Carlos_Restrepo_(soccer)
Carlos Restrepo (football manager)
Colombian football coach
Carlos Alberto "Piscis" Restrepo Isaza (born 5 March 1961) is a Colombian football coach.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Alberto Restrepo Isaza | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-03-05) 5 March 1961 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1992–1994 | Once Caldas | ||
| 1995 | Junior | ||
| 1996–1997 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 1998 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 1999 | Deportes Quindío | ||
| 2000 | Deportivo Pasto | ||
| 2001 | Deportivo Táchira | ||
| 2002–2005 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
| 2005–2007 | Brujas | ||
| 2007 | Alajuelense | ||
| 2008 | Municipal Liberia | ||
| 2008–2009 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
| 2009 | Puntarenas | ||
| 2010–2011 | CD Olimpia | ||
| 2011 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
| 2012–2016 | Colombia U20 | ||
| 2015–2016 | Colombia U23 | ||
| 2017–2018 | CD Olimpia | ||
| 2019–2020 | Real España | ||
| 2020 | San Carlos | ||
| 2022 | Atlético Nacional (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Jaguares de Córdoba | ||
Never having the opportunity of playing the sport professionally because of an injury, he began his coaching career at his early 20s. After some time spent managing in minor leagues and regional teams in his home country, he took over several U-17 and U-20 Colombia national football teams. He then began coaching teams such as Once Caldas, Independiente Medellín, Atlético Junior, Deportes Quindío and Deportes Tolima.[2] He won the first division tournament of Fútbol Profesional Colombiano in 1995 with Atlético Junior.
He then went on to manage Deportivo Táchira of the Primera División Venezolana, or Venezuelan Professional Football League. He arrived to Costa Rica in 2002, and coached Municipal Pérez Zeledón for three years, where he won the Apertura Championship of Costa Rica's first division in 2004, against all odds.[3] In 2005, he was signed by Brujas[4] where he was able to build a very competitive team and battled to win the Costa Rica's first division title.
In 2013, he managed Colombia U-20 team to win their third South American Youth Championship. In 2017, he was named coach for Olimpia after Hector Vargas was fired.
In 2019, he was named coach for Real España. After that, in 2020 he was named coach of AD San Carlos in Costa Rican first division.
Statistics accurate as of 12 June 2017[5][6]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Alajuelense | Costa Rica | July 2007 | November 2007 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 046.15 | ||
| Puntarenas | Costa Rica | July 2009 | November 2009 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 031.82 | ||
| Olimpia | Honduras | January 2010 | March 2011 | 61 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 040.98 | ||
| Pérez Zeledón | Costa Rica | July 2011 | November 2011 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 035.29 | ||
| Colombia U20 | Colombia | February 2012 | February 2017 | 52 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 044.23 | ||
| Colombia Olympic | Colombia | February 2012 | February 2017 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 041.67 | ||
| Total | 177 | 72 | 58 | 47 | 040.68 | |||||
- Junior
- Categoría Primera A (1): 1995
- Olimpia
- Pérez Zeledón
- El Olimpia oficializa la renuncia de Carlos Restrepo‚ laprensa.hn, 20 March 2018
- "TOLIMA BAJO EL SIGNO PISCIS" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 14 January 1998.
- Aguilar, Alexander (2007-06-24). "Restrepo más allá del balón". Al Dia. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- Negociación relámpago en Escazú Restrepo salió de Pérez y ahora es técnico del Brujas Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)