Gerardo Silva (Chilean football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerardo Enrique Silva Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Rengo, Chile | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | General Velásquez (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1985 | Atlético Caupolicán | ||
| 1985 | Ramón Rodríguez Pando | ||
| 1985 | Azucol de Rosario | ||
| 1986 | Unión Veterana (assistant) | ||
| 1987–1988 | Unión Veterana | ||
| 1988 | Peumo (city team) | ||
| 1989 | Alianza de Coltauco | ||
| 1990–1991 | Guillermo Guzmán | ||
| 1992–1994 | Deportes Rengo | ||
| 1995 | Rengo (city team) | ||
| 1996 | Deportes Rengo | ||
| 1997–1999 | Colchagua | ||
| 2000 | Constitución Unido | ||
| 2001 | Trasandino | ||
| 2002–2004 | Deportes Copiapó | ||
| 2005 | O'Higgins | ||
| 2006–2009 | Colchagua | ||
| 2009 | O'Higgins | ||
| 2010 | Rengo Unido | ||
| 2010 | Rengo Unido (youth) | ||
| 2011 | Unión Santa María | ||
| 2012–2013 | Deportes Copiapó | ||
| 2013–2014 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 2014 | Chimbarongo FC | ||
| 2014–2016 | Malleco Unido | ||
| 2016 | Deportes Rengo | ||
| 2018 | Club Petrolero | ||
| 2018 | Deportes Vallenar | ||
| 2019 | Deportes Rengo | ||
| 2022 | Colchagua | ||
| 2023– | General Velásquez | ||
Gerardo Enrique Silva Díaz (born 11 January 1962) is a Chilean football manager, currently in charge of General Velásquez.
Career
[edit]Born in Rengo, Chile, Silva is a former amateur football player and current football manager who began his career in amateur clubs at the second half 1980s.[1] He has coached at all categories of the Chilean football,[2] but he is better known for getting promotion to Chilean Primera División with O'Higgins in the 2005 season and coached them again in the 2009 Clausura of the top level, replacing the Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli.[3]
At amateur level, he won the Campeonato Nacional de Selecciones in 1996.[4] He also won the Campeonato Nacional de Novatos, a youth championship, with Rengo Unido [es] in 2010.[5]
In addition to O'Higgins, he has led many teams in Chilean football, such as Colchagua, Deportes Rengo [es] (also Rengo Unido), Deportes Copiapó, Deportes Puerto Montt, Malleco Unido, among others.[6] He has won league titles of the Tercera División, getting promotion to the Primera B, with both Colchagua in 1998 [es] and Deportes Copiapó in 2002 [es].[6]
He also got promotion to the 2013 Primera B with Deportes Copiapó in 2012[7] and to the 2015 Tercera A [es] with Chimbarongo FC.[8]
In 2018, he had a stint in Bolivia with Club Petrolero of the Asociación Tarijeña [es] becoming the runner-up and getting promotion to the Copa Simón Bolívar.[6] After this season, he has been sounded out to led another Bolivian teams such as San José.[7]
In 2022, he assumed as coach of Colchagua.[9]
Other works
[edit]In 2006 he assumed the management of amateur football integration for the O'Higgins Region of O'Higgins FC.[6]
As an author, he published an autobiographical book called Bendita Pasión (Blessed Passion) in November 2018.[1]
In 2020, he served as an motivational instructor for the education department of the Municipality of Rengo, with support of psychologists, in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Silva works as a columnist for both digital sports media El Ágora[10] and Primera B Chile, where he also performs as a commentator.[11]
Personal life
[edit]He is nicknamed Yayo Silva, an affective form of Eduardo.[1]
Honours
[edit]Rengo (city team)
Colchagua
Deportes Copiapó
Rengo Unido (youth)
- Campeonato Nacional Novatos: 2010[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Savoy, Alex (21 November 2018). "Gestor del último ascenso de O'Higgins retrató en un libro sus agridulces tres décadas en el fútbol". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "El sentimiento de Gerardo Silva tras ser descartado para la banca de Copiapó: "No me gustó que se ventilaran casi 20 nombres, es poco serio"". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Gerardo Silva reemplazará a Sampaoli en la banca de O'Higgins" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "HISTORIA DEPORTIVA. RENGO CAMPEON INVICTO 43° CAMPEONATO NACIONAL DE FUTBOL AMATEUR. (SEDE RENGO. FEB.1996)". Rengo en la Noticia (in Spanish). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Deportes Rengo participará de Campeonato Nacional Juvenil "Novatos" y defenderá el título". Rengo en la Noticia (in Spanish). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Gerardo Silva es el técnico que estará al mando de Petrolero". Chaco Sports (in Spanish). 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Gerardo Silva tiene opciones de llegar al fútbol boliviano". enelcamarin.cl (in Spanish). 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Chimbarongo FC no competirá más en Tercera División". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 18 December 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Gerardo Silva es el nuevo técnico de Colchagua C.D." www.diarioviregion.cl (in Spanish). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Gerardo Silva". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "La columna de Gerardo Silva: "Nuevo líder, gratas sorpresas y una tremenda decepción"". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Gerardo Silva at PlaymakerStats.com
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Rengo
- Chilean football managers
- Chilean Primera División managers
- Primera B de Chile managers
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers
- CD Colchagua managers
- O'Higgins F.C. managers
- Deportes Copiapó managers
- Chilean expatriate football managers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Expatriate football managers in Bolivia
- Chilean association football commentators
- Chilean writers