Julio César Falcioni

Julio César Falcioni

200px Falcioni while playing for América de Cali (1986)
Personal information
Full name	Julio César Falcioni
Date of birth	(1956-07-20) 20 July 1956
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Quilmes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1980	Vélez Sársfield	229	(0)
1981–1989	América de Cali	376	(5)
1990	Gimnasia (LP)	19	(0)
1991	Once Caldas	4	(0)
1991	Vélez Sársfield	20	(0)
International career
1989	Argentina	1	(0)
Managerial career
1997–2000	Vélez Sársfield
2002–2003	Olimpo
2003–2005	Banfield
2005–2006	Independiente
2006–2007	Colón
2007	Gimnasia de La Plata
2009–2010	Banfield
2011–2012	Boca Juniors
2013	All Boys
2014	Universidad Católica
2015–	Quilmes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio César Falcioni (born 20 July 1956 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former goalkeeper.

Playing career

Club career

Falcioni started his career at Vélez Sársfield in the Primera division in 1976. In 1980 he moved to América de Cali in Colombia, where he won five league titles. Between 1985 and 1987, Falcioni was part of the América team that were runners up in the Copa Libertadores three seasons in a row.

In 1990, Falcioni returned to Argentina to play for Gimnasia y Esgrima, and in 1991 he had short spells with Once Caldas in Colombia and with his first club Vélez Sársfield.

International career

Falcioni made one appearance for the Argentina national football team in 1989.

Managerial career

Falcioni embarked on his managerial career in 1997 at the lower divisions in Vélez Sarsfield. He remained at the club until 2000.

He then had stints as manager of Olimpo, Banfield, Independiente, Colón de Santa Fe and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.

In 2009, he returned to Banfield and later that year led them to the Apertura 2009 championship, making them Argentine league champions for the first time in their history. On 22 December 2010, he left Banfield to become the manager of Boca Juniors. Within months he had caused controversy by leaving star player Juan Román Riquelme out of the team to face All Boys in the third round of the Clausura 2011 tournament even though the fans favourite was not suffering from any injuries.

Under his management, Boca Juniors won the Apertura 2011, of the Primera División Argentina for the first time since Apertura 2008. Undefeated and with only 4 goals against in 17 games, they were crowned champions after beating Banfield 3–0 in La Bombonera, two games before the tournament's end. At the end of the Torneo Inicial 2012, Boca decided not to renew his contract.

On 27 May 2014 Falcioni was named manager of Chilean Club Universidad Católica

Honours

Banfield

• Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2009

Boca Juniors

• Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2011
• Copa Argentina: 2011–12

External links

• Julio César Falcioni at National-Football-Teams.com
• Managerial statistics in Argentina (Spanish)