José Pékerman

José Pékerman
Personal information
Full name	José Néstor Pékerman Krimen
Date of birth	3 September 1949 (1949-09-03)
Place of birth	Villa Domínguez, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1970–1974 1974–1977 Total	Argentinos Juniors Independiente Medellín	134 0(12) 101 0(15) 235 0(27)
Teams managed
1981–1982 1982–1992 1992–1994 1994–2001 2004–2006 2007–2008 2009 2012–2018	Chacarita Juniors (youth) Argentinos Juniors (youth) Colo-Colo (youth) Argentina U20 Argentina Toluca Tigres Colombia

José Néstor Pékerman (born 3 September 1949) is an Argentine professional football coach and former manager of the Colombian national football team. As a youth level coach for Argentina, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship three times, and the U20 South American Youth Championship twice. He coached the Argentina national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and became coach of the Colombian national team in 2012. He subsequently managed the Colombian national team during the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups where he led the team to their best result in 2014, their first World Cup qualification after 16 years of absence.

Honours

Manager

Argentina U-20

• South American Youth Championship (2): 1997, 1999
• FIFA U-20 World Cup (3): 1995, 1997, 2001

Argentina

FIFA Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2005

Individual

• South American Coach of the Year (2): 2012, 2013
• IFFHS Best National Coach of the Year Nominee (1): 2013 (5th)

External links

• Biography by FIFA
• About Pekerman

Template:Argentina Squad (Confederations Cup 2005)

Argentina – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals

1. Abbondanzieri 2. Ayala 3. Sorín (c) 4. Coloccini 5. Cambiasso 6. Heinze 7. Saviola 8. Mascherano 9. Crespo 10. Riquelme 11. Tevez 12. Franco 13. Scaloni 14. Palacio 15. Milito 16. Aimar 17. Cufré 18. Rodríguez 19. Messi 20. Cruz 21. Burdisso 22. González 23. Ustari Manager:   José Pékerman

Colombia – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Ospina 2. Zapata 3. Yepes (c) 4. Arias 5. Carbonero 6. Sánchez 7. Armero 8. Aguilar 9. Gutiérrez 10. James 11. Cuadrado 12. Vargas 13. Guarín 14. Ibarbo 15. Mejía 16. Balanta 17. Bacca 18. Zúñiga 19. Ramos 20. Quintero 21. Martínez 22. Mondragón 23. Valdés Manager:   José Pékerman

Colombia – 2015 Copa América

1. Ospina 2. Zapata 3. Franco 4. Arias 5. Valencia 6. Sánchez 7. Armero 8. Cardona 9. Falcao (c) 10. James 11. Cuadrado 12. Vargas 13. Andrade 14. Valdés 15. Mejía 16. Ibarbo 17. Bacca 18. Zúñiga 19. Teo 20. Muriel 21. Jackson M. 22. Murillo 23. Bonilla Manager:   José Pékerman

Colombia – Copa América Centenario

1. Ospina 2. C. Zapata 3. Mina 4. Arias 5. Celis 6. Sánchez 7. Bacca 8. Cardona 9. R. Martínez 10. James (c) 11. Cuadrado 12. R. Zapata 13. S. Pérez 14. Medina 15. Aguilar 16. D. Torres 17. D. Moreno 18. Fabra 19. F. Díaz 20. Roa 21. Marlos 22. Murillo 23. Bonilla Manager:   José Pékerman

Colombia – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Ospina 2. Zapata 3. Murillo 4. Arias 5. Barrios 6. C. Sánchez 7. Bacca 8. Aguilar 9. Falcao (c) 10. James 11. J. G. Cuadrado 12. Vargas 13. Mina 14. Muriel 15. Uribe 16. Lerma 17. Mojica 18. Fabra 19. Borja 20. Quintero 21. Izquierdo 22. J. F. Cuadrado 23. D. Sánchez Manager:   José Pékerman