The outstanding Colombian coach coached five national teams (Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru and Trinidad and Tobagp) for (in total) 208 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: 15- 2-1949 Country: Colombia Matches as Coach: 208 (W98-D57-L53 – GF290-GA179 – %60.82) Matches as Coach Colombia: 105 (W50-D33-L22 – GF128-GA 74 – %63.33) Matches as Coach Ecuador: 46 (W22-D 9-L15 – GF 62-GA 48 – %57.61) Matches as Coach Costa Rica 11 (W 5-D 2-L 4 – GF 28-GA 12 – %54.54) Matches as Coach Peru: 14 (W 4-D 4-L 6 – GF 15-GA 15 – %42.86) Matches as Coach Trinidad/Tobago: 32 (W17-D 9-L 6 – GF 57-GA 30 – %67.19) Age First Match: 38 yr 116 d 11- 6-1987 vs. Ecuador 1-0 Age Last Match: 54 yr 45 d 1- 4-2003 vs. United States 0-3 National Team Career: 15 yr 294 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Colombia
first tenure
1 11- 6-87 Medellín Ecuador 1-0
2 14- 6-87 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-3
3 1- 7-87 Rosario Bolivia 2-0 Copa América
4 5- 7-87 Rosario Paraguay 3-0 Copa América
5 8- 7-87 Cordoba Chile 1-2 Copa América
6 11- 7-87 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-1 Copa América
7 30- 3-88 Armenia Canada 3-0
8 14- 5-88 Fort Lauderdale United States 2-0
9 17- 5-88 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 Stanley Rous Cup
10 19- 5-88 Helsinki Finland 3-1
11 24- 5-88 London England 1-1 Stanley Rous Cup
12 7- 8-88 Bogotá Uruguay 2-1 Copa G.J.Quesada
13 3- 2-89 Pereira Peru 1-0 Copa Centenario
14 5- 2-89 Armenia Chile 1-0 Copa Centenario
15 9- 3-89 Barranquilla Argentina 1-0
16 24- 6-89 Miami United States 1-0
17 27- 6-89 Miami Haiti 4-0
18 3- 7-89 Salvador Venezuela 4-2 Copa América
19 5- 7-89 Salvador Paraguay 0-1 Copa América
20 7- 7-89 Salvador Brazil 0-0 Copa América
21 9- 7-89 Recife Peru 1-1 Copa América
22 6- 8-89 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0
23 20- 8-89 Barranquilla Ecuador 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
24 27- 8-89 Asunción Paraguay 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
25 3- 9-89 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 17- 9-89 Barranquilla Paraguay 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
27 15-10-89 Barranquilla Israel 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 30-10-89 Tel-Aviv Israel 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 2- 2-90 Miami Uruguay 0-2 Marlboro Cup
30 4- 2-90 Miami United States 1-1 [1] Marlboro Cup
31 20- 2-90 Los Angeles Soviet Union 0-0 [2] Marlboro Cup
32 17- 4-90 Los Angeles Mexico 0-2
33 22- 4-90 Miami United States 1-0
34 4- 5-90 Piscataway Poland 2-1
35 26- 5-90 Cairo Egypt 1-1
36 2- 6-90 Budapest Hungary 1-3
37 9- 6-90 Bologna UA Emirates 2-0 World Cup
38 14- 6-90 Bologna Yugoslavia 0-1 World Cup
39 19- 6-90 Milano West Germany 1-1 World Cup
40 23- 6-90 Napoli Cameroon 1-2 World Cup
second tenure
41 24- 2-93 San Cristóbal Venezuela 0-0
42 31- 3-93 Medellín Costa Rica 4-1
43 8- 5-93 Miami United States 2-1
44 21- 5-93 Bogotá Venezuela 1-1
45 30- 5-93 Santiago Chile 1-1
46 6- 6-93 Bogotá Chile 1-0
47 16- 6-93 Machala Mexico 2-1 Copa América
48 20- 6-93 Machala Bolivia 1-1 Copa América
49 23- 6-93 Guayaquil Argentina 1-1 Copa América
50 26- 6-93 Guayaquil Uruguay 1-1 [3] Copa América
51 1- 7-93 Guayaquil Argentina 0-0 [4] Copa América
52 3- 7-93 Portoviejo Ecuador 1-0 Copa América
53 1- 8-93 Barranquilla Paraguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 8- 8-93 Lima Peru 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
55 15- 8-93 Barranquilla Argentina 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
56 22- 8-93 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
57 29- 8-93 Barranquilla Peru 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
58 5- 9-93 Buenos Aires Argentina 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
59 28- 1-94 Barinas Venezuela 2-1
60 6- 2-94 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1-1
61 10- 2-94 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1-0
62 18- 2-94 Miami Sweden 0-0 Joe Robbie Cup
63 20- 2-94 Miami Bolivia 2-0 Joe Robbie Cup
64 26- 2-94 Monterrey South Korea 2-2
65 2- 3-94 Cd. de México Mexico 0-0
66 7- 4-94 Villavicencio Bolivia 0-1
67 17- 4-94 Armenia Nigeria 1-0
68 3- 5-94 Miami Peru 1-0 Miami Cup
69 5- 5-94 Miami El Salvador 3-0 Miami Cup
70 3- 6-94 Foxborough N. Ireland 2-0
71 5- 6-94 East Rutherford Greece 2-0
72 18- 6-94 Los Angeles Romania 1-3 World Cup
73 22- 6-94 Los Angeles United States 1-2 World Cup
74 26- 6-94 San Francisco Switzerland 2-0 World Cup
third tenure
75 3- 6-01 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
76 11- 7-01 Barranquilla Venezuela 2-0 Copa América
77 14- 7-01 Barranquilla Ecuador 1-0 Copa América
78 17- 7-01 Barranquilla Chile 2-0 Copa América
79 23- 7-01 Armenia Peru 3-0 Copa América
80 26- 7-01 Manizales Honduras 2-0 Copa América
81 29- 7-01 Bogotá Mexico 1-0 Copa América
82 5- 8-01 East Rutherford Liberia 2-1
83 16- 8-01 Bogotá Peru 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
84 5- 9-01 Bogotá Ecuador 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
85 7-10-01 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
86 7-11-01 Bogotá Chile 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
87 14-11-01 Asunción Paraguay 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
fourth tenure
88 20-11-02 San Pedro Sula Honduras 0-1
89 12- 2-03 Phoenix Mexico 0-0
90 29- 3-03 Busan South Korea 0-0
91 30- 4-03 Miami Honduras 0-0
92 8- 6-03 Madrid Ecuador 0-0
93 18- 6-03 Lyon France 0-1 Confederations Cup
94 20- 6-03 Lyon New Zealand 3-1 Confederations Cup
95 22- 6-03 Saint-Etienne Japan 1-0 Confederations Cup
96 26- 6-03 Lyon Cameroon 0-1 Confederations Cup
97 28- 6-03 Saint-Etienne Turkey 1-2 Confederations Cup
98 13- 7-03 Miami Jamaica 1-0 CONCACAF Cup
99 17- 7-03 Miami Guatemala 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
100 19- 7-03 Miami Brazil 0-2 CONCACAF Cup
101 20- 8-03 New York Slovakia 0-0
102 6- 9-03 Barranquilla Brazil 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
103 10- 9-03 La Paz Bolivia 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
104 15-11-03 Barranquilla Venezuela 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
105 19-11-03 Barranquilla Argentina 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Colombia won 9-8 on penalty kicks.
[2] Colombia won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Colombia won 5-3 on penalty kicks.
[4] Colombia lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
Remark: the match against France A (3-1, 10/6/93 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) was not
a full A international match and is therefore not included here.
Coach for Ecuador
1 24- 5-95 Toyama Scotland 1-2 Kirin Cup
2 28- 5-95 Tokyo Japan 0-3 Kirin Cup
3 4- 6-95 Changwon Zambia 4-1 Korea Cup
4 10- 6-95 Seoul Costa Rica 2-1 Korea Cup
5 12- 6-95 Seoul Zambia 1-0 Korea Cup
6 30- 6-95 Asunción Paraguay 0-1
7 7- 7-95 Rivera Brazil 0-1 Copa América
8 10- 7-95 Rivera Colombia 0-1 Copa América
9 13- 7-95 Rivera Peru 2-1 Copa América
10 25-10-95 Santa Cruz Bolivia 2-2
11 2- 2-96 Caracas Venezuela 1-0
12 11- 2-96 Beirut Lebanon 0-1
13 16- 2-96 Riyadh Oman 2-0
14 18- 2-96 Doha Qatar 1-1
15 23- 2-96 Kuwait City Kuwait 3-0
16 25- 2-96 Doha Qatar 2-1
17 6- 3-96 Gifu Japan 1-0
18 24- 4-96 Guayaquil Peru 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 2- 6-96 Quito Argentina 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 30- 6-96 Portoviejo Armenia 3-0
21 6- 7-96 Santiago Chile 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
22 15- 8-96 Cuenca Costa Rica 1-1
23 1- 9-96 Quito Venezuela 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
24 4-10-96 Quito Jamaica 2-1
25 9-10-96 Quito Colombia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
26 23-10-96 Oakland Mexico 1-0
27 10-11-96 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
28 12- 1-97 La Paz Bolivia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
29 5- 2-97 Cd. de México Mexico 1-3
30 12- 2-97 Quito Uruguay 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 25- 3-97 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 0-0
32 2- 4-97 Lima Peru 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
33 30- 4-97 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
34 28- 5-97 San Salvador El Salvador 2-0
35 8- 6-97 Quito Chile 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
36 11- 6-97 Cochabamba Argentina 0-0 Copa América
37 14- 6-97 Cochabamba Paraguay 2-0 Copa América
38 17- 6-97 Cochabamba Chile 2-1 Copa América
39 22- 6-97 Cochabamba Mexico 1-1 [1] Copa América
40 6- 7-97 Maracaibo Venezuela 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
41 20- 7-97 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
42 7- 8-97 Baltimore United States 1-0
43 20- 8-97 Quito Paraguay 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
44 10- 9-97 Salvador Brazil 2-4
45 12-10-97 Guayaquil Bolivia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
46 16-11-97 Maldonado Uruguay 3-5 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Ecuador lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Costa Rica
1 28- 1-99 Alajuela Ecuador 0-0
2 10- 2-99 Kingston Jamaica 1-1
3 24- 2-99 San José Jamaica 9-0
4 17- 3-99 San José Belize 7-0 Copa UNCAF
5 21- 3-99 San José Honduras 0-1 Copa UNCAF
6 24- 3-99 San José Guatemala 1-0 Copa UNCAF
7 26- 3-99 San José Honduras 1-2 Copa UNCAF
8 28- 3-99 San José El Salvador 4-0 Copa UNCAF
9 29- 5-99 Concepción Chile 0-3
10 17- 7-99 Fullerton Saudi Arabia 1-0
11 18- 8-99 Montevideo Uruguay 4-5
Coach for Peru
1 17-11-99 Lima Slovakia 2-1
2 1-12-99 Lima Honduras 0-0
3 14- 2-00 Miami Haiti 1-1 CONCACAF Cup
4 16- 2-00 Miami United States 0-1 CONCACAF Cup
5 19- 2-00 Miami Honduras 5-3 CONCACAF Cup
6 23- 2-00 San Diego Colombia 1-2 CONCACAF Cup
7 29- 3-00 Lima Paraguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 26- 4-00 Santiago Chile 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
9 4- 6-00 Lima Brazil 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 29- 6-00 Quito Ecuador 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
11 19- 7-00 Lima Colombia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
12 26- 7-00 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 16- 8-00 Lima Venezuela 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 3- 9-00 Lima Argentina 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Trinidad and Tobago
1 6- 2-08 Port of Spain Guadeloupe 0-0 [*]
2 19- 3-08 Port of Spain El Salvador 1-0
3 26- 3-08 Kingston Jamaica 2-2
4 27- 3-08 Tunapuna Grenada 2-0
5 13- 5-08 Tunapuna Barbados 3-0
6 1- 6-08 Port of Spain England 0-3
7 7- 6-08 Port of Spain Jamaica 1-1
8 15- 6-08 Tunapuna Bermuda 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
9 22- 6-08 Hamilton Bermuda 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 8- 7-08 Tunapuna Guyana 2-0
11 17- 7-08 Tunapuna Dutch Antilles 2-0
12 30- 7-08 Tunapuna Haiti 2-0
13 10- 8-08 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-1
14 14- 8-08 Washington El Salvador 3-1
15 20- 8-08 La Habana Cuba 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
16 3- 9-08 Port of Spain Guyana 3-0
17 6- 9-08 Port of Spain Guatemala 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
18 10- 9-08 Bridgeview United States 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
19 8-10-08 Port of Spain Dominican Rep. 9-0
20 11-10-08 Cdad. Guatemala Guatemala 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 15-10-08 Port of Spain United States 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
22 5-11-08 Tunapuna Antigua/Barbuda 3-2 Caribbean Cup
23 7-11-08 Tunapuna St. Kitts/Nevis 3-1 Caribbean Cup
24 9-11-08 Tunapuna Guyana 1-1 Caribbean Cup
25 19-11-08 Port of Spain Cuba 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 3-12-08 Kingston Grenada 1-2 Caribbean Cup
27 5-12-08 Montego Bay Barbados 2-1 Caribbean Cup
28 7-12-08 Falmouth Jamaica 1-1 Caribbean Cup
29 11- 2-09 San Salvador El Salvador 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
30 18- 3-09 Marabella Panama 1-0
31 28- 3-09 Port of Spain Honduras 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
32 1- 4-09 Nashville United States 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
[*] not full A for FIFA; Guadeloupe is not a FIFA member.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
208 98 57 53 290-179 253 60.82
Types of Matches
Friendlies 77
World Cup Qualifier 57
Copa América 27
CONCACAF Gold Cup 7
World Cup 7
Caribbean Cup 6
Confederations Cup 5
Copa UNCAF 5
Other Tournaments 17
Total matches 208
Thanks to Fernando Espinoza Añazco (nanoespinoza@hotmail.com) for earlier version of this file
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