André Jardine

Jardine was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. After representing Grêmio's youth categories,^[1] he started studying Engineering but graduated in Physical Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.^[2]

Jardine joined Internacional in 2003, being appointed manager of the under-10s. He took over all the club's youth categories during his ten-year stay, with his last team being the under-20s.

On 24 September 2013, he returned to Grêmio after being named under-17 manager.^[3]

On 27 July 2014, after Enderson Moreira's dismissal, Jardine was named interim manager,^[4] being in charge for one match (a 2–1 loss against Vitória) before the appointment of Luiz Felipe Scolari. Subsequently, he was named assistant, but ended the year as the coordinator of the under-15s after having altercations with Scolari.

In February 2015, Jardine moved to São Paulo and was appointed at the helm of the under-20s. He was interim manager on two occasions (in 2016 and 2018) before being named assistant in March 2018. On 11 November 2018, he was named interim until the end of the campaign, replacing sacked Diego Aguirre.^[5]

On 25 November 2018, Jardine was appointed manager of Tricolor for the 2019 season.^[6] The following 14 February, however, he was removed from his manager role, but remained at the club.

On 3 April 2019, Jardine took over the Brazil national under-20 team, replacing Carlos Amadeu.^[7] Later that year, he became the manager of the under-23s. Brazil went on to win the gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics defeating Spain in the final.

On 3 February 2022, Jardine took over Liga MX side Atlético San Luis.^[8]

On 16 June 2023, Club América reached an agreement with Atlético San Luis and appointed Jardine as their new manager. He became the third Brazilian manager in the club's history after Jorge Vieira and Paulo Roberto Falcão.^[9]

On 17 December 2023, Club América defeated Tigres UANL to win its 14th championship, making Jardine one of only five managers in the history of the club to win the league trophy in their debut campaign. Six months later, Club América won its 15th championship, beating Cruz Azul 2–1 on aggregate.

On 15 December 2024, Club América won its third consecutive league championship under Jardine, defeating Monterrey to become the first tricampeón of Mexican football in its current format.^[10] The following Clausura, Jardine led the club to a fourth consecutive final, finishing as runners-up to Toluca.

As of match played 26 April 2026

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Grêmio (caretaker)		2 August 2014	15 August 2014	1	0	0	1	000.0
São Paulo (caretaker)		25 November 2018	14 February 2019	39	12	10	17	030.8
Brazil U-20		3 April 2019	31 December 2020	3	2	1	0	066.7
Brazil U-23		3 April 2019	2 February 2022	26	20	3	3	076.9
Atlético San Luis		3 February 2022	16 June 2023	54	18	14	22	033.3
América		16 June 2023	Present	156	79	43	34	050.6
Total				279	131	71	77	047.0