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| Full name | André Soares Jardine | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1979-09-08)8 September 1979 (age 46) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | América (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| Grêmio | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2013 | Internacional (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Grêmio (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Grêmio (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Grêmio (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | São Paulo U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | São Paulo (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | São Paulo U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | São Paulo (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | São Paulo (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Brazil U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Brazil U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Atlético San Luis | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | América | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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André Soares Jardine (born 8 September 1979) is a Brazilian professionalfootballmanager who is the current head coach ofLiga MX clubAmérica.
Jardine was born inPorto Alegre,Rio Grande do Sul. After representingGrêmio's youth categories,[1] he started studyingEngineering but graduated inPhysical Education at theFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul.[2]
Jardine joinedInternacional in 2003, being appointed manager of the under-10s. He took over all the club's youth categories during his ten-year stay, with his last team being the under-20s.
On 24 September 2013, he returned to Grêmio after being named under-17 manager.[3]
On 27 July 2014, afterEnderson Moreira's dismissal, Jardine was named interim manager,[4] being in charge for one match (a 2–1 loss againstVitória) before the appointment ofLuiz Felipe Scolari. Subsequently, he was named assistant, but ended the year as the coordinator of the under-15s after having altercations with Scolari.
In February 2015, Jardine moved toSão Paulo and was appointed at the helm of the under-20s. He was interim manager on two occasions (in 2016 and 2018) before being named assistant in March 2018. On 11 November 2018, he was named interim until the end ofthe campaign, replacing sackedDiego Aguirre.[5]
On 25 November 2018, Jardine was appointed manager ofTricolor for the 2019 season.[6] The following 14 February, however, he was removed from his manager role, but remained at the club.
On 3 April 2019, Jardine took over theBrazil national under-20 team, replacingCarlos Amadeu.[7] Later that year, he became the manager of theunder-23s. Brazil went on to win the gold at the2020 Summer Olympics defeating Spain inthe final.
On 3 February 2022, Jardine took overLiga MX sideAtlético San Luis.[8]
On 16 June 2023,Club América reached an agreement with Atlético San Luis and appointed Jardine as their new manager. He became the third Brazilian manager in the club's history afterJorge Vieira andPaulo Roberto Falcão.[9]
On Jardine's competitive debut, América suffered a 2–1home defeat toFC Juárez in the opening match of theApertura tournament. He led the team to a first place finish in the regular phase standings and on a 19-game unbeaten run (14 wins and 5 draws) before suffering a 2–0 defeat to his former side Atlético San Luis (winning 5–2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the Apertura semifinals.
On 17 December 2023, Club América won its 14th championship, making Jardine one of only five managers in the history of the club to win the league trophy in their debut campaign. Six months later, Club América won its 15th championship.
On 15 December 2024, Club América won its third consecutive championship under Jardine, thus becoming the firsttricampeón of Mexican football in its current format.[10] Six months later, Jardine led the club to their fourth consecutive final, ultimately finishing as runners-up after suffering a defeat toDeportivo Toluca.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | |||||
| Grêmio (caretaker) |  | 2 August 2014 | 15 August 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.0 |
| São Paulo (caretaker) | | 25 November 2018 | 14 February 2019 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 030.8 |
| Brazil U-20 | | 3 April 2019 | 31 December 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 066.7 |
| Brazil U-23 | | 3 April 2019 | 2 February 2022 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 076.9 |
| Atlético San Luis |  | 3 February 2022 | 16 June 2023 | 54 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 033.3 |
| América | | 16 June 2023 | Present | 132 | 69 | 37 | 26 | 052.3 |
| Total | 255 | 121 | 65 | 69 | 047.5 | |||
América
Brazil U23
São Paulo U20
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