Alejandro Heredia (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Heredia Miranda | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October[1] 1929[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lima,[2] Peru | ||
| Date of death | 12 July 2024 (aged 94) | ||
| Place of death | Lima, Peru | ||
| Position | Midfielder[3] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952 | Ciclista Lima[1] | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1958–1961 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1962 | KDT Nacional | ||
| 1966–1967 | Universitario (physical trainer) | ||
| 1968 | Universitario | ||
| 1968 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1969–1970 | Peru (assistant) | ||
| 1971 | Peru | ||
| 1972 | Universitario | ||
| 1972 | Peru (assistant) | ||
| 1973–1975 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1976 | Peru | ||
| 1977 | CNI | ||
| 1978 | Defensor Lima | ||
| 1979 | Coronel Bolognesi | ||
| 1979–1980 | CNI | ||
| 1980 | Universitario | ||
| 1981 | Peru | ||
| 1985 | CNI | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alejandro Heredia Miranda (30 October 1929 – 12 July 2024) was a Peruvian football former and manager.
Biography
Managerial career
Alejandro "El Cholo" Heredia, both a physical trainer and a coach, began his career in the late 1950s managing Ciclista Lima before moving to KDT Nacional in 1962 and then to Universitario de Deportes as the right-hand man of the renowned Peruvian coach Marcos Calderón between 1966 and 1967.[2] However, it was at Deportivo Municipal that he made his mark, winning the 1968 Second Division championship.[2][4]
In the 1970s, he had the opportunity to join the Peruvian national team under coach Didi at the 1970 World Cup[2] as an assistant coach before becoming head coach in 1971. He would hold this position twice more, in 1976 and 1981.[5]
Returning to Deportivo Municipal between 1973 and 1975, he was involved in several other coaching roles. CNI (1977, 1979-1980 and 1985) with also stints with the Defensor Lima (1978) and the Coronel Bolognesi (1979).[6]
Death
Alejandro Heredia died in Lima on 12 July 2024.[7][8]
Honours
Deportivo Municipal
References
- ^ a b Wilder Buleje (2 November 2018). "Alejandro 'Cholo' Heredia lucha contra el olvido" [Alejandro ‘Cholo’ Heredia fights against oblivion]. La Mula (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Roberto Castro (13 October 2018). "Alejandro Heredia como DT de Universitario y Municipal: Un Cholo bien moderno" [Alejandro Heredia as manager of Universitario and Municipal: A very modern Cholo]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Sotil y Cueto fueron hechura de Heredia" [Sotil and Cueto were Heredia's creations]. Líbero (in Spanish). 14 June 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ a b Raúl Behr (13 October 2013). "La chispa del regreso" [The spark of return]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ Raúl Behr (6 October 2013). "Once ideal: Técnicos transitorios" [Ideal starting eleven: Interim coaches]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ Raúl Behr (4 October 2012). "Ayer PF, hoy DT" [Yesterday Physical trainer, today coach]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Falleció Alejandro 'El Cholo' Heredia. Preparador físico de Perú en mundial México 70" on YouTube
- ^ Kike La Torre (13 July 2024). "Alejandro «El cholo» Heredia". JustoMedio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2025.