Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador (born 16 December 1952) is a Colombian
football
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manager.
Managing career
Pinto managed several teams in Colombia, including
Santa Fe and
Unión Magdalena
Unión Magdalena () commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone) and also Los Samarios (The Samarios), is a Colombian football club from the city of Santa Marta, capital of the department of Magdalena De ...
on two occasions, before joining
Club Alianza Lima
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(Peru) in 1997. The team was able to win the
1997 Torneo Descentralizado
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Competition modus
The national championship ...
, after an 18-year drought. Afterwards, he left the club and returned to Colombia.
After an unsuccessful attempt at coaching
Costa Rica
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in 2004–2005, Pinto returned to Colombia to coach a recently promoted team
Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo which he led to win their first Colombian National Championship in their history.
He was later named as the new coach of the
Colombia national football team
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. His job was highly criticized by the general public after very bad showings against
Uruguay
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and
Chile
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in
2010 World Cup Qualifying matches as well as in the
2007 Copa América
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. Jorge Luis Pinto took Colombia to one of the best starts in FIFA World Cup Qualifying in Colombian football history, obtaining 10 points out of a possible 16. However, due to several lackluster performances later on, Colombia ended in 7th place and failed to qualify for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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.
In 2011, he became manager of Costa Rica again, and on 10 September 2013 qualified for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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in Brazil. Costa Rica ended in second place in
2014 World Cup qualification. He was voted as
CONCACAF
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's best coach of 2014 after the World Cup, beating
United States
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head coach
Jürgen Klinsmann
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.
In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Pinto secured a 3–1 victory for Costa Rica over Uruguay and another 1–0 victory over
Italy
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. After a 0–0 draw against
England
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, Costa Rica finished first in what many called the "Group of Death", the second time Costa Rica made it to the World Cup Round of 16. On 29 June 2014, Costa Rica defeated
Greece
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on penalties and went through to the quarter finals of the 2014 World Cup. His team eventually lost on penalties to the
Netherlands
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after a goalless draw.
In December 2014, he became manager of the
Honduras
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. Pinto took his team into the two leg intercontinental
playoff
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against
Australia
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for a place at the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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in Russia. However, Honduras lost to Australia 3–1 on aggregate over the two legs and Pinto later stepped down as Honduras coach.
In July 2018, he was on a 4-man shortlist for the vacant
Egyptian national team manager job. In November 2018, he returned to Colombia to coach Millonarios, until October 2019.
In summer 2020, he became the head coach of the
United Arab Emirates national team. On 30 November 2020, Pinto's contract was terminated due to disappointing results with the national team.
On 1 October 2022, he returned to
Deportivo Cali
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Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football t ...
for a second spell as manager, having previously been at the helm of the Colombian club from 1990 to 1991. Pinto managed Deportivo Cali for nine months, resigning on 8 July 2023.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Alianza Lima
*
Peruvian Primera División
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:
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
,
1999 Clausura
Alajuelense
*
Costa Rican Primera División
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: 2002 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura
Costa Rica
*
Copa Centroamericana
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:
2005
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,
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Cúcuta Deportivo
*
Categoría Primera A
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:
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
Deportivo Táchira
*
Venezuelan Primera División
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Format
Starting i ...
:
2010–11
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Honduras
*Copa Centroamericana:
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
Individual
*CONCACAF's 2014 coach of the year
*Best Colombian coach of 2014
References
External links
Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Jorge Luis
1952 births
Living people
Club Alianza Lima managers
Atlético Junior managers
Colombian football managers
Colombia national football team managers
Deportivo Cali managers
Independiente Santa Fe managers
Millonarios F.C. managers
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense managers
2004 Copa América managers
2007 Copa América managers
2014 FIFA World Cup managers
Costa Rica national football team managers
Honduras national football team managers
United Arab Emirates national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Venezuela
Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica
Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
Expatriate football managers in Peru
Expatriate football managers in Honduras
Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
Cúcuta Deportivo managers
Deportivo Táchira F.C. managers
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers
Colombian expatriate football managers
Unión Magdalena managers
Categoría Primera A managers
Categoría Primera B managers