Jorge Luis Bernal

Jorge Luis Bernal Caviedes (born 27 September 1952) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Born in Ibagué, Bernal played amateur football in the 1960s, reaching the Tolima regional team in the end of the decade, but had to retire after a severe arm injury.

[1] Bernal subsequently worked at local side Club Deportivo San Simón before joining the youth setup of Deportes Tolima in the late 1970s.

[1] After spending the most of 1988 in Argentina, Bernal was subsequently named manager of Marítimo de Venezuela and featured in the 1989 Copa Libertadores with the club.

On 2 December 2009, Bernal was appointed in charge of Deportivo Cali,[7] but was relieved of his duties the following 10 April after a poor start of the season.

[21] Bernal stayed more than a year without a club before joining Patriotas Boyacá in June 2021, after manager John Mario Ramírez was away on quarantine (and subsequently deceased) due to the COVID-19.