André Soares Jardine (born 8 September 1979) is a Brazilian

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, currently in charge of Mexican club

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Career

Jardine was born in

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. After representing Grêmio's youth categories, he started studying

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but graduated in

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at the

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. Jardine joined

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in 2003, being appointed manager of the under-10s. He took over all the club's youth categories during his ten-year stay, with his last team being the under-20s. On 24 September 2013, he returned to Grêmio after being named under-17 manager. On 27 July 2014, after

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's dismissal, Jardine was named interim manager, being in charge for one match (a 2–1 loss against Vitória) before the appointment of

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. Subsequently, he was named assistant, but ended the year as the coordinator of the under-15s after having altercations with Scolari. In February 2015, Jardine moved to

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and was appointed at the helm of the under-20s. He was interim manager for two occasions (in 2016 and 2018) before being named assistant in March 2018. On 11 November 2018, he was named interim until the end of the campaign, replacing sacked

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. On 25 November 2018, Jardine was definitely appointed manager of ''Tricolor'' for the 2019 season. The following 14 February, however, he was removed from his manager role, but was still kept at the club. On 3 April 2019, Jardine took over the Brazil national under-20 team, replacing fired

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. Later that year, he also took charge of the under-23s, following

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's abdication. Jardine won the

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with the under-23s, but opted to leave the national side on 3 February 2022 to take over

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side

Honours

International

;Brazil U23 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jardine, André 1979 births Living people People from Porto Alegre Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense managers São Paulo FC managers Brazil national under-20 football team managers Liga MX managers Atlético San Luis managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate football managers in Mexico Sportspeople from Porto Alegre São Paulo FC non-playing staff