Jersson González

Jersson Amur González Díaz (born February 16, 1975 in Cali) is a retired Colombian football defender and defensive midfielder. He was notable for possessing great ball control and an experienced free-kick taker.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Jersson González
Personal information
Full name Jersson Amur González Díaz
Date of birth (1975-01-16) 16 January 1975
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Playing position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2002 América de Cali 238 (21)
2002 Galatasaray 0 (0)
2003 River Plate 6 (0)
2003 Centauros Villavicencio 19 (1)
2003–2005 América de Cali 56 (7)
2006 Deportivo Pereira 32 (9)
2007 Boyacá Chico 60 (14)
2008–2009 América de Cali 41 (4)
2010 Atlético Bucaramanga 0 (0)
2011 América de Cali 11 (1)
Total 463 (57)
National team
1995–2001 Colombia 18 (1)
Teams managed
2013 Boyacá Chico (U20)
2014–2017 América de Cali (U20)
2018 América de Cali (womens)
2018–2019 América de Cali (assistant)
2018 América de Cali (caretaker)
2019 América de Cali (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

González played for the Colombia national football team in the Copa América 2001 which they won. He also won the Colombian League with América de Cali in 1997 and 2000.

González has Played for various Colombian teams and other international teams from Turkey and Argentina. He played for América de Cali, Deportivo Pereira, Centauros in Colombia. Club Atlético River Plate from Argentina and Galatasaray in Turkey.

González played for Colombia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.[1]

Coaching career

González started his coaching career in 2013, where he became manager of Boyacá Chico's U20 squad.[2]

From 2014 to 2017, González was the manager of América de Cali's U20 squad.[3] Through a video broadcast by América de Cali on its official YouTube channel, it was learned that Jersson González was appointed as the new manager of the women's team for the 2018 season.[4]

On 20 August 2018, he was appointed caretaker manager for the first team of América de Cali.[5] He was in charge for one game against Millonarios which he lost 0-2 and was replaced a few days later by a newly appointed manager. After Fernando Castro Lozada was fired on 15 April 2019, González was once again appointed caretaker manager, this time until the end of the season.[6]

References
  1. Jersson González – FIFA competition record
  2. BOYACÁ CHICÓ FC. on Twitter: "Con el debut del DT. Jersson..., twitter.com, 7 March 2013
  3. Jersson González dirigirá el equipo femenino del América, colombia.as.com, 15 November 2017
  4. Jersson González fue nombrado DT del América de Cali para la Liga Femenina 2018, feminafutbol.com,
  5. Jersson González será el DT de América de Cali ante Millonarios, futbolete.com, 22 August 2018
  6. Jersson González sigue de DT en América de Cali, espn.com.co, 23 April 2019
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