| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Rolando Alfonso Ávalos | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-01-26)26 January 1971 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aucas (youth manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1991 | Racing Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | Racing Club | 7 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Almirante Brown | 4 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Coras | ||
| 1997–1998 | Dock Sud | ||
| 1998–2000 | Argentino de Quilmes | ||
| 2000–2001 | Estudiantes de Río Cuarto | ||
| 2002 | Deportivo Saquisilí | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003 | Deportivo Saquisilí | ||
| 2004 | LDU Portoviejo (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | Macará (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Macará (reserves) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Manta (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Deportivo Quito (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Imbabura (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Técnico Universitario (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Macará (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Manta (assistant) | ||
| 2014 | Manta (reserves) | ||
| 2014 | Manta | ||
| 2015 | Técnico Universitario | ||
| 2015–2016 | Cobreloa (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Manta | ||
| 2017 | Huachipato (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Sport Boys Warnes (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Gualaceo | ||
| 2020–2022 | Cibao | ||
| 2023 | Norte América (youth) | ||
| 2024– | Aucas (youth) | ||
| 2024 | Aucas (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jorge Rolando Alfonso Ávalos (born 26 January 1971) is an Argentine footballmanager and formerplayer who played as adefender. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian clubAucas' youth categories.
Born inBuenos Aires, Alfonso was aRacing Club youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1991, he subsequently played forAlmirante Brown before joining Mexican sideCoras in 1995.
Back to Argentina in 1996, Alfonso played forDock Sud,Argentino de Quilmes andEstudiantes de Río Cuarto.[1] He retired with Ecuadorian sideDeportivo Saquisilí in 2002, aged 31.
After retiring, Alfonso began his managerial career with Saquisilí in 2003. He subsequently returned to his first club Racing as a youth manager, before becoming an assistant ofAbel Moralejo atLDU Portoviejo.[2]
After being an assistant ofVíctor Luna atMacará, Alfonso remained in the club in the following three seasons, as youth director and manager of the reserves.[3] In 2009, he became an assistant ofFabián Bustos atManta, and followed the manager toDeportivo Quito,Imbabura,Técnico Universitario,Macará and back to Manta.[4]
Alfonso remained at Manta for the 2014 season, even after Bustos' departure, and was named manager of the reserves.[4] On 11 October of that year, he was named manager of the main squad in the place ofArmando Osma,[5] but was unable toavoid relegation.
On 26 May 2015, Alfonso returned to Técnico Universitario, now being appointed manager of theEcuadorian Serie B side.[6] Sacked on 12 July,[7] he subsequently joinedCésar Vigevani's staff at Chilean clubCobreloa.
On 19 December 2016, Alfonso returned to Ecuador and Manta, after being named at the helm of the club.[8] Dismissed the following 17 April,[9] he returned to Chile to reunite with Vigevani atHuachipato; he was also his assistant at Bolivian sideSport Boys Warnes in 2018.
On 17 August 2018, Alfonso was appointed in charge ofGualaceo also in the Ecuadorian second division.[10] He left the club in April of the following year,[11] and moved to the Dominican Republic in March 2020 to take overCibao FC.[12]
Alonso left Cibao at the end of the 2022 season, and subsequently returned to Ecuador to take over the youth sides ofNorte América. In 2024, after the latter club established a partnership withAucas, he became a manager of their youth setup before being appointed in charge of the first team on 4 July of that year.[13]
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