José Luis García Herrera (born 11 June 1988) is a Colombian

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and former footballer who played as a

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. He is currently in charge of Colombian club

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Playing career

García was born in

Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ...

, and began his career with

Real Santander Real Santander is a professional Colombian football team based in Bucaramanga, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Estadio Villa Concha in Piedecuesta, a municipality in the metropolitan area of B ...

. He was sold to

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

for the 2010 season, but spent that year on loan at

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as both clubs reached a partnership. García spent the first half of the 2011 campaign nursing a

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injury, and was released by the ''Verdolagas'' in December, after failing to make a single appearance for the club. He subsequently returned to Real Santander, before signing for Uniautónoma in January 2015. García returned to Real Santander for the 2016 season, before retiring in January 2018, aged just 29.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring, García was named sporting director of his last club Real Santander. On 19 December 2018, he was appointed manager of the club, which had moved to San Andrés and renamed to Real San Andrés. García was in charge of Real Santander until 5 January 2024, when the club announced his departure. Seventeen days later, he was named

Hernán Darío Gómez Hernán Darío Gómez Jaramillo (; born 3 February 1956), also known as El Bolillo (; ''The Baton''), is a Colombian football manager and former player who is the current manager of the El Salvador national team. Career He was an active playe ...

's assistant at

Águilas Doradas Águilas Doradas is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Alberto Grisales, Alberto Grisales stadium. The club a ...

. On 28 March 2024, García was appointed interim manager of Águilas, after Gómez was sacked. Although he was confirmed as manager for the remainder of the year on 15 May, he was sacked on 7 October. On 9 March 2025, García was appointed by

as their new manager.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Jose Luis 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Manizales Footballers from Caldas Department Colombian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Categoría Primera B players Real Santander footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Atlético de la Sabana footballers Uniautónoma F.C. footballers Colombian football managers Categoría Primera A managers Águilas Doradas managers Llaneros F.C. managers 21st-century Colombian sportsmen