Germán Cornejo

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Germán Cornejo
Personal information
Full name Germán Jacobo Cornejo Córdova
Date of birth (1944-03-13) 13 March 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth San Fernando, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961 Colchagua
1962–1966 Palestino
Managerial career
1978–1979 Unión Española
1979 Chile (assistant)
1981 Rangers
1982 Chile (assistant)
1982–1983 O'Higgins
1984–1985 Naval
1986 San Luis
1987 Rangers
1988 Deportes La Serena
1990 Fernández Vial
1991 Huachipato
1992 O'Higgins
1994 Fernández Vial
1994–1995 Palestino (youth)
1995–1996 Palestino
1998 Jacksonville Cyclones
1999–2000 Colchagua
2000 Al-Arabi (assistant)
2002 Tembetary
2004 Deportes Arica
2005 Motagua
2006 Fernández Vial
2007 Curicó Unido
2009–2010 Cobreloa (youth)
2009 Cobreloa (interim)
2010 Cobreloa (interim)
2017–2018 Cobreloa (assistant)
2018 Cobreloa (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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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] and Cobreloa as interim coach in 2009 [11] [12] and 2010, since he worked as coach of the youth ranks. [13]

In the second level, he coached Huachipato, [14] Fernández Vial, [15] Colchagua, [16] Deportes Arica [17] and 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] the Paraguayan club 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] and Cobreloa, [13] where he rejoined in 2018. [23]

Other works

He permanently performs as a football teacher, making courses in his homeland [19] [24] and abroad in countries such as Honduras, where he worked for 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]

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