Jorge Almirón

Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana (born June 19, 1971), commonly known as Jorge Almirón, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Primera División club Boca Juniors.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Almirón and the second or maternal family name is Quintana.
Jorge Almirón
Almirón with Boca Juniors in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana
Date of birth (1971-06-19) June 19, 1971
Place of birth San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 San Miguel 0 (0)
1994–1996 Santiago Wanderers 0 (0)
1997–2000 Atlas 86 (10)
2000–2004 Morelia 168 (12)
2004–2006 Querétaro 74 (6)
2006–2007 Atlante 34 (1)
2007–2008 León 45 (2)
2008–2009 Dorados de Sinaloa 8 (0)
Total 415 (31)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Dorados de Sinaloa
2009–2010 Defensa y Justicia
2010 Veracruz
2010–2011 Correcaminos UAT
2011–2012 Atlas (assistant coach)
2012–2013 Defensa y Justicia
2013 Tijuana
2013–2014 Godoy Cruz
2014–2015 Independiente
2015–2017 Lanús
2017–2018 Atlético Nacional
2018–2019 San Lorenzo
2019 Al-Shabab
2020–2021 Elche
2022 Lanús
2022 Elche
2023– Boca Juniors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

On July 26, 1997, Almirón made his Liga MX debut with Atlas in a 2–1 victory over Puebla.

In the season of the Clausura 2006, he helped Querétaro pass to the Primera División of Mexico but then demoted back to the Segunda Division (now called Liga de Ascenso) in Clausura 2007. In 2008, he was named player-coach of Dorados.

As manager, Almirón guided Lanús to achieve its second league title ever and reached the 2017 Copa Libertadores finals, where they were defeated by Brazilian club Grêmio.

In November 2018, he was introduced as the new manager of San Lorenzo.

In June 2019, Almirón became the new manager of the Al-Shabab, after the Saudi club sacked the Romanian manager Marius Șumudică.[1]

On 26 August 2020, Almirón was appointed manager of recently promoted La Liga club Elche.[2]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 24 October 2023[3]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Dorados de Sinaloa Mexico 16 October 2008 30 June 2009 23 8 9 6 32 23 +9 034.78
Defensa y Justicia Argentina 6 July 2009 17 February 2010 22 8 6 8 31 32 −1 036.36
Veracruz Mexico 17 February 2010 29 March 2010 7 2 2 3 9 10 −1 028.57
Correcaminos UAT Mexico 17 September 2010 23 August 2011 31 9 9 13 41 42 −1 029.03
Defensa y Justicia Argentina 23 October 2012 30 June 2013 29 13 10 6 35 29 +6 044.83
Tijuana Mexico 30 June 2013 11 November 2013 21 8 7 6 30 25 +5 038.10
Godoy Cruz Argentina 9 December 2013 18 July 2014 19 9 5 5 23 18 +5 047.37
Independiente Argentina 18 July 2014 25 May 2015 35 14 11 10 51 46 +5 040.00
Lanús Argentina 11 December 2015 19 December 2017 81 42 15 24 115 77 +38 051.85
Atlético Nacional Colombia 19 December 2017 30 August 2018 43 23 11 9 49 25 +24 053.49
San Lorenzo Argentina 5 November 2018 13 May 2019 25 4 14 7 14 19 −5 016.00
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 24 June 2019 5 December 2019 16 8 4 4 24 13 +11 050.00
Elche Spain 26 August 2020 12 February 2021 24 5 9 10 22 34 −12 020.83
Lanús Argentina 25 December 2021 7 July 2022 29 8 11 10 34 32 +2 027.59
Elche Spain 12 October 2022 7 November 2022 5 0 2 3 5 10 −5 000.00
Boca Juniors Argentina 10 April 2023 present 41 17 12 12 50 37 +13 041.46
Total 450 177 137 136 565 472 +93 039.33

Honours

Player
Santiago Wanderers
Morelia
Querétaro

Manager
Lanús

References
  1. "Jorge Almirón Welcome to #ShababFC". @ShababSaudiFc on Twitter. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. "Jorge Almirón, nuevo entrenador del Elche CF" [Jorge Almirón, new Elche CF manager]. Elche CF (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. Jorge Almirón coach profile at Soccerway
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