Alberto Gamero · Biography

On 6 July 2008, at the Estadio La Independencia in Tunja, Boyacá Chicó drew 1-1 with América de Cali in the second leg of the Torneo Apertura final and won the penalty shootout 4-2. It was the club’s first league title and the first for its coach, Alberto Miguel Gamero Murillo, born on 3 February 1964 in the Colombian department of Magdalena. Before he moved into management, Gamero played as a full-back in Colombian professional football between 1982 and 1998, making 561 club appearances.

Early years and Unión Magdalena

He grew up in the Bastidas neighbourhood of Santa Marta. He came through the Magdalena regional youth team, winning the Difútbol tournament with them in 1980. In 1982 he made his debut for Unión Magdalena, the region’s club, where he stayed until 1987. He was a short full-back, 1.65 metres tall, and the commentator Jorge Eliécer Torres nicknamed him “Sonero”. He returned to Unión between 1994 and 1997. In total he made 331 appearances and scored 6 goals for the Santa Marta club.

Millonarios, Envigado, Medellín and Unicosta

In 1988 he joined Millonarios and won the Colombian championship that same year, the only league title of his playing career. He stayed in Bogotá until 1991, making 111 appearances and scoring 2 goals. He then played for Envigado in 1992, with 33 appearances, and for Independiente Medellín in 1993, with 38. After his second spell at Unión Magdalena, he finished his career at Deportivo Unicosta in Barranquilla, playing 48 matches in 1998. He retired on 19 November that year.

First steps in coaching and Boyacá Chicó

He started out as an assistant at Boyacá Chicó in 2001 and 2002, under Eduardo Pimentel. In 2003 he took charge of Chía Fair Play, making his debut as a head coach on 16 March, and in 2004 he coached Bogotá FC. He went back to Chicó as Mario Vanemerak’s assistant and on 6 March 2006 took over the first team. He stayed for almost eight years. As well as the 2008 Apertura, he led the Tunja side to the 2011 Copa Colombia final, which they lost to Millonarios. He left the club on 4 December 2013 after 413 matches in charge.

Águilas Doradas, Tolima and Junior

In December 2013 he signed for Águilas Doradas, but in May 2014 he left for Deportes Tolima. In his first year in Ibagué he won the 2014 Copa Colombia, beating Independiente Santa Fe in the final, and in 2016 he finished runner-up in the Torneo Finalización, again against Santa Fe. In December 2016 he moved to Junior in Barranquilla, a short spell that ended with his dismissal on 26 March 2017. In August 2017 he returned to Tolima. On 9 June 2018, at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, his side beat Atlético Nacional on penalties to win the 2018 Torneo Apertura. In 2019 he lost the Superliga final to Junior, also in a shootout. He left Tolima in December 2019 after 299 matches across his two spells.

Five years at Millonarios

On 3 December 2019 he was unveiled as Millonarios coach, at the club where he had won the league as a player. In 2021 he lost the Apertura final to Tolima: 1-1 in the first leg and 1-2 in the second, played at El Campín. A year later came his first trophy in Bogotá, the 2022 Copa Colombia, after beating Junior in the final. On 25 June 2023, at El Campín, Millonarios drew 1-1 with Atlético Nacional in the second leg of the Apertura final, after a goalless first leg, and won the shootout 3-2. It was the club’s 16th league title and its first since 2017. Later that year he lost the Copa Colombia final to Nacional, again on penalties. In October 2023 he reached 1,000 matches as a professional coach, and in 2024 he won the Superliga with a 2-0 victory over Junior. He left the post on 31 December 2024.

Deportivo Cali and return to Millonarios

In June 2025 he took over at Deportivo Cali, where he remained until March 2026. After Fabián Bustos left, Millonarios announced his return on 3 September 2026. The Bogotá side’s first match of that new spell was a draw away to Deportivo Pereira in September 2026.