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Jorge Rolando Alfonso Ávalos (born 26 January 1971) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club Aucas' youth categories.

Playing career

Born in Buenos Aires, Alfonso was a Racing Club youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1991, he subsequently played for Almirante Brown before joining Mexican side Coras in 1995.

Back to Argentina in 1996, Alfonso played for Dock Sud, Argentino de Quilmes and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto. He retired with Ecuadorian side Deportivo Saquisilí in 2002, aged 31.

Managerial career

After retiring, Alfonso began his managerial career with Saquisilí in 2003. He subsequently returned to his first club Racing as a youth manager, before becoming an assistant of Abel Moralejo at LDU Portoviejo.

After being an assistant of Víctor Luna at Macará, Alfonso remained in the club in the following three seasons, as youth director and manager of the reserves. In 2009, he became an assistant of Fabián Bustos at Manta, and followed the manager to Deportivo Quito, Imbabura, Técnico Universitario, Macará and back to Manta.

Alfonso remained at Manta for the 2014 season, even after Bustos' departure, and was named manager of the reserves. On 11 October of that year, he was named manager of the main squad in the place of Armando Osma, but was unable to avoid relegation.

On 26 May 2015, Alfonso returned to Técnico Universitario, now being appointed manager of the Ecuadorian Serie B side. Sacked on 12 July, he subsequently joined César Vigevani's staff at Chilean club Cobreloa.

On 19 December 2016, Alfonso returned to Ecuador and Manta, after being named at the helm of the club. Dismissed the following 17 April, he returned to Chile to reunite with Vigevani at Huachipato; he was also his assistant at Bolivian side Sport Boys Warnes in 2018.

On 17 August 2018, Alfonso was appointed in charge of Gualaceo also in the Ecuadorian second division. He left the club in April of the following year, and moved to the Dominican Republic in March 2020 to take over Cibao FC.

Alonso left Cibao at the end of the 2022 season, and subsequently returned to Ecuador to take over the youth sides of Norte América. In 2024, after the latter club established a partnership with Aucas, he became a manager of their youth setup before being appointed in charge of the first team on 4 July of that year.

Honours

Cibao

• Liga Dominicana de Fútbol: 2021, 2022

References

1. "Ávalos Jorge" (in Spanish). En Una Baldosa. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "Liga volvió al trabajo" [Liga returned to work] (in Spanish). La Hora. 19 October 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
3. "Trayectoria" [Pathway] (in Spanish). Jorge Alfonso. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. ^ "Jorge Alfonso, El Exitoso Entrenador 'Atunero' Que Buscará Salvarlos Del Descenso" [Jorge Alfonso, the successful manager 'Atunero' who will seek saving them from relegation] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. "Armando Osma deja la dirección técnica del Manta FC" [Armando Osma leaves the technical direction of Manta FC] (in Spanish). El Diario. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
6. "Jorge Alfonso Es Nuevo DT Del Técnico Universitario" [Jorge Alfonso is the new manager of Técnico Universitario] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
7. "Jorge Alfonso Dejó De Ser DT Del Técnico Universitario" [Jorge Alfonso ceased to be manager of Técnico Universitario] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
8. "Jorge Alfonso Es El Nuevo DT Del Manta F.C." [Jorge Alfonso is the new manager of Manta F.C.] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
9. "El Manta anuncia salida del técnico Jorge Alfonso" [Manta announce the departure of manager Jorge Alfonso] (in Spanish). El Diario. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
10. "Gualaceo SC contrató nuevo entrenador, pero aún no podrá debutar en la Serie B" [Gualaceo SC signed a new manager, but he could not debut in the Serie B yet] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
11. "El argentino Oswaldo Morelli asumió la dirección técnica del Gualaceo SC" [Argentine Oswaldo Morelli took over the technical direction of Gualaceo SC] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
12. "Guiar al Cibao FC a ganar es la meta del DT Jorge Alfonso" [To guide Cibao FC to wins is the goal of manager Jorge Alfonso] (in Spanish). Balompié Dominicano. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
13. "Aucas presentó a Jorge Alfonso como director técnico" [Aucas presented Jorge Alfonso as manager] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

External links

• Jorge Alfonso at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Jorge Alfonso coach profile at Soccerway

• 1971 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Buenos Aires
• Argentine men's footballers
• Men's association football defenders
• Argentine Primera División players
• Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
• Club Almirante Brown footballers
• Coras FC footballers
• Sportivo Dock Sud players
• Argentino de Quilmes players
• Estudiantes de Río Cuarto footballers
• Argentine expatriate men's footballers
• Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
• Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
• Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
• Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
• Argentine football managers
• Manta F.C. managers
• C.D. Técnico Universitario managers
• Gualaceo S.C. managers
• S.D. Aucas managers
• Argentine expatriate football managers
• Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
• Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
• Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic
• Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
• Expatriate football managers in the Dominican Republic