Édgar Carvajal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carvajal and the second or maternal family name is Villa.
Édgar Carvajal
Personal information
Full name Édgar Carvajal Villa
Date of birth (1969-09-29) 29 September 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Bello, Colombia
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Jaguares de Córdoba (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Cúcuta Deportivo 4 (0)
1991–1997 Envigado 370 (8)
1997 Deportivo Pereira
1998–2002 Independiente Medellín 135 (3)
2000 → América de Cali (loan)
Managerial career
2003–2010 Independiente Medellín (assistant)
2006 Independiente Medellín (interim)
2010–2011 Independiente Medellín
2011–2013 Independiente Medellín (assistant)
2014–2018 Panama (assistant)
2018–2019 Ecuador (assistant)
2021–2022 Honduras (assistant)
2023 Junior (assistant)
2024 Águilas Doradas (assistant)
2024– Jaguares de Córdoba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Édgar Carvajal Villa (born 29 September 1969) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Jaguares de Córdoba.

Playing career

Carvajal was born in Bello, Antioquia, and began his career with Cúcuta Deportivo in 1990. He moved to Envigado in the following year, winning the Categoría Primera B and subsequently establishing himself as a starter.

In 1998, after a one-year spell at Deportivo Pereira, Carvajal signed for Independiente Medellín. In 2000, he was loaned to América de Cali, playing in the 2000 Copa Libertadores.

Carvajal retired in 2002, aged 33, due to knee injuries.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Carvajal was appointed Víctor Luna's assistant at Independiente Medellín. He remained in that role for several years, being also an interim in 2006 after the dismissal of Javier Álvarez [es].[1]

On 27 August 2010, Carvajal was appointed manager of DIM after the dismissal of Leonel Álvarez.[2] On 7 April of the following year, he was replaced by Luna after a poor run of form,[3] and subsequently returned to his assistant role.

Carvajal left Independiente Medellín in 2013, and subsequently became an assistant of Hernán Darío Gómez at the Panama national team. He followed Gómez to the Ecuador national team,[4] the Honduras national team,[5] Junior[6] and Águilas Doradas, always as his assistant.

On 21 August 2024, Carvajal was appointed manager of Jaguares de Córdoba.[7]

Honours

Envigado

América de Cali

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Alvarez dejó de ser el DT del Medellín" [Álvarez ceased to be the manager of Medellín] (in Spanish). Plainview Herald. 20 March 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "'Panzer' Carvajal fue oficializado como técnico de Independiente Medellín" ['Panzer' Carvajal was officially named as manager of Independiente Medellín] (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ^ "DIM: Carvajal no sigue y asume Luna" [DIM: Carvajal does not continue and Luna takes over] (in Spanish). ESPN. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ^ "AT del 'Bolillo' Gómez: "Para el profesor fue muy incómodo llegar acá"" ['Bolillo' Gómez's assistant: "It was very uncomfortable for the manager to come here"] (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ^ "'Bolillo' Gómez no dio la cara y mandó a su asistente: "Esto es insostenible"" ['Bolillo' Gómez did not show his face and sent his assistant: "This is unsustainable"] (in Spanish). La Prensa. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Asistente técnico del Bolillo: Vamos a tratar de no equivocarnos en las contrataciones" [Bolillo's assistant manager: We will try to get the signings right] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Édgar 'Panzer' Carvajal, nuevo técnico de Jaguares" [Édgar 'Panzer' Carvajal, new manager of Jaguares] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.