Jorge Theiler

Jorge Theiler
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Walter Theiler
Date of birth	12 May 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	San José de la Esquina, Argentina
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1989	Newell's Old Boys
1990–1991	River Plate
1991	St Gallen
1992	San Lorenzo
1993	Newell's Old Boys
Total
International career
1983	Argentina U20
	Argentina
Managerial career
2004	Libertad
2005	Instituto de Córdoba
2007–2008	Argentina U15
2017–2018	Atlanta United (assistant)
2019–2022	Mexico (assistant)
2023–	Inter Miami (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Walter Theiler (born 12 May 1964) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender; he won the Primera División Argentina in 1987–88 with Newell's Old Boys.

Theiler came through the youth team of Newell's Old Boys to make his debut in 1983. He played in the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship where the Argentina Under-20 team reached the final but lost to Brazil. He also played for the full national team and was part of the squad for Copa América 1987. Newell's won the 1987–88 Primera División.

In 1990 Theiler joined River Plate bet he never established himself in the first team, he then had a spell with St Gallen of Switzerland before returning to Argentina to join San Lorenzo de Almagro. In 1993, he returned to Newell's Old Boys.

After retiring as a player he went on to pursue a career in coaching. After working with the youth teams of River Plate and Newell's Old Boys he became the manager of Libertad of Paraguay in 2004 for three games. In 2005, he had a brief spell as the manager of Instituto de Córdoba.^[1] In 2008, he was the manager of the Argentina Under-15 football team for the South American Under-15 Football Championship.^[2]

Honours[edit]

Newell's Old Boys

Primera División Argentina: 1987–88

References[edit]

^ Jorge Theiler asumió como técnico de Instituto Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Theiler dirigirá al Sub-15 en el Sudamericano (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

Jorge Theiler – FIFA competition record (archived)
Jorge Theiler at BDFA (in Spanish)
Jorge Theiler – Managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 June 2012)

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[1] Jorge Theiler asumió como técnico de Instituto Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[2] Theiler dirigirá al Sub-15 en el Sudamericano (in Spanish)

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