After confirmation by the Board of Directors, headed by the President of Unión Magdalena, Alberto Marío Garzón, and its manager Orlando Zuñiga Cotes, that coach Jorge Luis Pinto will assume the technical direction of the Samario team for the second semester of the promotion tournament , the banana growers’ enthusiasm for returning to the highest category has been shot. In this context, the expectation to know the reinforcements that the new coach will bring remains latent.
Pinto’s return to Unión Magdalena, a team he already managed in 1991, comes after his time at Deportivo Cali in the 2023 BetPlay League. The Santander coach arrives with the goal of promoting the club to the highest category of Colombian football, where it has not competed since 2019.
Pinto, who has extensive experience in Colombian and international football, is recognized for his direct playing style and his ability to bring out the best in his players. In addition to his time at Unión Magdalena, he has coached teams such as Millonarios, Independiente Santa Fe, Cúcuta Deportivo, Junior de Barranquilla and the Colombian National Team.
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Coach Santandereano must meet with his team and determine which players he has, whether by age, performance, performance and so on. The fans hope that with his hiring, quality players will be brought in that will empower the banana team to fight for great things, focused on that they have a semester to seek promotion to the highest category, from where they should never have left.
The ‘nail’ that Pinto had left
The coach from Santander led Unión Magdalena in 1989 and was just one point away from being in the final. The violence did not let him celebrate.
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Directing the names of players of the caliber of Carlos Leonel Trucco, Orlando ‘El Animal’ Rojas, Ceferino Peña, Luis Norberto ‘El Huevo’ Gil, Roberto Granados, Hamir Carabalí, Jorge Ramoa, Teddy Orozco, Felipe Nery Franco, Justino Sinisterra, Melchizedek Navarro.
The coach could not get the long-awaited second star of the banana squad.
