Chilean footballer and manager
Germán Jacobo Cornejo Córdova (born 13 March 1944) is a Chilean football manager and former player. Besides Chile, he has worked in Paraguay and Honduras.
Playing career
Born in San Fernando, Chile , Cornejo played for his hometown's club Colchagua in the Segunda División and Palestino in the Chilean top level as a midfielder.[ 1]
Coaching career
As head coach
Cornejo mainly developed his career at the Chilean top division, leading Unión Española ,[ 2] [ 3] Rangers ,[ 4] O'Higgins ,[ 5] Naval ,[ 6] San Luis ,[ 7] Deportes La Serena ,[ 8] Fernández Vial ,[ 9] Palestino [ 10] and Cobreloa as interim coach in 2009[ 11] [ 12] and 2010, since he worked as coach of the youth ranks.[ 13]
In the second level, he coached Huachipato ,[ 14] Fernández Vial,[ 15] Colchagua,[ 16] Deportes Arica [ 17] and Curicó Unido .[ 18]
As coach of Huachipato, he earned promotion to the top level after becoming the runner-up of the 1991 Segunda División .[ 14]
Abroad, he coached the American club Jacksonville Cyclones ,[ 19] the Paraguayan club Tembetary in the Primera de Ascenso and the Honduran club Motagua in the Liga Nacional Profesional .[ 20]
As assistant coach
Cornejo served as assistant of Luis Santibáñez in the Chile national team at the 1979 Copa América and the 1982 FIFA World Cup , in addition to the Qatari club Al-Arabi in 2000.[ 21] [ 19]
At club level, he served as assistant of José Sulantay in Cobreloa in 2017.[ 22]
At youth level
Cornejo has worked in the youth systems of clubs such as Palestino[ 10] and Cobreloa,[ 13] where he rejoined in 2018.[ 23]
Other works
He permanently performs as a football teacher, making courses in his homeland[ 19] [ 24] and abroad in countries such as Honduras, where he worked for FIFA previous to his signing with Motagua.[ 20]
In 2019, Cornejo was honored due to his contributions in football by Radio Manuel Rodríguez from his hometown, San Fernando, alongside other successful sportspeople.[ 25]
References
^ "Germán Jacobo Cornejo Córdova" . www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ Andreuzzi, Renato (23 January 2023). "O'Higgins, el debut de los Capos de Provincia en Copa Libertadores 1979" . Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 . Unión Española, de su cuerpo técnico, encabezado por el joven entrenador Germán Cornejo
^ "SÍNTESIS 1° Rueda 3° Fecha" (PDF) . Revista Estadio (in Spanish). 1865 . Santiago, Chile: 8. 9 May 1979. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "RANGERS 0:2 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1987" . historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Historia - SALE ACOSTA, LLEGA PELLEGRINI" . O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "COLO-COLO 2:1 NAVAL TORNEO NACIONAL 1985" . historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "San Luis 1986 - Campeonato Nacional" . www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "COLO-COLO 3:1 DEPORTES LA SERENA TORNEO NACIONAL 1988" . historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Fernandez Vial 1990 - Campeonato Nacional" . www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ a b Eyzaguirre, Rodrigo (26 September 1995). "Al habla con... Germán Cornejo" (PDF) . Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). 170 . Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "En Cobreloa ratifican a Germán Cornejo como técnico interino" (in Spanish). La Tercera . 24 August 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Cobreloa confirmó a Germán Cornejo como técnico interino" . alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa . 24 August 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ a b "Raúl Toro renunció "de forma indeclinable" a la banca de Cobreloa" . alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa . 31 March 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ a b Andrés, Juan Pablo (28 January 2011). "Chile - Coaches of Championship and Promoted Teams - Second Level" . www.rsssf.org . Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ Reyes, Luis (1 July 2021). "Después de 27 años" . Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile . Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Colchagua Club de Deportes" . Dale Colchagua (in Spanish). 1 January 2001. Retrieved 27 July 2023 . asumiendo como técnico el entrenador nacional Germán Cornejo Cordova
^ "2001-2005, CDA TOCANDO FONDO / PARTE 1" . ARICADICTOS (in Spanish). 10 November 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Club de Deportes Provincial Curicó Unido Antecedentes, Hitos e Historia…" . Gigantedeportivo.cl (in Spanish). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ a b c "Se inició curso de "Orientador de Fútbol" " . www.losandesonline.cl (in Spanish). 4 November 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ a b "Fútbol: Germán Cornejo es nuevo entrenador del Motagua" . Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio . 13 September 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Entrevista con Germán Cornejo, ayudante de campo de Cobreloa" . iVoox (in Spanish). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Cobreloa practicó penales pensando en la revancha de Copa Chile frente a Deportes Antofagasta" . PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ (Vamos Zorros) El técnico nacional German Cornejo es el nuevo jefe técnico de las divisiones inferiores de Cobreloa (in Spanish) . 13 February 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Técnicos de fútbol se capacitarán en San Fernando" . www.diarioviregion.cl (in Spanish). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
^ "Deportes en Radio Manuel Rodríguez premió a mejores deportistas 2019" . diariosextaregion.cl (in Spanish). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
External links
Germán Cornejo – Managerial positions
Veloso (1981 )
Ruiz (1982 )
Vargas (1982 )
Godoy (1983 )
Vargas (1984 )
Cruz (1983 )
Acosta (1984 –88)
Rodríguez Vega (1988 –89)
Vargas (1989 )
Ruiz (1990 )
Farránc (1990 )
G. Cornejo (1990 )
Cortázar (1991 –92)
Gutiérrez (1993 )
G. Cornejo (1994 )
Olivera (1995 )
Farrán (1996 )
Cortázar (1996 –97)
Avilés (1998 –99)
Ortiz (2000 )
Olivera (2001 –02)
J. Rodríguez (2003 )
Cortázar (2003 )
Avilés (2004 )
Cisternas (2004 )
Santibáñez (2005 )
Ceballos (2005 )
G. Cornejo (2006 )
Páez (2006 )
Vinés (2006 –07)
Ortiz (2007 –08)
Toledo (2008 )
González (2008 )
Apablaza (2009 )
Hidalgo (2009 )
Toledo (2009 )
de la Barra (2010 )
Fernández (2010 )
J. Rodríguez (2011 )
Abraham (2012 )
Rubio (2012 )
Durán (2013 )
Toledo (2016 )
Climent (2016 )
Abdala (2016 )
F. Cornejo (2017 –2018)
Fuertes (2018 )
Molins (2018 )
Muñoz (2018 )
Durán (2019 )
Garcés (2019 –20)
Rojas (2020 –22)
Lira (2022 )
Rojas (2022 )
Orellana (2023 )
Cataldo (2024 –)
(c) = caretaker manager