 Bedoya withBoyacá Chicó in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ebéjico,Antioquia, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Envigado | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Deportivo Pereira | 45 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Deportivo Cali | 118 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Racing Club | 54 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Colón | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Puebla | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Boca Juniors | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Atlético Nacional | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Millonarios | 105 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Envigado | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Boyacá Chicó | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Santa Fe | 90 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Fortaleza | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 552 | (52) | |||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2009 | Colombia | 49 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Santa Fe (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Santa Fe (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Santa Fe | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Santa Fe (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Valledupar | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Santa Fe (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Unión Magdalena (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Unión Magdalena (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera (born 26 November 1975) is a Colombian formerfootballer and current manager. He began as adefender but he also played as adefensive midfielder.
Nicknamed "The Beast,"[1] he currently holds the record for mostred cards (58) received by any player in thehistory of the game.[2][3]
Bedoya started his professional career withDeportivo Pereira in 1996. He joinedDeportivo Cali in 1998 where he was part of the squad that won the league title in 1998.
In 2001, Bedoya moved toArgentina where he played forRacing Club de Avellaneda, helping the club to win theApertura 2001 tournament. In 2004, he joinedColón de Santa Fe and in 2005 he moved toBoca Juniors where he only played 3 games (all in theCopa Libertadores) before moving to Mexico to play forPuebla F.C.
In 2005 Bedoya returned to Colombia to play forAtlético Nacional and in 2006 he joinedMillonarios. After he went for a brief time toEnvigado F.C. But then joinedBoyacá Chicó F.C. for the 2010 season.
In 2011, Bedoya signed a one-year contract withIndependiente Santa Fe.
Bedoya has the ignominy of being the professional footballer with the most red cards to his name (46 red cards).[4] In the Bogota derby betweenIndependiente Santa Fe andMillonarios on 23 September 2012, he received his 41st red card in a professional game, being sent off for the elbow and subsequent kick to the head aimed at Millonarios player Jhonny Ramirez.[5] The offense also got him suspended for the next 15 matches. Bedoya has been sent off multiple times since.
Bedoya made his debut for theColombia national team in the2000 Gold Cup match against Jamaica on 12 February 2000.[6] He scored the equalizing goal in the quarter final penalty shootout victory against the USA on 19 February, where he also earned a red card in the last minute of extra time.[7] Bedoya was also part of the Colombia squad that won theCopa América 2001, where he played five matches and scored a goal in the semi-finals victory againstHonduras.[8]
He played all five matches at the2003 Confederations Cup, where Colombia finished in fourth place. Bedoya was a starting player in the2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but was not called up for the2007 Copa América. His last match for the national team was on 1 April 2009, a 2–0 loss againstVenezuela.[9]
Following his retirement from his club career, Bedoya went into coaching. In his first position as assistant manager with Santa Fe in 2016, he was dismissed from the dugout after 21 minutes of a league fixture against Junior.[4][10] That same year, he became caretaker manager of Santa Fe for one match after the departure ofAlexis García, and in 2019 he was again appointed as caretaker manager of Santa Fe and soon after he was confirmed as manager on a permanent basis until the arrival ofHarold Rivera.
Bedoya left Santa Fe at the end of 2021 and in January 2022 he was appointed as manager ofValledupar in the Colombiansecond tier, but was dismissed in August 2022. On 12 May 2023 he returned to Santa Fe for a third stint as caretaker, replacing Harold Rivera who had resigned the previous day.[11]
In March 2025, Bedoya joined Alexis García's coaching staff atUnión Magdalena as assistant manager,[12] taking García's place on the bench for matches in the2025 Apertura tournament since the head coach was ineligible to do so for having been in charge of another team in the same tournament.[13] The following 29 July Unión Magdalena appointed Bedoya as caretaker manager, following Alexis García's resignation.[14] Bedoya himself resigned four days later.[15]
Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bedoya goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 19 February 2000 | Orange Bowl,Miami,United States |  United States | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2 | 31 January 2001 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,Los Angeles,United States |  Mexico | 1–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 24 April 2001 | Estadio Pueblo Nuevo,San Cristóbal,Venezuela |  Venezuela | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 26 July 2001 | Estadio Palogrande,Manizales,Colombia |  Honduras | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2001 Copa América |
| Team | Years | Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Pereira | 1995–1997 | 2 |
| Deportivo Cali | 1998–2001, 2003 | 14 |
| Racing Club | 2001–2003 | 5 |
| Colón | 2004 | 2 |
| Atlético Nacional | 2005-2006 | 2 |
| Millonarios | 2006–2010 | 7 |
| Envigado | 2010 | 2 |
| Santa Fe | 2011–2013 | 10 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2015 | 2 |
| Total | 46 | |
| Team | Years | Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2001-2009 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | |
| Team | Years | Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe | 2020-2021 | 11 |
| Total | 11 | |
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