Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana (born June 19, 1971), commonly known as Jorge Almirón, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Rosario Central.

Career

On July 26, 1997, Almirón made his Liga MX debut with Atlas in a 2–1 victory over Puebla.

In the season of the Clausura 2006, he helped Querétaro pass to the Primera División of Mexico but was relegated back to the Segunda División (now called Liga de Ascenso) in Clausura 2007. In 2008, he was named player-coach of Dorados.

As manager, Almirón guided Lanús to achieve its second league title ever and reached the 2017 Copa Libertadores finals, where they were defeated by Brazilian club Grêmio.

In November 2018, he was introduced as the new manager of San Lorenzo.

In June 2019, Almirón became the new manager of the Al-Shabab, after the Saudi club sacked the Romanian manager Marius Șumudică.

On 26 August 2020, Almirón was appointed manager of recently promoted La Liga club Elche.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 April 2026

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Dorados de SinaloaMexico16 October 200830 June 2009238963223+9034.78
Defensa y JusticiaArgentina6 July 200917 February 2010228683132−1036.36
VeracruzMexico17 February 201029 March 20107223910−1028.57
Correcaminos UATMexico17 September 201023 August 20113199134142−1029.03
Defensa y JusticiaArgentina23 October 201230 June 201329131063529+6044.83
TijuanaMexico30 June 201311 November 2013218763025+5038.10
Godoy CruzArgentina9 December 201318 July 2014199552318+5047.37
IndependienteArgentina18 July 201425 May 2015351411105146+5040.00
LanúsArgentina11 December 201519 December 20178142152411577+38051.85
Atlético NacionalColombia19 December 201730 August 201843231194925+24053.49
San LorenzoArgentina5 November 201813 May 20192541471419−5016.00
Al-ShababSaudi Arabia24 June 20195 December 2019168442413+11050.00
ElcheSpain26 August 202012 February 20212459102234−12020.83
LanúsArgentina25 December 20217 July 202229811103432+2027.59
ElcheSpain12 October 20227 November 20225023510−5000.00
Boca JuniorsArgentina10 April 20235 November 2023431713135139+12039.53
Colo-ColoChile4 January 202419 August 20258440232112086+34047.62
Rosario CentralArgentina15 December 2025present179442014+6052.94
Total553226165162706574+132040.87

Honours

Player

Santiago Wanderers

Morelia

Querétaro

Manager

Lanús

Colo-Colo

External links

  • at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)