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Arturo Boyacá
Personal information
Full name	Arturo Boyacá Gamboa
Date of birth	17 April 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Bogotá, Colombia
Youth career
	Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Santa Fe
Managerial career
1993	Deportes Tolima
1993–1994	Santa Fe
1995–1996	Deportes Quindío
1997	Minervén
1999–2002	Santa Fe (assistant)
2003	Santa Fe
2004	Olmedo (assistant)
2005	Aucas (assistant)
2007	Academia
2009–2010	Santa Fe (assistant)
2010	Unión Magdalena
2011	Deportivo Lara (assistant)
2011	Santa Fe
2013	Deportes Quindío
2014	Boyacá Chicó
2016–2017	La Equidad
2019	Santa Fe (youth)
2022	Patriotas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arturo Boyacá Gamboa (born 17 April 1957) is a Colombian football manager and former player.

Career

Born in Bogotá, Boyacá played for Independiente Santa Fe as a senior. After retiring, he began his managerial career with Deportes Tolima, before being named in charge of Santa Fe in August 1993.^[1]

After managing Deportes Quindío and Venezuelan side Minervén, Boyacá returned to Santa Fe in 1999 to take over the youth categories.^[2] On 21 November 2002, he replaced Dragan Miranović at the helm of the first team.^[3]

Boyacá was Miranović's assistant in the following years, at Ecuadorian sides Olmedo^[4] and Aucas.^[5] He returned to managerial duties in 2007, with Categoría Primera B side Academia.

On 18 August 2010, after a period back at Santa Fe as an assistant, Boyacá was named manager of Unión Magdalena.^[6] He opted to leave the club in December to join Germán González [es]'s staff at Venezuelan side Deportivo Lara,^[7] but returned to his home country in the following year to take over Santa Fe. Dismissed on 19 September 2011,^[8] he spent more than a year without a club before being appointed in charge of Quindío on 12 June 2013.^[9]

Boyacá resigned from Quindío on 24 September 2013,^[10] and worked at Boyacá Chicó in 2014. On 25 April 2016, he was appointed La Equidad manager,^[11] but was sacked on 1 June of the following year.^[12]

On 7 January 2019, Boyacá returned to Santa Fe as manager of the youth categories,^[13] but left the club in July.^[14] On 10 February 2022, he was named at the helm of Patriotas Boyacá,^[15] but left on 18 May.^[16]

References

^ "Santa Fe, de Perfumo a Boyacá" [Santa Fe, from Perfumo to Boyacá] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 24 August 1993. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Un joven bien preparado" [A very prepared youngster] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Santa Fe nombró a Arturo Boyacá en reemplazo de Dragan Miranovic" [Santa Fe named Arturo Boyacá in the place of Dragan Miranovic] (in Spanish). El Universo. 21 November 2002. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "En Riobamba se enfrentan dos técnicos nuevos" [Two new managers face each other in Riobamba] (in Spanish). El Universo. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Miranovic es el nuevo técnico de S.D. Aucas" [Miranovic is the new manager of S.D. Aucas] (in Spanish). El Universo. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá es el nuevo director técnico del Unión Magdalena" [Arturo Boyacá is the new manager of Unión Magdalena] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Sigue la desbandada en el Unión Magdalena, Arturo Boyacá se va al fútbol venezolano" [The stampede continues at Unión Magdalena, Arturo Boyacá moves to Venezuelan football] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Santa Fe despide a técnico Arturo Boyacá" [Santa Fe sack manager Arturo Boyacá] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá tomará las riendas del Quindío" [Arturo Boyacá will take the reins of Quindío] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá renunció y ya no es más DT del Quindío" [Arturo Boyacá resigned and is no longer manager of Quindío] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá de nuevo como DT en la A: dirigirá a La Equidad" [Arturo Boyacá again as manager in the A: will manage La Equidad] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá no continuará en la dirección técnica de Equidad" [Arturo Boyacá will not continue ahead of Equidad] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá regresó a Independiente Santa Fe" [Arturo Boyacá returned to Independiente Santa Fe] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Boyacá, el conductor de la cantera del 'Expreso Rojo'" [Boyacá, the manager of the youth setup of the 'Expreso Rojo'] (in Spanish). El Nuevo Siglo. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Patriotas ya tiene nuevo cuerpo técnico" [Patriotas already have a new technical staff] (in Spanish). RCN Radio. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "Arturo Boyacá no es más el técnico de Patriotas" [Arturo Boyacá is no longer the manager of Patriotas] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.