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 manager of Rosario Central.
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 was relegated back to the Segunda División (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.
On 26 August 2020, Almirón was appointed manager of recently promoted La Liga club Elche.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Dorados de Sinaloa 16 October 2008 30 June 2009Defensa y Justicia 6 July 2009 17 February 2010 Veracruz 17 February 201029 March 2010Correcaminos UAT17 September 201023 August 2011Defensa y Justicia23 October 201230 June 2013Tijuana30 June 201311 November 2013Godoy Cruz9 December 201318 July 2014Independiente18 July 201425 May 2015Lanús11 December 201519 December 2017Atlético Nacional19 December 201730 August 2018San Lorenzo5 November 201813 May 2019Al-Shabab24 June 20195 December 2019Elche26 August 202012 February 2021Lanús25 December 20217 July 2022Elche12 October 20227 November 2022Boca Juniors10 April 20235 November 2023Colo-Colo4 January 202419 August 2025Rosario Central15 December 20253 June 2026Total
Honours Player Santiago Wanderers Primera B de Chile: 1995
Morelia Mexican Primera División: Invierno 2000
Querétaro Ascenso MX: Clausura 2006
Manager Lanús Argentine Primera División: 2016 Copa del Bicentenario: 2016 Supercopa Argentina: 2016
Colo-Colo Chilean Primera División: 2024 Supercopa de Chile: 2024
Rosario Central Supercopa Internacional: 2026
References
External links
footballdatabase.com mediotiempo.com Jorge Almirón at MemoriaWanderers.cl