Jersson González

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Jersson Amur González Díaz (born 16 January 1975) is a Colombian football manager and former footballer who played as a defender or a defensive midfielder.

Jersson González

Personal information
Full name	Jersson Amur González Díaz
Date of birth	(1975-01-16) 16 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Cali, Colombia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2002	América de Cali	238	(21)
2002	Galatasaray	1	(0)
2002	River Plate	6	(0)
2003	Centauros Villavicencio	19	(1)
2003–2005	América de Cali	56	(7)
2005–2006	Deportivo Pereira	32	(9)
2006–2007	Boyacá Chicó	60	(14)
2008–2009	América de Cali	41	(4)
2010	Atlético Bucaramanga	0	(0)
2011	América de Cali	11	(1)
Total		464	(57)
International career
1995–2001	Colombia	18	(1)
Managerial career
2013	Boyacá Chicó U20
2014–2017	América de Cali U20
2018	América de Cali (women)
2018–2019	América de Cali (assistant)
2018	América de Cali (caretaker)
2019	América de Cali (caretaker)
2020–2022	América de Cali U20
2021	América de Cali (caretaker)
2022–2023	Llaneros
2024	Deportivo Pasto
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

González was notable for being an experienced free-kick taker and possessing great ball control.

Career

González played for the Colombia national football team in the 2001 Copa América, which they hosted and won. He also won four Colombian League titles with América de Cali in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2008.

González has played for various Colombian teams and other international teams from Turkey and Argentina. He played for América de Cali, Deportivo Pereira, Centauros in Colombia, Club Atlético River Plate in Argentina and Galatasaray in Turkey.

González played for Colombia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.^[2]

Coaching career

González started his coaching career in 2013, when he became manager of Boyacá Chicó's U20 squad.^[3]

From 2014 to 2017, González was the manager of América de Cali's U20 squad.^[4] Through a video broadcast by América de Cali on its official YouTube channel, it was learned that Jersson González was appointed as the new manager of the women's team for the 2018 season.^[5]

On 20 August 2018, he was appointed caretaker manager for the first team of América de Cali.^[6] He was in charge for one game against Millonarios which he lost 0-2 and was replaced a few days later by a newly appointed manager. After Fernando Castro Lozada was fired on 15 April 2019, González was once again appointed caretaker manager, this time until the end of the season.^[7] He was recalled by América de Cali as caretaker on 28 April 2021, replacing Juan Cruz Real for the return leg of the quarter-finals of the 2021 Apertura tournament against Millonarios and four Copa Libertadores group stage games.^[8]

Following the end of América's involvement at the Copa Libertadores, he returned to the club's youth ranks, resigning on 2 April 2022 to become manager of Llaneros in the Colombian second division for his first professional manager job.^[9][10] González managed Llaneros until the end of the 2023 season, and on 16 November 2023 he was announced as manager of top tier club Deportivo Pasto for the 2024 season.^[11] He was dismissed from the position on 25 February 2024, after a poor start to the season that saw Pasto collect only four points in their first eight league matches.^[12]

References

1. "Jersson González". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
2. Jersson González – FIFA competition record (archived)
3. BOYACÁ CHICÓ FC. on Twitter: "Con el debut del DT. Jersson..., twitter.com, 7 March 2013
4. "Jersson González dirigirá el equipo femenino del América". Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
5. Jersson González fue nombrado DT del América de Cali para la Liga Femenina 2018, feminafutbol.com,
6. Jersson González será el DT de América de Cali ante Millonarios, futbolete.com, 22 August 2018
7. "Jersson González sigue de DT en América de Cali". ESPN.com.co (in Spanish). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
8. "Es oficial: Juan Cruz Real no continuará como técnico del América de Cali" (in Spanish). El País. 28 April 2021.
9. "Duro golpe para el América de Cali: ídolo renunció para asumir retos" [Hard blow to América de Cali: idol resigned to take on challenges] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
10. "Jersson González habló de su nuevo reto como entrenador de Llaneros" [Jersson González spoke about his new challenge as Llaneros manager] (in Spanish). Infobae. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
11. "¡Es oficial! Jersson González es el nuevo DT del Deportivo Pasto" [It's official! Jersson González is Deportivo Pasto's new manager] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
12. "Otro más sin trabajo: Pasto confirmó la salida de Jersson González" [Another one out of work: Pasto confirmed the departure of Jersson González] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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