Jorge Luis Garcés Rojas (born 13 May 1954) is a Chilean
football
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manager and former player who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Manager
Garcés was born in
Talca
Talca () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, Chile, Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the ...
. He started his managerial career in 1989 with
RFC Arquennes. In 1992, he won the
Primera B Championship with
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The club is currently playing at the fourth tier of the Chilean football system, the Tercera División.
The club were founded on 5 June 1983 and then re-founded on ...
.
Garcés joined
Santiago Wanderers
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in 1999, getting promotion to
First Division. In 2001, the team won the
First Division championship, qualifying to the
Copa Libertadores
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.
Following the resignation of
Pedro García, manager of
Chile national football team
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in 2001, Garcés was hired by the ANFP to coach the
Chilean team, getting two defeats (Brazil 2–0 Chile, Colombia 3–1 Chile) and a draw (Chile 0–0 Ecuador).
O'Higgins hired Garcés for the 2007 Clausura, finishing second in the League Table. The club also reached the semi-finals. Garcés left the team in 2007.
Honours
Provincial Osorno
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Primera B: 1992
Santiago Wanderers
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Primera División de Chile
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: 2001
References
External links
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Living people
1954 births
People from Talca
Association football midfielders
Chilean footballers
Santiago Wanderers footballers
San Luis de Quillota footballers
Deportes Iberia footballers
Real C.D. España players
Lota Schwager footballers
Francs Borains players
Rayo Vallecano players
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Deportes La Serena footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
Belgian First Division B players
Segunda División players
Chilean expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Honduras
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Chilean football managers
Provincial Osorno managers
Everton de Viña del Mar managers
Cobreloa managers
Deportes Temuco managers
Deportes Puerto Montt managers
Deportes Iquique managers
Santiago Wanderers managers
Chile national football team managers
Chiapas F.C. managers
O'Higgins F.C. managers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) managers
Unión Española managers
Ñublense managers
Rangers de Talca managers
Chilean Primera División managers
Primera B de Chile managers
Liga MX managers
Chilean expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in Belgium