Jorge Almirón

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Jorge Almirón
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Personnel
Surname Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana
birthday June 19, 1971
place of birth San Miguel , Gran Buenos Aires ,  Argentina
size 180 cm
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1991-1993 CA San Miguel
1994-1996 CD Santiago Wanderers
1997-1999 Atlas Guadalajara 86 (10)
2000-2004 Monarcas Morelia 168 (12)
2004-2006 Club León
2006-2007 Querétaro FC 34 0(1)
2007-2008 Club León 0 0(0)
2008-2009 Dorados de Sinaloa 8 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2008-2009 Dorados de Sinaloa
2010 CD Veracruz
2010-2011 UAT Correcaminos
2011–2012 Atlas Guadalajara (Assistant)
2012-2013 CSD Defensa y Justicia
2013 Club Tijuana
2013-2014 CD Godoy Cruz
2014-2015 CA Independiente
2015-2017 CA Lanus
2018 Atlético Nacional
2018-2019 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro
2019 al-Shabab
1 Only league games are given.

Jorge Almirón (born June 19, 1971 in San Miguel , Gran Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine soccer player who mainly played in midfield and has been a coach since the end of his active career. Because of its dark skin color, Almirón is also known by the nickname El Negro (dt. The black ).

Player career

Almirón began his professional career in 1991 at his hometown club CA San Miguel in the Tercera Categoría of the Argentine league system. In 1994 he moved to the CD Santiago Wanderers in the neighboring country Chile and won the championship of the second-class Primera B with the club in 1995 , whereby the promotion to the first division succeeded.

From the summer of 1997 until the end of his active career in the 2008/09 season, Almirón worked exclusively in Mexico , where he was under contract with Atlas Guadalajara for the first two and a half years . For the second half of the 1999/00 season he moved to Monarcas Morelia and immediately won the Mexican football championship with the club in the 2000 winter tournament , which was followed by two runners-up in the 2002/03 season .

After two seasons at Club León , which is playing in the second division , Almirón returned to the first division, where he played for Gallos Blancos in the 2006/07 season . He then played again for Club León and won with him the second division championship of the Clausura in 2008, but failed with the Esmeraldas in the promotion finals against Indios de Ciudad Juarez . In the following season 2008/09 he let his active career end with the Dorados de Sinaloa , which he was also coaching at the time.

Coaching career

He then coached the Mexican second division club CD Veracruz and UAT Correcaminos before taking on the post of assistant coach at his former club Atlas Guadalajara in October 2012 at CSD Defensa y Justicia for the first time in his home country. His activity there ended in June 2013 and he took over the training management at Club Tijuana until November 2013 . From December 2013 to July 2014 he trained Godoy Cruz . Immediately afterwards, Almirón was head coach of the traditional Argentinian club CA Independiente until May 2015 . From December 2015 to December 2017 he worked in this role at CA Lanús . For the 2018 season he was introduced as the new coach at the Colombian top club Atlético Nacional from Medellín .

successes

As a player:

As a trainer:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile at Fichajes.com (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Profile at ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
  3. ^ Profile on soccerway.com , accessed January 2, 2018
  4. ↑ 'No soy filósofo de fútbol, ​​soy más del trabajo de cancha': Almirón , accessed on January 2, 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Almirón, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almirón Quintana, Jorge Francisco (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH San Miguel , Gran Buenos Aires , Mexico