{{short description|Argentine football manager|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gerardo Ameli | image = Universidad de Chile - Deportes Antofagasta, 2018-03-04 - Gerardo Ameli - 02.jpg | caption = Ameli with Deportes Antofagasta in 2018 | fullname = Gerardo Pablo Ameli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Rosario, Argentina | currentclub = Atlético Grau (manager) | height = | position = | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | manageryears1 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs1 = Peru U17 (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs2 = Sporting Cristal (youth) | manageryears3 = 2007 | managerclubs3 = Peru U20 (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2014 | managerclubs4 = Gimnasia Jujuy (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs5 = ADIUR | manageryears6 = 2017 | managerclubs6 = Sport Rosario | manageryears7 = 2017 | managerclubs7 = Deportivo Municipal | manageryears8 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs8 = Deportes Antofagasta<ref>{{cite web|author=|title=El argentino Gerardo Ameli es el nuevo entrenador de Deportes Antofagasta|trans-title=Argentine Gerardo Ameli is the new coach of Deportes Antofagasta|url=https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/argentino-gerardo-ameli-nuevo-entrenador-deportes-antofagasta/38056/|website=La Tercera|language=es|date=4 January 2018|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref> | manageryears9 = 2019 | managerclubs9 = UTC | manageryears10 = 2020 | managerclubs10 = Ayacucho | manageryears11 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs11 = Cienciano | manageryears12 = 2023 | managerclubs12 = Unión La Calera | manageryears13 = 2023 | managerclubs13 = Cienciano | manageryears14 = 2024 | managerclubs14 = Deportivo Garcilaso | manageryears15 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs15 = Alianza Atlético | manageryears16 = 2025 | managerclubs16 = Peru (Safap) | manageryears17 = 2026– | managerclubs17 = Atlético Grau }} '''Gerardo Pablo Ameli''' (born 18 September 1970) is an Argentine football manager, currently in charge of Peruvian club Atlético Grau.<ref>{{Soccerway coach|gerardo-ameli/471217}}</ref>

== Managerial career == Having extensive coaching experience, particularly in Peru, Ameli manages numerous teams in that country including Sport Rosario, Deportivo Municipal, UTC, Ayacucho FC, Cienciano, Deportivo Garcilaso and Alianza Atlético. He also had the opportunity to manage Deportes Antofagasta and Unión La Calera in Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Renzo Galiano|title=Gerardo Ameli, el inédito entrenador que se hará cargo de Perú ante Bolivia por amistoso de cierre de año: “Es un orgullo tremendo”|trans-title=Gerardo Ameli, the unprecedented coach who will take charge of Peru against Bolivia in the year-end friendly: “It’s a tremendous honor”|url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/deportes/2025/12/17/gerardo-ameli-el-inedito-entrenador-que-se-hara-cargo-de-peru-ante-bolivia-por-amistoso-de-cierre-de-ano-es-un-orgullo-tremendo/|website=Infobae|language=es|date=17 December 2025|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>

In December 2025, he was appointed by the SAFAP (Association of Professional Footballers of Peru) to manage the Peruvian national team in a friendly match against Bolivia on 21 December.<ref>{{Cite web|author=|title=Gerardo Ameli será el entrenador de Perú para el amistoso frente a la selección de Bolivia|trans-title=Gerardo Ameli will be Peru's coach for the friendly match against Bolivia|url=https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/seleccion/gerardo-ameli-sera-el-entrenador-de-peru-para-el-amistoso-frente-a-la-seleccion-de-bolivia-noticia/|website=El Comercio (Peru)|language=es|date=12 December 2025|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life== Ameli's brother Horacio and son Ignacio were both footballers and defenders.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Yaipén|title=Gerardo Ameli: "lo que decía y hacía Bielsa era una religión"|trans-title=Gerardo Ameli: "What Bielsa said and did was a religion"|url=https://once.pe/gerardo-ameli-lo-que-decia-y-hacia-bielsa-era-una-religion/|website=Once.pe|language=es|date=28 September 2020|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref> His son was also his assistant at Cienciano and Unión La Calera.

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