Julio César Falcioni (born 20 July 1956 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He last managed Banfield.
 Falcioni while playing for América de Cali (1986) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio César Falcioni | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| 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) |
| Total | 648 | (5) | |
| 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 | ||
| 2016–2018 | Banfield | ||
| 2019–2020 | Banfield | ||
| 2021 | Independiente | ||
| 2022 | Colón | ||
| 2022 | Independiente | ||
| 2023–2024 | Banfield | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editClub career
editFalcioni 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
editFalcioni made one appearance for the Argentina national football team in 1989.[1]
Managerial career
editFalcioni 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.[2] 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[3] even though the fans favourite was not suffering from any injuries.[4]
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 [5]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 12 June 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Vélez Sársfield | 
|
1 July 1997 | 30 June 2000 | 54 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 83 | 59 | +24 | 42.59 |
| Olimpo | 1 July 2002 | 6 July 2003 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 35.14 | |
| Banfield | 7 July 2003 | 3 July 2005 | 88 | 39 | 25 | 24 | 125 | 91 | +34 | 44.32 | |
| Independiente | 4 July 2005 | 30 June 2006 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 36.84 | |
| Colón | 1 September 2006 | 29 April 2007 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 24.00 | |
| Gimnasia de La Plata | 1 September 2007 | 31 December 2007 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 33.33 | |
| Banfield | 25 March 2009 | 21 December 2010 | 81 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 106 | 77 | +29 | 40.74 | |
| Boca Juniors | 22 December 2010 | 31 December 2012 | 99 | 47 | 37 | 15 | 134 | 86 | +48 | 47.47 | |
| All Boys | 1 July 2013 | 17 November 2013 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 17.65 | |
| Universidad Católica | 
|
27 May 2014 | 25 November 2014 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 30.43 |
| Quilmes |
|
1 January 2015 | 19 July 2015 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 27.78 |
| Banfield | 22 March 2016 | 31 December 2018 | 96 | 37 | 27 | 32 | 105 | 97 | +8 | 38.54 | |
| Banfield | 4 September 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 25.00 | |
| Independiente | 21 January 2021 | 28 December 2021 | 50 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 42.00 | |
| Colón | 5 January 2022 | 7 July 2022 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 26.67 | |
| Independiente | 2 August 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 38.89 | |
| Banfield | 9 May 2023 | 15 June 2024 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 36.00 | |
| Total | 759 | 291 | 238 | 230 | 926 | 787 | +139 | 38.34 | |||
Honours
editPlayer
edit- América de Cali
- Primera A: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Copa Libertadores: Runner-up 1985, Runner-up 1986, Runner-up 1987
- Argentina
- Copa América: Third-place 1989
Manager
edit- Banfield
- Boca Juniors
References
edit- ^ rsssf: Argentina international footballers
- ^ Scandolo, Ramiro. "Se hace la luz". Diario Olé. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Fecha 3 Clausura 2011
- ^ ESPN article
- ^ "Julio César Falcioni is the new emperor at Universidad Católica". 27 May 2014.
External links
edit
- Julio César Falcioni at National-Football-Teams.com
- Managerial statistics in Argentina at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2012) (in Spanish)