José Miguel Salomon Cortés (born 11 March 1972), known as José Salomon Cortés, is a Chilean-Swedish football manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Miguel Salomon Cortés | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| AIK (youth) | |||
| Hammarby (youth) | |||
| 2017–2019 | Vasalund (youth) | ||
| 2020 | Vasalund | ||
| 2021 | Académie Soar | ||
| 2021–2023 | Bo Rangers | ||
Early life
editSalomon Cortés was born in Valparaíso, Chile, and lived in Viña del Mar, the neighboring commune. He moved to Germany at the age of two before made his home in Sweden.[1]
Career
editAs a football manager, Salomon Cortés gets a UEFA licence.[1]
He has worked for both Aston Villa and Chelsea as a scouting agent[2] in recruitment of youth players from Africa and Scandinavia, taking part of the development of footballers such as Nathan Aké, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kurt Zouma and the Chalobah brothers.[1]
In Sweden, he has worked for the youth systems of AIK,[3] Hammarby[4] and Vasalund.[5]
In 2020 he performed as coach of Vasalund[6] and won the 2020 Ettan Norra and got promotion to the Superettan.[7]
He also has personally trained players such as Williot Swedberg and Amadou Diawara.[1]
He spent a year in Guinea coaching at Académie Soar[1] before joining Sierra Leonean club Bo Rangers on 6 September 2021 as head coach,[8] alongside the Guinean goalkeeping coach Allan Sekou Kamata and both Alhaji Foray and Kabineh Kamara as assistants.[2]
He won the 2021–22 season of the Sierra Leone National Premier League[9] and got qualification to the 2022–23 CAF Champions League.[10] He also was honored as the Coach of the Season.[11]
He left Bo Rangers on 17 January 2023.[12]
Honours
editVasalund
Bo Rangers
- Sierra Leone National Premier League: 2021–22
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Olea, Nicolás (4 July 2022). "José Salomón, primer entrenador nacional campeón en Sierra Leona, explica por qué Chile ya no exporta jugadores a Europa". RedGol (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Bo Rangers appoint Chilean Jose Solomon Cortes as head coach". Football Sierra Leone. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "AIK besegrade Vasalund med 4-1". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 21 September 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "VISION Hammarby IF FF:s vision är att föreningen skall fostra egna spelare som inte bara blir A- lagsspelare utan också A-landslagsspelare" (PDF). docplayer.se (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Vasalunds IF Akademi (P07 Svår/Extra Svår) - Oktoberpokalen 2017 Results". oktoberpokalen.cups.nu (in Swedish). 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "José Salomon går vidare - Blir huvudtränare för topplag i Sierra Leone". vasalundsifsektion.myclub.se (in Swedish). 6 September 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Vasalunds IF klart för Superettan 2021". www.superettan.se (in Swedish). 1 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Bo Rangers appoints two foreign coaches". politicosl.com. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Salomon bärgade historisk titel i Sierra Leone: "Det har varit stor karneval"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ Viluñir Silva, JP (20 June 2022). "El Manuel Pellegrini de África: técnico chileno es campeón en Sierra Leona y espera revolucionar la próxima Champions League". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ Huerta, Rodrigo (17 July 2022). "Tres historias desconocidas de chilenos en África" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Coach Jose Salomon Cortes Bids Farewell to Bo Rangers". Sierraloaded. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
External links
edit- José Salomon Cortés at Ratsit.se (in Swedish)