Gerardo Silva

Gerardo Enrique Silva Díaz (born 11 January 1962) is a Chilean football manager, currently in charge of General Velásquez.

Career Born in Rengo, Chile, Silva is a former amateur football player and current football manager who began his career in amateur clubs at the second half 1980s. He has coached at all categories of the Chilean football, but he is better known for getting promotion to Chilean Primera División with O'Higgins in the 2005 season and coached them again in the 2009 Clausura of the top level, replacing the Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli.

At amateur level, he won the Campeonato Nacional de Selecciones in 1996. He also won the Campeonato Nacional de Novatos, a youth championship, with Rengo Unido in 2010.

In addition to O'Higgins, he has led many teams in Chilean football, such as Colchagua, Deportes Rengo (also Rengo Unido), Deportes Copiapó, Deportes Puerto Montt, Malleco Unido, among others. He has won league titles of the Tercera División, getting promotion to the Primera B, with both Colchagua in and Deportes Copiapó in . and to the with Chimbarongo FC.

In 2018, he had a stint in Bolivia with Club Petrolero of the becoming the runner-up and getting promotion to the Copa Simón Bolívar.

Other works In 2006 he assumed the management of amateur football integration for the O'Higgins Region of O'Higgins FC. and Primera B Chile, where he also performs as a commentator.

Personal life He is nicknamed Yayo Silva, an affective form of Eduardo.

Honours Rengo (city team) Campeonato Nacional de Selecciones: 1996

Colchagua Tercera División:

Deportes Copiapó Tercera División:

Rengo Unido (youth) Campeonato Nacional Novatos: 2010