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] Cobreloa as interim coach in 2009[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
In the second level, he coached Huachipato ,[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Deportes Arica [ 17] 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] 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] [ 13] [ 23]
Other works
He permanently performs as a football teacher, making courses in his homeland[ 19] [ 24] 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