Ileana Dávila

Ileana María Dávila Rodríguez (born 24 January 1975) is a Mexican football manager. Dávila currently works as a football analyst for Televisa Deportes Network.

Career Early career Ileana Dávila was born on 24 January 1975 in Córdoba, Veracruz.

After seeing an ad in a newspaper for a football coach program, Dávila started her formation at the Mexican Football Federation school and she later successfully graduated from the program, being the only woman in her class.

She started her career coaching college and indoor football teams, and in 2017 she went to the Club Universidad Nacional looking for a job. Initially, Dávila asked to be the first team's kit manager, since UNAM did not have any women's football program at the moment, but club chairman Rodrigo Ares de Parga refused. Ares de Parga still hired her, but she was appointed as manager of UNAM's Academy lowest youth category, the U13, instead. Dávila was the first ever female football coach in any team of the Club Universidad Nacional.

UNAM Women Back in December 2018, the Mexican Football Federation had created the Liga MX Femenil, Mexico's women's football top league, the league was set to start in July 2017. In April 2017, a few months behind the start of the season, Dávila was appointed manager of UNAM Women. Dávila was considered by Monterrey Women as manager, but the team finally hired Eva Espejo.

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