Alberto Rujana Perdomo (Hebrew: אלברט רוחנה, Arabic: ألبرتو روجانا; Alberto Rujanah; born 29 March 1955) is a Lebanese writer, athlete and soccer coach of Jewish-Syrian descent. He is a nationalized Colombian.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Rujana Perdomo | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Beirut, Lebanon | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right Pointer | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977 | Millonarios | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991 | Once Caldas (assistant)[1] | ||
| 1992–1995 | Atlético Huila | ||
| 1996–1998 | Once Caldas (assistant)[2] | ||
| 1999 | Unión Minas | ||
| 2001–2002 | Real Cartagena | ||
| 2002 | Maracaibo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Maracaibo | ||
| 2010 | FAS | ||
| 2011–2012 | Academia (assistant)[3] | ||
| 2012–2013 | Llaneros | ||
| 2021 | Atlético Huila | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Trajectory
editBiography
editHis family is Syrian - Lebanese made up of his parents and 12 siblings, who in search of a better future in the mid 50's decided to emigrate to Colombia.
They came to the coffee country by boat crossing the entire ocean from their hometown Beirut to the city of Barranquilla. In Colombia they took another boat crossing the Magdalena River to the city of Neiva. Upon arrival, they changed their surnames to "Rujana Perdomo" and continued with their high school studies at the technical college.
Academic training
editAlberto is studying physical education, recreation and sport at the Universidad Surcolombiana. Later he specialized as a soccer technical director in Italy where he did his practices in the AC Milan youth teams.
Debut with Millonarios FC
editBefore finishing his university studies, he was contacted by the DT of Millonarios of that time Gabriel Ochoa Uribe who, seeing that he was an outstanding student in all sports, decided to give him the opportunity to prove himself with the ambassador team, with whom he only played 1 professional game in the six months he was there in the position of right pointer.
Managerial career
editRujana studied around six months in Italy, with teams as AC Milan and Internazionale.[4] The first professional team in which he worked as manager was Atlético Huila, team with which won the 1992 Categoría Primera B season in his first year at the club. On 1999, he becomes manager of Peruvian club Unión Minas. For the 2001, he returns to Colombia, where becomes manager of Real Cartagena, and the next year is hired by Unión Atlético Maracaibo of Venezuela.
In July 2010, he becomes manager of Salvadoran club C.D. FAS, but is fired three months later. In July 2012, he is contracted by the recently founded Categoría Primera B club Llaneros F.C., however he resigned in October 2013.
Personal life
editRujana was born in Beirut, Lebanon, from Syrian-Lebanese parents. From a family of 12 children, they moved to Vegalarga, a town in Huila. There, they Hispanicized their names and changed their surnames Rujana Perdomo. Rujana is a graduate of the South Colombian University, where he studied Licenciatura en Educación Básica, con énfasis en Educación Física, Recreación y Deportes (Bachelor of Primary Education with emphasis on Physical Education, Recreation and Sports).[1]
Honours
editAtlético Huila
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 22 October 2013
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Atlético Huila | Colombia | 1 January 1992 | 30 December 1995 | 148 | 50 | 46 | 52 | 33.78 |
| Unión Minas | Peru | 1 January 1999 | 30 December 1999 | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 29.55 |
| Real Cartagena | Colombia | 1 January 2001 | 30 July 2002 | 66 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 22.73 |
| Maracaibo | Venezuela | 1 August 2002[5] | 6 October 2002[6] | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22.22 |
| Maracaibo | Venezuela | 1 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 28.13 |
| FAS | El Salvador | 1 July 2010 | 20 September 2010 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16.67 |
| Llaneros | Colombia | 1 July 2012 | 31 October 2013 | 70 | 23 | 18 | 29 | 32.86 |
| Total | 381 | 114 | 114 | 153 | 29.92 | |||
Books
edit- Rujana, Alberto. Cómo llegar al pressing –un sistema para no dejar pensar–.
- Rujana, Alberto. Los espacios en la zona pressing.
- Rujana, Alberto. Método y eficiencia en el fútbol.
- Rujana, Alberto. Juegos aplicados a la zona.
- Rujana, Alberto. El fútbol que no sabemos.
Source: [7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Alberto Rujana, la soledad del éxito". El Tiempo. 1992.
- ^ "Alberto Rujana's profile". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Alberto Rujana Perdomo's profile". Footballzz.co.uk.
- ^ Flores, Ricardo (2010). "El Colombiano Alberto Rujana es el nuevo Técnico de nuestra institución..." Club Deportivo FAS.
- ^ "La paridad es la consigna". Tal Cual. 2002.
- ^ "Deportivo Táchira sorprendió a Estudiantes en el derby andino". El Universal. 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Castañeda, Heliodoro (2012). "Alberto Rujana será el primer DT de Llaneros". Torneo Postobón. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013.