Julio César Falcioni

Julio César Falcioni

Falcioni while playing for América de Cali (1986)
Personal information
Full name	Julio César Falcioni
Date of birth	(1956-07-20) 20 July 1956 (age 65)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Colón (manager)
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)
National team
1989	Argentina	1	(0)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Colón.

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.^[1]

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.^[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[]

As of match played 19 March 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

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	042.59
Olimpo		1 July 2002	30 June 2003	37	13	9	15	41	47	−6	035.14
Banfield		1 July 2003	30 June 2005	88	39	25	24	125	91	+34	044.32
Independiente		1 July 2005	30 June 2006	38	14	13	11	52	40	+12	036.84
Colón		1 September 2006	29 April 2007	25	6	9	10	30	35	−5	024.00
Gimnasia de La Plata		1 September 2007	31 December 2007	15	5	2	8	12	21	−9	033.33
Banfield		25 March 2009	21 December 2010	81	33	25	23	106	77	+29	040.74
Boca Juniors		22 December 2010	31 December 2012	99	47	37	15	134	86	+48	047.47
All Boys		1 July 2013	17 November 2013	17	3	8	6	14	17	−3	017.65
Universidad Católica		27 May 2014	25 November 2014	23	7	3	13	22	28	−6	030.43
Quilmes		1 January 2015	19 July 2015	18	5	4	9	21	26	−5	027.78
Banfield		22 March 2016	31 December 2018	96	37	27	32	105	97	+8	038.54
Banfield		4 September 2019	30 June 2020	20	5	9	6	16	18	−2	025.00
Independiente		21 January 2021	28 December 2021	50	21	14	15	57	45	+12	042.00
Colón		5 January 2022	present	8	4	3	1	11	6	+5	050.00
Total				669	262	207	200	829	693	+136	039.16

Honours[]

Player[]

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[]

Banfield

• Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2009

Boca Juniors

• Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2011
• Copa Libertadores: Runner-up 2012
• Copa Argentina: 2011–12

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julio César Falcioni.

• Julio César Falcioni at National-Football-Teams.com
• Managerial statistics in Argentina at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)^{[dead link]}