Jorge Bermúdez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Morales.

Jorge Hernán Bermúdez Morales (born 18 June 1971) is a retired Colombian football defender. He played 56 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2001.^[1]

Jorge Bermúdez

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Hernán Bermúdez Morales
Date of birth	(1971-06-18) 18 June 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Calarcá, Colombia
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Boca Juniors (technical management)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	Deportes Quindío	72	(0)
1991–1996	América de Cali	134	(6)
1996–1997	Benfica	27	(1)
1997–2001	Boca Juniors	119	(12)
2001–2003	Olympiacos	9	(1)
2003–2004	Newell's Old Boys	27	(2)
2004	Barcelona SC	16	(0)
2005	América de Cali	22	(2)
2005	Deportivo Quevedo	12	(0)
2006	Deportivo Pereira	23	(2)
2006	Independiente Santa Fe	16	(4)
2007	Deportes Quindío	9	(0)
Total		486	(28)
International career
1995–2001	Colombia	56	(3)
Managerial career
2007–2008	Depor Jamundí
2008	Deportivo Pasto
2010	América de Cali
2010	Defensa y Justicia
2016–2017	Atlético Huila (sporting director)
2017	Atlético Huila
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Bermúdez played at the club level for several teams in Colombia including Deportes Quindío, América de Cali, Deportivo Quevedo, Deportivo Pereira and Independiente Santa Fe. He started his career with Deportes Quindio which was also the team he finished his career with 17 years later.

Bermúdez also played for a number of clubs outside Colombia including Benfica (Portugal), Boca Juniors (Argentina), Olympiakos Pireus (Greece), Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) and Barcelona Guayaquil (Ecuador).

During his time with Boca Juniors he won a number of major titles including the Copa Libertadores and Copa Intercontinental in 2000 and three league titles (Ap 1998, Cl 1999 & Ap 2000).

He was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics and went on to play 56 times for the full international squad including appearances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and in three editions of the Copa América in 1995,^[2] 1997^[3] and 1999.^[4]

Later and coaching career

After retiring, Bermúdez managed Depor Jamundí, Deportivo Pasto and América de Cali.

In September 2010, Bermúdez was appointed manager of the Argentine 2nd division side Defensa y Justicia.^[5] He left the position on 23 November 2010 after five defeats and two draws.^[6]

Bermúdez worked as a TV-pundit and commentator at ESPN for a few years, before he was appointed sporting director of Atlético Huila on 6 December 2016.^[7] On 22 May 2017, Bermúdez was appointed caretaker manager of Atlético Huila after the coach was fired.^[8] He left Huile in June 2017.^[9]

In December 2019, Bermúdez was back in football, when he was appointed as a member of Boca Juniors Soccer Council, led by newly appointed vice-president Juan Román Riquelme.^[10]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colombia			League		Cup		South America		Total
1991	América de Cali	Categoría Primera A	–	–	0	0	10	0	10	0
1992			–	–	0	0	12	0	12	0
1993			35	0	0	0	3	0	38	0
1994			47	0	0	0	0	0	47	0
1995			26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
1995–96			26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
1996–97			26	0	0	0	13	2	39	2
Portugal			League		Cup		Europe		Total
1996–97	Benfica	Primeira Liga	27	1	3	1	8	0	38	2
Argentina			League		Cup		South America		Total
1997–98	Boca Juniors	Primera División	31	1	0	0	–	–	31	1
1998–99			32	3	0	0	0	0	32	3
1999–00			30	4	0	0	15	1	45	5
2000–01			26	4	0	0	13	1	39	5
Greece			League		Cup		Europe		Total
2001–02	Olympiakos Piraeus	Alpha Ethniki	8	1	–	–	4	0	12	1
2002–03			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Argentina			League		Cup		South America		Total
2003–04	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División	27	2	0	0	0	0	27	2
Ecuador			League		Cup		South America		Total
2004	Barcelona	Serie A	16	0	0	0	–	0	16	0
Colombia			League		Cup		South America		Total
2005	América de Cali	Categoría Primera A	22	2	0	0	0	0	22	2
Ecuador			League		Cup		South America		Total
2005	Deportivo Quevedo	Serie B	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Colombia			League		Cup		South America		Total
2006	Deportivo Pereira	Categoría Primera A	23	2	0	0	0	0	23	2
	Santa Fe		16	4	0	0	–	0	16	4
2007	Deportes Quindío		9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Total	Argentina		146	14	0	0	28	2	174	16
	Colombia		230	8	0	0	38	2	268	10
	Ecuador		28	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	Greece		9	1	0	0	4	0	13	1
	Portugal		27	1	3	1	8	0	38	2
	Career total		440	24	3	1	78	4	521	29

Source:^[11]

International goals

#	Date	Stadium	Rival	Goal	Result	Competition
1	1-9-1996	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla	Chile	3-0	4-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	15-12-1996	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Táchira	Venezuela	1-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

América de Cali

• Primera A: 1990, 1992

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura
• Copa Libertadores: 2000, 2001
• Intercontinental Cup: 2000

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2001–02, 2002–03

References

1. rsssf: Colombia record international footballers 30 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. rsssf: Copa América 1995
3. rsssf: Copa América 1997
4. rsssf: Copa América 1999 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
5. El "Patrón" Bermúdez, nuevo entrenador de Defensa y Justicia, infobae.com, 21 September 2010
6. Jorge Bermúdez fue despedido de Defensa y Justicia del ascenso argentino, futbolred.com, 23 November 2010
7. Jorge Bermúdez dejó Espn para ‘pegarse la rodadita’ en el Huila, pulzo.com, 6 December 2016
8. Jorge 'el Patrón' Bermúdez es el nuevo técnico del Atlético Huila, canalrcn.com, 22 May 2017
9. Jorge «El Patrón» Bermudez No Va Más Con Atlético Huila, huilasports.com, 12 June 2017
10. Jorge Bermúdez, el líder del consejo de fútbol de Boca Juniors, colombia.as.com, 23 December 2019
11. "Jorge Bermúdez".

External links

• at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)^{[dead link]}
• Jorge Bermúdez at National-Football-Teams.com