)
| manageryears7 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs7 = [[Mexico women's national under-17 football team|Mexico U–17 women]]
| manageryears8 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs8 = [[Mexico women's national under-20 football team|Mexico U–20 women]]
| manageryears9 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs9 = [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico women]]
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'''Mónica Vergara Rubio''' (born 2 May 1983) is a [[Mexicans|Mexican]] professional [[association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. Vergara is the former manager of the [[Mexico women's national football team]]. Before her manager career, Vergara was a member of the senior Mexico women's team, playing as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. Vergara also held positions as manager for the U-15, U-17, and U-20 Mexico women's national teams, leading the U-15 squad to a third-place finish at the [[Football at the Youth Olympic Games|Youth Olympic Games]] and, most notably, leading the U-17 team to the championship game of the [[2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fmfstateofmind.com/2021/1/19/22239313/monica-vergara-named-mexico-womens-national-team-manager|title=Mónica Vergara named México Women's National Team manager|publisher=FMF State of Mind|date=19 January 2021|access-date=19 January 2021|language=English}}</ref>

==International career==
Vergara represented Mexico at the [[Mexico women's national football team|senior level]], competing at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens, Greece]], where the team finished in eighth place.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensolympic/athens2004/teams/team=1883724/index.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128051128/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensolympic/athens2004/teams/team=1883724/index.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 28, 2013| title=Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Mexico (MEX)| publisher=[[FIFA]]| access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref>

== Managerial career ==

=== Mexico U-15 women's national football team ===
On August 26, 2014, Vergara led the Mexico U-15 women's national team to a bronze medal at the [[Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament|2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games]] after beating [[Slovakia women's national football team|Slovakia]] 3–1 in the third-place match. Three days prior, Mexico fell to [[Venezuela women's national football team|Venezuela]] in penalty kicks, 3–4, after the game ended in a draw, 1-1.

=== Mexico U-17 women's national football team ===
On June 12, 2018, [[Mexico U-17 women's national football team]] finished as Runners-up at the [[2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/1242/mexico-segundo-lugar-del-campeonato-femenino-sub-17-la-concacaf|title=México, segundo Lugar del Campeonato Femenino Sub-17 de la CONCACAF|work=miseleccion.mx|language=Spanish|date=|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

On December 1, 2018, [[Mexico U-17 women's national football team]] finished as Runners-up at the [[2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]], falling to [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]] in the Final, 1–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/1700/mexico-subcampeon-la-copa-mundial-femenina-sub-17|title=México, Subcampeón en la Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-17|work=miseleccion.mx|language=Spanish|date=|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

=== Mexico U-20 women's national football team ===
On March 8, 2020, [[Mexico U-20 women's national football team]] finished as Runners-up at the [[2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/3116/La%2520SNM%2520Femenil%2520Sub-20%2520es%2520subcampeona%2520del%2520Premundial|title=La SNM Femenil Sub-20 es subcampeona del Premundial|work=miseleccion.mx|language=Spanish|date=|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> With this result, the team qualified for the [[2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]], which was later postponed to 2021 and eventually canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

=== Mexico senior women's national football team ===
Vergara was named head coach of the senior team on January 19, 2021. She was sacked on August 15, 2022, after Mexico failed to qualify to the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]] during the [[2022 CONCACAF W Championship]].

== Honors ==

=== Manager ===
;Mexico U-15 women's national football team
* [[Football at the Youth Olympic Games|Youth Olympic Games]]: Third-Place ([[Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament|2014]])

;Mexico U-17 women's national football team
* [[CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship]]: Runners-up ([[2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship|2018]])
* [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]]: Runners-up ([[2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2018]])

;Mexico U-20 women's national football team
*[[CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship]]: Runners-up ([[2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship|2020]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|180}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/monica-vergara-1.html Sports-reference profile]

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[[Category:Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in football]]
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