Jorge Luis Pinto

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Jorge Luis Pinto
Pinto in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador
Date of birth (1952-12-16) 16 December 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth San Gil, Colombia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Managerial career
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
2010 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
2022–2023 Deportivo Cali
2024–2025 Unión Magdalena
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pinto and the second or maternal family name is Afanador.

Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador (born 16 December 1952) is a Colombian football manager.

Managing career

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Pinto managed several teams in Colombia, including Santa Fe and Unión 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 Cúcuta Deportivo, leading them to their first Colombian league title.

Pinto was named as the new coach of the Colombia national team in December 2006.[1] His tenure began positively, as Colombia enjoyed a strong start in the World Cup qualifiers, earning 10 out of 16 possible points—including a memorable 2-1 victory over Argentina. However, he faced criticism after poor results in the 2007 Copa América, where Colombia suffered a heavy 5-0 loss to Paraguay.[2] After a 1-0 loss to Uruguay at home and a 4-0 away loss to Chile, and with the team sixth in the table, Pinto was sacked by the FCF in September 2008.[1]

In November 2008, he returned to Cucuta Deportivo. He left at the end of the 2009 Finalizacion with the team missing out of playoff qualification.

In 2010, he became coach of Deportivo Táchira and won the Venezuelan championship with the club in 2011. He exited the club in June 2011, shortly after winning the title.[3]

In 2011, he became manager of Costa Rica again, and on 10 September 2013 qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Costa Rica ended in second place in 2014 World Cup qualification.

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. Shortly after Costa Rica's elimination, Pinto stepped down as coach, citing "differences" with the Costa Rican Football Federation.[4] He was voted as CONCACAF's best coach of 2014, beating United States head coach Jürgen Klinsmann.[5]

In December 2014, he became manager of the Honduras.[6] 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.

In July 2018, he was on a 4-man shortlist for the vacant Egyptian national team manager job.[7] In November 2018, he returned to Colombia to coach Millonarios,[8] until October 2019.[9]

In summer 2020, he became the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team.[10] On 30 November 2020, Pinto's contract was terminated due to disappointing results with the national team.[11]

On 1 October 2022, he returned to Deportivo Cali for a second spell as manager, having previously been at the helm of the Colombian club from 1990 to 1991.[12] Pinto managed Deportivo Cali for nine months, resigning on 8 July 2023.[13]

Managerial statistics

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As of 15 November 2016
Team From To Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Costa Rica 20 September 2011 24 July 2014 49 23 13 13 63 43 +20 046.94
Honduras 6 December 2014 15 November 2017 30 11 7 12 41 33 +8 036.67 [14][15][16]

Honours

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Alianza Lima

Alajuelense

Costa Rica

Cúcuta Deportivo

Deportivo Táchira

Honduras

  • Copa Centroamericana: 2017

Individual

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  • CONCACAF's 2014 coach of the year[17]
  • Best Colombian coach of 2014[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cesan a técnico colombiano Jorge Luis Pinto por malos resultados". La Nación (in Spanish). 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  2. ^ "Argentina beat US, Paraguay hammer Colombia". Times of Malta. 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  3. ^ "Jorge Luis Pinto deja el Táchira tras ganar el título venezolano". El Colombiano (in European Spanish). 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  4. ^ "Jorge Luis Pinto quits Costa Rica post". ESPN.com. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  5. ^ "Navas, Wambach named 2014 CONCACAF Players of the Year". Concacaf. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  6. ^ "Pinto dirigirá a Honduras". Marca. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Egypt announces four-man coaching shortlist". BBC Sport. 25 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Liga Aguila 2018: Jorge Luis Pinto: "En Millonarios sólo sirve ganar"". MARCA Claro Colombia (in Spanish). November 14, 2018.
  9. ^ "Oficial: Jorge Luis Pinto renuncia a Millonarios de Colombia". Fútbol Centroamérica (in Spanish). 30 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Jorge Luis Pinto: The new UAE manager arrives on a World Cup mission". The National. 22 July 2020.
  11. ^ "After 5 months and 3 friendlies, UAE fires coach Pinto -". The Tico Times. 30 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Jorge Luis Pinto es el nuevo entrenador del Deportivo Cali" [Jorge Luis Pinto is the new manager of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Oficial: Jorge Luis Pinto deja de ser DT del Deportivo Cali" [Official: Jorge Luis Pinto ceases to be manager of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). Diario As. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Honduras 2014–15 fixtures and results". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Network. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Honduras 2015–16 fixtures and results". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Network. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Honduras 2016–17 fixtures and results". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Network. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Navas, Wambach named 2014 CONCACAF Players of the Year". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  18. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (January 23, 2015). "Pékerman es el cuarto mejor DT del 2014, según la IFFHS". El Tiempo.
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