Fernando Velasco Gutiérrez (born 20 October 1964) is a Colombian football manager, currently in charge of Cortuluá.

Career

Born in

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, Velasco was an assistant of

Jaime de la Pava Jaime de la Pava Márquez (born 14 April 1967) is a Colombian football manager. Career Born in Barranquilla, de la Pava began coaching football with the youth side of Deportivo Cali. De la Pava won three consecutive league titles, all of them wi ...

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before being named manager of CD Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora in 2003. In September of the following year, he was appointed interim manager of Cortuluá, later suffering relegation but remaining in charge of the side until 2006. After working as de la Pava's assistant at Deportes Tolima and Venezuelan side Guaros during the 2007 season, Velasco returned to managerial duties ahead of the 2008 campaign, in charge of former side Cortuluá. He led the club back to the

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in 2009 as champions, but resigned on 19 May 2010. On 12 August 2010, Velasco was appointed at the helm of Categoría Primera B team Bogotá FC. He took over fellow league team Atlético Bucaramanga on 2 December, but was sacked the following 19 May. Velasco returned to ''Tuluá'' on 23 September 2011, and remained in charge of the first team until 6 July 2013, when he was demoted to the youth categories. On 5 November of that year, he was namd Unión Magdalena manager. Velasco left Magdalena to return to América de Cali on 4 February 2015, now as manager. Sacked on 12 August, he was named in charge of Cúcuta Deportivo on 20 September 2016. Velasco was dismissed by Cúcuta on 21 March 2017, being replaced by

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. He then subsequently returned to Cortuluá to work in the youth categories, acting as an interim manager of the main squad on two occasions before being permanently appointed manager on 19 September 2022.

Honours

Cortuluá * Categoría Primera B:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasco, Fernando 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Cali Colombian football managers Categoría Primera A managers Cortuluá managers Atlético Bucaramanga managers Unión Magdalena managers América de Cali managers Cúcuta Deportivo managers 20th-century Colombian people 21st-century Colombian people