Julio César Falcioni (born 20 July 1956 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Atlético Tucumán.
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 consecutive seasons.
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.rsssf: Argentina international footballers
Managerial career Falcioni embarked on his managerial career in 1997 at the lower divisions of 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 tournamentFecha 3 Clausura 2011 even though the fans favourite was not suffering from any injuries.ESPN article
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
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Vélez Sársfield1 July 199730 June 2000 Olimpo1 July 20026 July 2003Banfield 7 July 20033 July 2005Independiente4 July 200530 June 2006Colón1 September 200629 April 2007Gimnasia de La Plata1 September 200731 December 2007Banfield25 March 200921 December 2010Boca Juniors22 December 201031 December 2012All Boys1 July 201317 November 2013Universidad Católica27 May 201425 November 2014Quilmes1 January 201519 July 2015Banfield 22 March 201631 December 2018Banfield4 September 201930 June 2020Independiente21 January 202128 December 2021Colón5 January 20227 July 2022Independiente2 August 202231 October 2022Banfield 9 May 202315 June 2024Atlético Tucumán 4 March 2026presentTotal
Honours Player América de Cali Primera A: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Copa Libertadores: runner-up 1985, 1986, 1987
Argentina Copa América: Third-place 1989
Manager Banfield Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2009
Boca Juniors Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2011 Copa Libertadores: runner-up 2012 Copa Argentina: 2011–12
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