Jorge Garcés
.jpg) Garcés in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Luis Garcés Rojas | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Talca, Chile | ||
| Position | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1977 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 1975 | → San Luis (loan) | ||
| 1976 | → Iberia (loan) | ||
| 1977–1979 | Real España | ||
| 1979–1980 | Lota Schwager | ||
| 1980–1986 | Francs Borains | ||
| 1983–1984 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | ||
| 1984–1985 | → Universidad Católica (loan) | ||
| 1985–1986 | → Deportes La Serena (loan) | ||
| 1986–1987 | RFC Arquennes | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989–1991 | RFC Arquennes | ||
| 1992 | Provincial Osorno | ||
| 1993 | Everton | ||
| 1994–1995 | Cobreloa | ||
| 1996 | Deportes Temuco | ||
| 1997 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 1998–1999 | Municipal Iquique | ||
| 1999–2001 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 2001 | Chile (caretaker) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Chiapas | ||
| 2004–2005 | Everton | ||
| 2006–2007 | O'Higgins | ||
| 2008 | Deportes Concepción | ||
| 2008 | Unión Española | ||
| 2010 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 2011 | Ñublense | ||
| 2011 | Deportes Concepción | ||
| 2014 | Rangers | ||
| 2016 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| 2019–2020 | Fernández Vial | ||
| 2021–2022 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 2024 | Juan Fernández (city team) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jorge Luis Garcés Rojas (born 13 May 1954) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Manager
[edit]Garcés was born in Talca. He started his managerial career in 1989 with RFC Arquennes. In 1992, he won the Primera B Championship with Provincial Osorno.
Garcés joined Santiago Wanderers in 1999, getting promotion to First Division. In 2001, the team won the First Division championship, qualifying to the Copa Libertadores.
Following the resignation of Pedro García, manager of Chile national football team in 2001, Garcés was hired by the ANFP to coach the Chilean team, getting two defeats (Brazil 2–0 Chile, Colombia 3–1 Chile) and a draw (Chile 0–0 Ecuador).
O'Higgins hired Garcés for the 2007 Clausura, finishing second in the League Table. The club also reached the semi-finals. Garcés left the team in 2007.
In 2024, he assumed as coach of the Juan Fernández Islands team for the 2024 Copa Chile.[2]
Outside football
[edit]In 2008, Garcés competed in the second season of the Chilean TV program Estrellas en el Hielo: El Baile [es] (Stars on ice: The dance) from TVN.[3]
In 2013, Garcés took part in the Chilean reality show Trepadores [es] (Mountain climbers) from Mega.[4]
In 2021, Garcés was a candidate to councillor for Talca commune.[5] In 2025, he was a candidate to deputy for the district 7 as a member of Evópoli.[6][7]
Honours
[edit]Provincial Osorno
- Primera B: 1992
Santiago Wanderers
References
[edit]- ↑ Jorge Garcés at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Vera, Pablo (21 February 2024). "Jorge Garcés vuelve a dirigir". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ "Ronny: "Todos esperan que tenga un desempeño paupérrimo"". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
Sus rivales confirmados pa'l brillo,... la modelo Carla Ballero, el deté Jorge Garcés, el actor Guido Vecchiola y Fabián Estay.
- ↑ Ruiz Garcés, Rodrigo (9 September 2013). "Jorge Garcés: "Estamos llenos de argentinos chantas, viejo"". La Cuarta (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ↑ "Seleccionados en política". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ↑ Reyes, Luis (19 August 2025). "Giro en la carrera de Jorge Garcés: Evopoli lo hace oficial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ Reyes, Luis (17 November 2025). "Es una leyenda del deporte chileno y fue elegido diputado: ¡sólo dos candidatos lo lograron!". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2025.
fracasaron en el intento de llegar como diputados al Congreso Nacional. Es el caso del entrenador Jorge Garcés (distrito 7, por Evopoli)
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1954 births
- Footballers from Talca
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chilean men's footballers
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- San Luis de Quillota footballers
- Deportes Iberia footballers
- Real C.D. España players
- Lota Schwager footballers
- Francs Borains players
- Rayo Vallecano players
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Deportes La Serena footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Segunda División players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
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- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Chilean football managers
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- Everton de Viña del Mar managers
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- Chile national football team managers
- Jaguares F.C. managers
- O'Higgins F.C. managers
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- Unión Española managers
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