The outstanding Colombian coach coached five national teams (Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Honduras) for (in total) 249 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 3- 2-1956 Country: Colombia Matches as Coach: 249 (W80-D72-L97 – GF256-GA290 – %46.59) Matches as Coach for Colombia: 71 (W24-D24-L23 – GF 77-GA 71 – %50.70) Matches as Coach for Ecuador: 77 (W28-D21-L28 – GF 86-GA 89 – %50.00) Matches as Coach for Guatemala: 20 (W 5-D 5-L10 – GF 15-GA 24 – %37.50) Matches as Coach for Panama: 72 (W23-D21-L28 – GF 72-GA 88 – %46.53) Matches as Coach for Honduras: 9 (W 0-D 1-L 8 – GF 6-GA 18 – % 5.56) Age First Match: 38 yr 362 d 31- 1-1995 vs. South Korea 0-1 Age Last Match: 66 yr 55 d 30- 3-2022 vs. Jamaica 1-2 National Team Career: 27 yr 58 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Colombia
first tenure
1 31- 1-95 Hongkong South Korea 0-1 Carlsberg Cup
2 8- 2-95 Brisbane Australia 0-0
3 11- 2-95 Sydney Australia 1-0
4 22- 3-95 Medellín Uruguay 2-1
5 17- 6-95 Piscataway Nigeria 1-0 US Cup
6 21- 6-95 Washington DC Mexico 0-0 US Cup
7 25- 6-95 Piscataway United States 0-0 US Cup
8 7- 7-95 Rivera Peru 1-1 Copa América
9 10- 7-95 Rivera Ecuador 1-0 Copa América
10 13- 7-95 Rivera Brazil 0-3 Copa América
11 16- 7-95 Montevideo Paraguay 1-1 [1] Copa América
12 19- 7-95 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 Copa América
13 22- 7-95 Maldonado United States 4-1 Copa América
14 6- 9-95 London England 0-0
15 11-10-95 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-0
16 26-10-95 Beijing China 1-2
17 30-11-95 Los Angeles Mexico 2-2
18 20-12-95 Manaus Brazil 1-3
19 6- 3-96 Miami Honduras 2-1
20 21- 3-96 Neiva Trinidad/Tobago 3-0
21 28- 3-96 Medellín Bolivia 4-1
22 24- 4-96 Barranquilla Paraguay 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 29- 5-96 Miami Scotland 1-0
24 2- 6-96 Lima Peru 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
25 7- 7-96 Barranquilla Uruguay 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
26 1- 9-96 Barranquilla Chile 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
27 9-10-96 Quito Ecuador 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
28 1-11-96 New York Honduras 2-1
29 10-11-96 La Paz Bolivia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
30 15-12-96 Puerto Ordaz Venezuela 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 8- 2-97 Pereira Slovakia 1-0
32 12- 2-97 Barranquilla Argentina 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
33 2- 4-97 Asunción Paraguay 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
34 30- 4-97 Barranquilla Peru 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
35 8- 6-97 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
36 13- 6-97 Santa Cruz Mexico 1-2 Copa América
37 16- 6-97 Santa Cruz Costa Rica 4-1 Copa América
38 19- 6-97 Santa Cruz Brazil 0-2 Copa América
39 21- 6-97 La Paz Bolivia 1-2 Copa América
40 5- 7-97 Santiago Chile 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
41 20- 7-97 Barranquilla Ecuador 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 6- 8-97 Kingston Jamaica 0-1
43 20- 8-97 Barranquilla Bolivia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 24- 8-97 Lima Peru 1-2 75th FPF Annivers.
45 10- 9-97 Barranquilla Venezuela 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
46 8-10-97 Oslo Norway 0-0
47 16-11-97 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
48 25- 3-98 Bogotá Yugoslavia 0-0
49 28- 3-98 New Haven Paraguay 1-1
50 22- 4-98 Santiago Chile 2-2
51 23- 5-98 New Jersey Scotland 2-2
52 30- 5-98 Frankfurt Germany 1-3
53 3- 6-98 Brussel Belgium 0-2
54 15- 6-98 Lyon Romania 0-1 World Cup
55 22- 6-98 Montpellier Tunisia 1-0 World Cup
56 26- 6-98 Lens England 0-2 World Cup
second tenure
57 27- 5-10 Johannesburg South Africa 1-2
58 30- 5-10 Milton Keynes Nigeria 1-1
59 11- 8-10 La Paz Bolivia 1-1
60 3- 9-10 Puerto La Cruz Venezuela 2-0
61 7- 9-10 Monterrey Mexico 0-1
62 8-10-10 Harrison Ecuador 1-0
63 12-10-10 Chester United States 0-0
64 17-11-10 Bogotá Peru 1-1
65 9- 2-11 Madrid Spain 0-1
66 26- 3-11 Madrid Ecuador 2-0
67 29- 3-11 Den Haag Chile 0-2
68 2- 7-11 Jujuy Costa Rica 1-0 Copa América
69 6- 7-11 Santa Fe Argentina 0-0 Copa América
70 10- 7-11 Santa Fe Bolivia 2-0 Copa América
71 16- 7-11 Córdoba Peru 0-2 Copa América
[1] Colombia won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
Remark: The match against South Korea (1-4, 23-11-96 at Suwon City) was coached by
Javier Álvarez; the match against El Salvador (2-2, 5- 9-97 in New Jersey)
by Juan José Pelaez; therefore, neither is included here.
Coach for Ecuador
first tenure
1 12-10-99 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0
2 27-10-99 Los Angeles Mexico 0-0
3 27- 1-00 San Pedro Sula Honduras 1-1
4 8- 3-00 Quito Honduras 1-3
5 29- 3-00 Quito Venezuela 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 26- 4-00 São Paulo Brazil 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
7 3- 6-00 Asunción Paraguay 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
8 25- 6-00 Quito Panama 5-0
9 29- 6-00 Quito Peru 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 19- 7-00 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
11 25- 7-00 Quito Colombia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 11- 8-00 Cd. de Panamá Panama 0-0
13 16- 8-00 Quito Bolivia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 3- 9-00 Montevideo Uruguay 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
15 20- 9-00 San Diego Mexico 0-2
16 8-10-00 Quito Chile 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 15-11-00 Maracaibo Venezuela 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
18 28- 3-01 Quito Brazil 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 24- 4-01 Quito Paraguay 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
20 2- 6-01 Lima Peru 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 7- 6-01 Columbus United States 0-0
22 2- 7-01 East Rutherford El Salvador 1-0
23 7- 7-01 Miami Honduras 1-1
24 11- 7-01 Barranquilla Chile 1-4 Copa América
25 14- 7-01 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 Copa América
26 17- 7-01 Barranquilla Venezuela 4-0 Copa América
27 15- 8-01 Quito Argentina 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
28 5- 9-01 Bogotá Colombia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 6-10-01 La Paz Bolivia 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
30 7-11-01 Quito Uruguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
31 14-11-01 Santiago Chile 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 12- 1-02 Guayaquil Guatemala 1-0
33 20- 1-02 Miami Haiti 0-2 CONCACAF Cup
34 22- 1-02 Miami Canada 2-0 CONCACAF Cup
35 12- 2-02 Breda Turkey 1-0
36 10- 3-02 Birmingham United States 0-1
37 27- 3-02 East Rutherford Bulgaria 3-0
38 17- 4-02 Murcia South Africa 0-0
39 8- 5-02 East Rutherford Yugoslavia 1-0
40 23- 5-02 Tottori Senegal 0-1
41 3- 6-02 Sapporo Italy 0-2 World Cup
42 9- 6-02 Miyagi Mexico 1-2 World Cup
43 13- 6-02 Yokohama Croatia 1-0 World Cup
44 16-10-02 San José Costa Rica 1-1
45 20-10-02 Caracas Venezuela 0-2
46 20-11-02 Quito Costa Rica 2-2
47 9- 2-03 Guayaquil Estonia 1-0
48 12- 2-03 Quito Estonia 2-1
49 30- 4-03 Madrid Spain 0-4
50 8- 6-03 Madrid Colombia 0-0
51 11- 6-03 East Rutherford Peru 2-2
52 20- 8-03 Ambato Guatemala 2-0
53 6- 9-03 Quito Venezuela 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 10- 9-03 Manaus Brazil 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
55 15-11-03 Asunción Paraguay 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
56 19-11-03 Quito Peru 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
57 10- 3-04 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico 1-2
58 30- 3-04 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
59 28- 4-04 Fort Lauderdale Honduras 1-1
60 2- 6-04 Quito Colombia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
61 5- 6-04 Quito Bolivia 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
62 7- 7-04 Chiclayo Argentina 1-6 Copa América
63 10- 7-04 Chiclayo Uruguay 1-2 Copa América
64 13- 7-04 Piura Mexico 1-2 Copa América
second tenure
65 7- 9-18 New Jersey Jamaica 2-0
66 11- 9-18 Bridgeview Guatemala 2-0
67 12-10-18 Doha Qatar 3-4
68 16-10-18 Doha Oman 0-0
69 15-11-18 Lima Peru 2-0
70 20-11-18 Cd. de Panamá Panama 2-1
71 21- 3-19 Orlando United States 0-1
72 26- 3-19 New Jersey Honduras 0-0
73 1- 6-19 Miami Venezuela 1-1
74 9- 6-19 Arlington Mexico 2-3
75 16- 6-19 Belo Horizonte Uruguay 0-4 Copa América
76 21- 6-19 Salvador Chile 1-2 Copa América
77 24- 6-19 Belo Horizonte Japan 1-1 Copa América
Coach for Guatemala
1 16- 8-06 Maimi Haiti 1-1
2 6- 9-06 Cd. de Guatemala Panama 1-2
3 7-10-06 Fort Lauderdale Honduras 2-3
4 10-10-06 Atlanta Honduras 1-2
5 15-11-06 Caracas Venezuela 1-2
6 8- 2-07 San Salvador Nicaragua 1-0 Copa UNCAF
7 10- 2-07 San Salvador Belize 1-0 Copa UNCAF
8 12- 2-07 San Salvador El Salvador 0-0 Copa UNCAF
9 16- 2-07 San Salvador Panama 0-2 Copa UNCAF
10 18- 2-07 San Salvador El Salvador 1-0 Copa UNCAF
11 25- 3-07 Bridgetown Barbados 0-0
12 28- 3-07 Frisco United States 0-0
13 7- 6-07 Carson United States 0-1 CONCACAF Cup
14 9- 6-07 Carson El Salvador 1-0 CONCACAF Cup
15 12- 6-07 Foxborough Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
16 16- 6-07 Foxborough Canada 0-3 CONCACAF Cup
17 22- 8-07 Cd. de Panamá Panama 1-2
18 17-10-07 Los Angeles Mexico 3-2
19 17-11-07 Miami Honduras 0-1
20 21-11-07 Kingston Jamaica 0-2
Coach for Panama
1 31- 5-14 Bridgeview Serbia 1-1
2 3- 6-14 Goiânia Brazil 0-4
3 6- 8-14 Lima Peru 0-3
4 20- 8-14 Cd. de Panamá Cuba 4-0
5 7- 9-14 Dallas Costa Rica 2-2 Copa UNCAF
6 10- 9-14 Houston Nicaragua 2-0 Copa UNCAF
7 13- 9-14 Los Angeles El Salvador 1-0 Copa UNCAF
8 12-10-14 Querétaro Mexico 0-1
9 14-11-14 San Salvador El Salvador 3-1
10 18-11-14 Cd. de Panamá Canada 0-0
11 8- 2-15 Carson United States 0-2
12 27- 3-15 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-0
13 31- 3-15 Cd. de Panamá Costa Rica 2-1
14 3- 6-15 Cd. de Panamá Ecuador 1-1
15 6- 6-15 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-4
16 7- 7-15 Frisco Haiti 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
17 10- 7-15 Foxborough Honduras 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
18 13- 7-15 Kansas City United States 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
19 19- 7-15 East Rutherford Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 [1] CONCACAF Cup
20 22- 7-15 Atlanta Mexico 1-2 CONCACAF Cup
21 25- 7-15 Philadelphia United States 1-1 [2] CONCACAF Cup
22 4- 9-15 Cd. de Panamá Uruguay 0-1
23 8- 9-15 Puerto Ordaz Venezuela 1-1
24 8-10-15 Cd. de Panamá Trinidad/Tobago 1-2
25 13-10-15 Toluca Mexico 0-1
26 13-11-15 Kingston Jamaica 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
27 17-11-15 Cd. de Panamá Costa Rica 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
28 8- 1-16 Cd. de Panamá Cuba 4-0 Copa América Qual.
29 17- 2-16 Cd. de Panamá El Salvador 1-0
30 15- 3-16 Managua Nicaragua 0-1
31 25- 3-16 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 29- 3-16 Cd. de Panamá Haiti 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
33 27- 4-16 Fort-de-France Martinique 2-0
34 24- 5-16 Cd. de Panamá Venezuela 0-0
35 29- 5-16 Commerce City Brazil 0-2
36 6- 6-16 Orlando Bolivia 2-1 Copa América
37 10- 6-16 Chicago Argentina 0-5 Copa América
38 14- 6-16 Philadelphia Chile 2-4 Copa América
39 10- 8-16 Cd. de Panamá Guatemala 0-0
40 2- 9-16 Cd. de Panamá Jamaica 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 6- 9-16 San José Costa Rica 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
42 11-10-16 Chicago Mexico 0-1
43 11-11-16 San Pedro Sula Honduras 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 15-11-16 Cd. de Panamá Mexico 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
45 13- 1-17 Cd. de Panamá Belize 0-0 Copa UNCAF
46 15- 1-17 Cd. de Panamá Nicaragua 2-1 Copa UNCAF
47 17- 1-17 Cd. de Panamá Honduras 0-1 Copa UNCAF
48 20- 1-17 Cd. de Panamá El Salvador 1-0 Copa UNCAF
49 22- 1-17 Cd. de Panamá Costa Rica 1-0 Copa UNCAF
50 24- 3-17 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
51 28- 3-17 Cd. de Panamá United States 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
52 8- 6-17 San José Costa Rica 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
53 13- 6-17 Cd. de Panamá Honduras 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
54 8- 7-17 Nashville United States 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
55 12- 7-17 Tampa Bay Nicaragua 2-1 CONCACAF Cup
56 15- 7-17 Cleveland Martinique 3-0 CONCACAF Cup
57 19- 7-17 Philadelphia Costa Rica 0-1 CONCACAF Cup
58 1- 9-17 Cd. de México Mexico 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
59 5- 9-17 Cd. de Panamá Trinidad/Tobago 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 6-10-17 Orlando United States 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
61 10-10-17 Cd. de Panamá Costa Rica 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
62 24-10-17 St. George's Grenada 5-0
63 9-11-17 Graz Iran 1-2
64 14-11-17 Cardiff Wales 1-1
65 22- 3-18 Brøndby Denmark 0-1
66 27- 3-18 Luzern Switzerland 0-6
67 17- 4-18 Couva Trinidad/Tobago 1-0
68 29- 5-18 Ciudad de Panamá N. Ireland 0-0
69 6- 6-18 Oslo Norway 0-1
70 18- 6-18 Sochi Belgium 0-3 World Cup
71 24- 6-18 Nizhny Novgorod England 1-6 World Cup
72 28- 6-18 Saransk Tunisia 1-2 World Cup
[1] Panama won 6-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Panama won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Honduras
1 12-11-21 San Pedro Sula Panama 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
2 16-11-21 San José Costa Rica 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
3 16- 1-22 Fort Lauderdale Colombia 1-2
4 27- 1-22 San Pedro Sula Canada 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
5 30- 1-22 San Pedro Sula El Salvador 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
6 2- 2-22 St. Paul United States 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
7 24- 3-22 Cd. de Panamá Panama 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
8 27- 3-22 San Pedro Sula Mexico 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
9 30- 3-22 Kingston Jamaica 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
249 80 72 97 256- 290 232 46.59
Types of Matches
Friendlies 114
World Cup Qualifier 65
Copa América 26
CONCACAF Gold Cup 16
Copa UNCAF 13
World Cup 9
Copa América Qualifier 1
Other Tournaments 5
Total matches: 249
Thanks to Fernando Espinoza Añazco (nanoespinoza@hotmail.com) for earlier version of this file
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