Jorge Luis Pinto

Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador (born 16 December 1952) is a Colombian football manager, currently in charge of United Arab Emirates national football team.

Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador
Pinto in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador
Date of birth (1952-12-16) December 16, 1952
Place of birth San Gil, Colombia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Club information
Current team
 Millonarios
Teams managed
Years Team
1984–1985 Millonarios
1986–1987 Santa Fe
1988–1989 Unión Magdalena
1990–1991 Deportivo Cali
1991–1993 Santa Fe
1994–1997 Unión Magdalena
1997–1998 Alianza Lima
1998–1999 Millonarios
1999–2000 Alianza Lima
2001 Atlético Bucaramanga
2002–2003 Alajuelense
2003–2004 Atlético Junior
2004–2005 Costa Rica
2006 Cúcuta Deportivo
2007–2008 Colombia
2009 Cúcuta Deportivo
2009 El Nacional
2010–2011 Deportivo Táchira
2011 Atlético Junior
2011–2014 Costa Rica
2016 Honduras Olympic
2014–2017 Honduras
2018–2019 Millonarios
2020– United Arab Emirates
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pinto and the second or maternal family name is Afanador.

Managing career

Pinto managed several teams in Colombia, including Santa Fe and Union Magdalena on two occasions, before joining Club Alianza Lima (Peru) in 1997. The team was able to win the 1997 Torneo Descentralizado, after an 18-year drought. Afterwards, he left the club and returned to Colombia.

After an unsuccessful attempt at coaching Costa Rica 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. His job was highly criticized by the general public after very bad showings against Uruguay and Chile in 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches as well as in the 2007 Copa América. 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.

In 2011, he became manager of Costa Rica again, and on 10 September 2013 qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[1] Costa Rica ended in second place in 2014 World Cup qualification. He was voted as CONCACAF's best coach of 2014 after the World Cup, beating United States head coach Jürgen Klinsmann.

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Pinto secured a 3–1 victory for Costa Rica over Uruguay and another 1–0 victory over Italy. After a 0–0 draw against England, 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 on penalties and went through to the quarter finals of the 2014 World Cup. His team eventually lost on penalties to the Netherlands after a goalless draw.

In December 2014, he became manager of the Honduras.[2] Pinto took his team into the two leg intercontinental playoff against Australia for a place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. However, Honduras lost to Australia 3–1 on aggregate over the two legs and Pinto later stepped down as Honduras coach.[3]

In July 2018 he was on a 4-man shortlist for the vacant Egyptian national team manager job.[4]

Managerial statistics
As of 15 November 2016
Team From To Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Honduras 6 December 2014 15 November 2017 30 11 7 12 41 33 +8 036.67 [5][6][7]

Managerial honours

Club
Alianza Lima
Alajuelense
  • Costa Rican Primera División Apertura Champion: 2002
  • Costa Rican Primera División Apertura and Clausura Champion: 2003
Cúcuta Deportivo
Deportivo Táchira

Individual
  • CONCACAF's 2014 coach of the year[8]
  • Best Colombian coach of 2014[9]

International
Costa Rica
Honduras
  • Copa Centroamericana (1): 2017

References
  1. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil2014/teams/team=43901/index.html
  2. "Pinto dirigirá a Honduras". Marca. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. http://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1144632-466/jorge-luis-pinto-le-dice-adi%C3%B3s-a-la-selecci%C3%B3n-no-le-fall%C3%A9 (In Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2018
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44951260
  5. "Honduras 2014–15 fixtures and results". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Network. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  6. "Honduras 2015–16 fixtures and results". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Network. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  7. "Honduras 2016–17 fixtures and results". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Network. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-15138475
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