Gerardo Ameli

Gerardo Ameli

Ameli with Deportes Antofagasta in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Gerardo Pablo Ameli
Date of birth	(1970-09-18) 18 September 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Managerial career
Years	Team
2005–2006	Peru U17 (assistant)
2006–2007	Sporting Cristal (youth)
2007	Peru U20 (assistant)
2014	Gimnasia Jujuy (assistant)
2015–2016	ADIUR
2017	Sport Rosario
2017	Deportivo Municipal
2018–2019	Deportes Antofagasta [1]
2019	UTC
2020	Ayacucho
2021–2022	Cienciano
2023	Unión La Calera
2023	Cienciano
2024	Deportivo Garcilaso
2024–2025	Alianza Atlético
2025	Peru (interim)

Gerardo Pablo Ameli (born 18 September 1970) is an Argentine football manager. ^[2]

Managerial career

Having extensive coaching experience, particularly in Peru, Ameli manages numerous teams in that country including Sport Rosario, Deportivo Municipal, UTC, Ayacucho FC, Cienciano, Deportivo Garcilaso and Alianza Atlético. He also had the opportunity to manage Deportes Antofagasta and Unión La Calera in Chile. ^[3]

In December 2025, he was appointed by the SAFAP (Association of Professional Footballers of Peru) to manage the Peruvian national team in a friendly match against Bolivia on 21 December. ^[4]

Personal life

Ameli's brother Horacio and son Ignacio were both footballers and defenders. ^[5] His son was also his assistant at Cienciano and Unión La Calera.

References

1. "El argentino Gerardo Ameli es el nuevo entrenador de Deportes Antofagasta" [Argentine Gerardo Ameli is the new coach of Deportes Antofagasta]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
2. Gerardo Ameli coach profile at Soccerway (archived)
3. Renzo Galiano (17 December 2025). "Gerardo Ameli, el inédito entrenador que se hará cargo de Perú ante Bolivia por amistoso de cierre de año: "Es un orgullo tremendo"" [Gerardo Ameli, the unprecedented coach who will take charge of Peru against Bolivia in the year-end friendly: “It’s a tremendous honor”]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2025.
4. "Gerardo Ameli será el entrenador de Perú para el amistoso frente a la selección de Bolivia" [Gerardo Ameli will be Peru's coach for the friendly match against Bolivia]. El Comercio (Peru) (in Spanish). 12 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
5. Daniel Yaipén (28 September 2020). "Gerardo Ameli: "lo que decía y hacía Bielsa era una religión"" [Gerardo Ameli: "What Bielsa said and did was a religion"]. Once.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2025.