Jorge Espejo

Peruvian football manager (born 1976)

Jorge Espejo
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Luis Espejo Miranda
Date of birth	(1976-08-20) 20 August 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alianza Atlético (manager)
Youth career
	Cantolao
	Sport Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Sport Boys
1996	→ Guardia Republicana (loan)	5	(0)
2000	Alianza Lima	19	(0)
2001	Sport Boys
2002	Melgar	37	(2)
2003–2004	Unión Huaral	64	(0)
2005	Universidad San Martín
2006	Sport Boys
2007	Total Clean
2008	Sport Boys
2009	Total Chalaco
Managerial career
2010–2011	Deportivo Coopsol
2012	Cobresol (interim)
2012	Cobresol (youth)
2012–2013	Sport Boys
2014	Sporting Cristal (assistant)
2015	Cienciano
2016	Real Garcilaso
2017	Cantolao (youth)
2017	Comerciantes Unidos
2018	Cantolao (youth)
2019	Unión Huaral
2020–2021	Cantolao
2024–	Alianza Atlético
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Luis Espejo Miranda (born 20 August 1976) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Alianza Atlético.

Playing career

Born in Lima, Espejo made his senior debut with Sport Boys in 1995. After spending the following year on loan at fellow top-tier side Guardia Republicana, he went on to establish himself as a regular in the Rosados, before moving to Alianza Lima in 2000.

Espejo returned to Sport Boys in 2001, but only remained a year and subsequently signed for FBC Melgar. He then represented Unión Huaral and Universidad San Martín before rejoining Sport Boys for a third spell in 2006.

In 2007, Espejo agreed to a deal with newcomers Total Clean. He rejoined Sport Boys for a fourth period in 2008, before returning to his previous club in 2009, now called Total Chalaco; he retired with the latter in the end of the campaign, aged 33.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Espejo began his managerial career in 2010 while in charge of Deportivo Coopsol. He narrowly missed out promotion in the following year,^[1] and subsequently left the club.

In May 2012, Espejo was named manager of Cobresol after the departure of Teddy Cardama,^[2] but only as an interim manner, as the club later appointed Javier Chirinos as manager; Espejo was named in charge of the youth setup. On 18 September of that year, he was appointed manager of former club Sport Boys.^[3]

Despite suffering relegation, Espejo continued in charge of the club for the 2013 campaign, but resigned on 8 July 2013.^[4] On 19 August 2013, he was named Daniel Ahmed's assistant at Sporting Cristal for the 2014 campaign,^[5] before taking over Cienciano on 23 December 2014.^[6]

On 1 October 2015, Espejo left Cienciano due to the club's financial problems,^[7] and was named in charge of Real Garcilaso on 17 December.^[8] Sacked the following 1 May,^[9] he worked for Cantolao's youth setup before being appointed manager of Comerciantes Unidos.^[10]

Espejo subsequently returned to Cantolao's youth sides for the 2018 campaign, and was appointed manager of another former side, Unión Huaral, on 28 January 2019.^[11] On 28 October 2020, he rejoined Cantolao for a third spell, but now as a first team manager.^[12]

Espejo left Cantolao on a mutual consent on 28 September 2021,^[13] and spent more than two years without a club before taking over Alianza Atlético on 1 March 2024.^[14]

References

^ "Coopsol: A seguir con el proyecto" [Coopsol: Keeping the project] (in Spanish). De Chalaca. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Cobresol: Jorge Espejo, nuevo entrenador" [Cobresol: Jorge Espejo, new manager] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Jorge Espejo se convirtió en el nuevo DT de Sport Boys" [Jorge Espejo became the new manager of Sport Boys] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Jorge Espejo: Renuncié como DT de Sport Boys porque la situación era insostenible" [Jorge Espejo: I resigned as manager of Sport Boys because the situation was unsustainable] (in Spanish). El Bocón. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Daniel Ahmed será el técnico de Sporting Cristal a partir de 2014" [Daniel Ahmed will be the manager of Sporting Cristal from 2014] (in Spanish). Perú.21. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Cienciano: Jorge Espejo será el DT y Sergio Ibarra su asistente" [Cienciano: Jorge Espejo will be the manager and Sergio Ibarra his assistant] (in Spanish). América Televisión. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Cienciano: Jorge Espejo anuncia su salida del club por problemas económicos" [Cienciano: Jorge Espejo announces his departure from the club due to economic problems] (in Spanish). El Bocón. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Jorge Espejo es el nuevo director técnico de Real Garcilaso" [Jorge Espejo is the new manager of Real Garcilaso] (in Spanish). América Televisión. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Real Garcilaso: Jorge Espejo no es más técnico de la 'Máquina Celeste'" [Real Garcilaso: Jorge Espejo is no longer the manager of the 'Celestial Machine'] (in Spanish). Líbero. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Espejo, considerado un discípulo de Sampaoli, es nuevo técnico de Comerciantes Unidos" [Espejo, considered a disciple of Sampaoli, is the new manager of Comerciantes Unidos] (in Spanish). Depor. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Unión Huaral presenta a Jorge Espejo como su técnico para la temporada 2019" [Unión Huaral present Jorge Espejo as their manager for the 2019 campaign] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Academia Cantolao anunció a Jorge Espejo como nuevo entrenador por el resto de la temporada" [Academia Cantolao announced Jorge Espejo as new manager for the remainder of the season] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Jorge Espejo dejó de ser técnico de Cantolao, tras cinco partidos sin ganar" [Espejo left as manager of Cantolao, after five winless matches] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Jorge Espejo es el nuevo entrenador de Alianza Atlético" [Jorge Espejo is the new manager of Alianza Atlético] (in Spanish). Futbolperuano.com. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.