# Jorge Almirón

Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana (born June 19, 1971), commonly known as Jorge Almirón, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Chilean club Colo-Colo.

## Career

On July 26, 1997, Almirón made his Liga MX debut with Atlas in a 2–1 victory over Puebla.
In the season of the Clausura 2006, he helped Querétaro pass to the Primera División of Mexico but then demoted back to the Segunda Division (now called Liga de Ascenso) in Clausura 2007. In 2008, he was named player-coach of Dorados.
As manager, Almirón guided Lanús to achieve its second league title ever and reached the 2017 Copa Libertadores finals, where they were defeated by Brazilian club Grêmio.
In November 2018, he was introduced as the new manager of San Lorenzo.
In June 2019, Almirón became the new manager of the Al-Shabab, after the Saudi club sacked the Romanian manager Marius Șumudică.
On 26 August 2020, Almirón was appointed manager of recently promoted La Liga club Elche.

## Managerial statistics

    As of match played 9 March 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | Nat | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Dorados de Sinaloa | | 16 October 2008 | 30 June 2009 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 034.78 |
| Defensa y Justicia | | 6 July 2009 | 17 February 2010 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 036.36 |
| Veracruz | | 17 February 2010 | 29 March 2010 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 028.57 |
| Correcaminos UAT | | 17 September 2010 | 23 August 2011 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 029.03 |
| Defensa y Justicia | | 23 October 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 044.83 |
| Tijuana | | 30 June 2013 | 11 November 2013 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 038.10 |
| Godoy Cruz | | 9 December 2013 | 18 July 2014 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 047.37 |
| Independiente | | 18 July 2014 | 25 May 2015 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 040.00 |
| Lanús | | 11 December 2015 | 19 December 2017 | 81 | 42 | 15 | 24 | 115 | 77 | +38 | 051.85 |
| Atlético Nacional | | 19 December 2017 | 30 August 2018 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 053.49 |
| San Lorenzo | | 5 November 2018 | 13 May 2019 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 016.00 |
| Al-Shabab | | 24 June 2019 | 5 December 2019 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 050.00 |
| Elche | | 26 August 2020 | 12 February 2021 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 020.83 |
| Lanús | | 25 December 2021 | 7 July 2022 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 027.59 |
| Elche | | 12 October 2022 | 7 November 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Boca Juniors | | 10 April 2023 | 5 November 2023 | 43 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 039.53 |
| Colo-Colo | | 4 January 2024 | present | 59 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 88 | 45 | +43 | 055.93 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 511 | 210 | 152 | 149 | 654 | 519 | +135 | 041.10 |

## Honours
### Player
#### Santiago Wanderers

* Primera B de Chile: 1995

#### Morelia

* Mexican Primera División: Invierno 2000

#### Querétaro

* Ascenso MX: Clausura 2006

### Manager
#### Lanús

* Argentine Primera División: 2016
* Copa del Bicentenario: 2016
* Supercopa Argentina: 2016

#### Colo-Colo

* Chilean Primera División: 2024
* Supercopa de Chile: 2024