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
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Banfield (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)
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– Banfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 currently the manager of Banfield.

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 2 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 54 23 19 12 83 59 +24 042.59
Olimpo 1 July 2002 6 July 2003 37 13 9 15 41 47 −6 035.14
Banfield 7 July 2003 3 July 2005 88 39 25 24 125 91 +34 044.32
Independiente 4 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 Chile 27 May 2014 25 November 2014 23 7 3 13 22 28 −6 030.43
Quilmes Argentina 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 7 July 2022 30 8 12 10 34 38 −4 026.67
Independiente 2 August 2022 31 October 2022 18 7 7 4 22 17 +5 038.89
Banfield 9 May 2023 present 29 11 9 9 26 22 +4 037.93
Total 738 284 232 222 900 764 +136 038.48

Honours

Player

América de Cali
Argentina

Manager

Banfield
Boca Juniors

References

  1. ↑ rsssf: Argentina international footballers
  2. ↑ Scandolo, Ramiro. "Se hace la luz". Diario Olé. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Fecha 3 Clausura 2011
  4. ↑ ESPN article
  5. ↑ "Julio César Falcioni is the new emperor at Universidad Católica". 27 May 2014.
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