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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Julio Bustos | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-04-16)16 April 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Garcilaso (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Talleres | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1990 | Talleres | 77 | (2) |
| 1990–1992 | Deportivo Español | 86 | (3) |
| 1991 | →San Lorenzo (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 1993 | River Plate | 17 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Argentinos Juniors | 32 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Independiente | 4 | |
| 1996–1997 | Atlético Morelia | 32 | (0) |
| 1998 | Pachuca | ||
| 1998 | Huracán | 8 | (0) |
| 1998 | Morelia | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | Sportivo Belgrano | ||
| 2007 | Atlas (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Talleres (interim) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Talleres (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2012 | Morelia (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Neza | ||
| 2013–2014 | Morelia | ||
| 2014 | Guadalajara | ||
| 2015 | Sinaloa | ||
| 2016 | Atlético San Luis | ||
| 2016 | Chiapas | ||
| 2018–2019 | Universidad San Martín | ||
| 2019–2020 | Melgar | ||
| 2021–2022 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 2023–2024 | Blooming | ||
| 2025 | The Strongest | ||
| 2025– | Deportivo Garcilaso | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Julio Bustos (born 16 April 1966) is an Argentine professionalfootballmanager and former player who played as adefender.[1] He is the current manager of Peruvian clubDeportivo Garcilaso.
Bustos played as a central defender for the Argentinian teamsTalleres,Deportivo Español,San Lorenzo,River Plate,Argentinos Juniors,Independiente, andHuracán. He played internationally forPachuca andMorelia in two stints, the latter being his last team before retirement.[2]
Bustos is the formermanager ofTalleres, the Argentine team where he began his football career.[2] His coaching career developed primarily in México, where he coachedNeza,Morelia,Guadalajara,Dorados de Sinaloa,Atlético San Luis, andCafetaleros de Tapachula. In Peru he coachedUniversidad San Martín,Melgar andAlianza Lima.
Bustos began his football career at 11 years old withClub Atlético Talleres, where he debuted in the first division. He was awarded the Córdoba Cuna de Campeones in 1987 as the best football player in theProvince of Cordoba.
In 1990, he was transferred toDeportivo Español during one of the most important periods of the institution's history, participating in theCONMEBOL cup and Liguilla Pre Libertadores.[3] In 1991, he was loaned out to the champion clubClub Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro to participate in the Liguilla Pre Libertadores.
In January 1993, he joinedClub Atlético River Plate, through which he entered several international competitions, among them theCopa Libertadores. At the end of 1993,Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors incorporated him and other international players, making a team that played the national tournaments and theSupercopa.
From 1994 to 1996, he defended the colors ofClub Atlético Independent and became champion of theSupercopa andRecopa Sudamericana. In December 1996, he was hired byMonarcas Morelia of Mexico, a team on a downward slope. Under his leadership the team improved and reached the semi-final of the tournament.
At the beginning of 1998, he arrived atClub de Fútbol Pachuca to play the First A tournament, obtaining a promotion to the first division. In June of the same year, he returned to Argentina to wear the jersey ofClub Atlético Huracán, though his stay in the club was brief.
He was asked byTomas Boy and Monarcas Morelia to again play the closing tournament in 1999. However, as a result of multiple knee injuries, this was his last tournament as a professional player.
Having reached the end of his career as a player, Bustos began his career as a coach inArgentina in 2000 for the youth league ofTalleres de Córdoba, winning championships in both tournaments in the 6th category of the Asociación Cordobesa de Fútbol. He was the sports director of Club Atlético Universitario (Córdoba) in 2001, a team that was playing in the Argentinos B tournament. He was also the sports director ofClub Atlético Belgrano from 2002 to 2005, competing in the tournaments of the National B.
In 2005, Bustos was named head coach of his first professional team,Sportivo Belgrano de San Francisco, Argentina, where he competed in the Federal B tournament.
Bustos joined the Mexican football teamAtlas de Guadalajara in 2007 as assistant coach toTomás Boy. After the season, he returned to Argentina again to theClub Atlético Talleres, where he was coach of the 4th category of A.F.A., eventually becoming the interim head coach of the first team. Following the restructuring of the club, he remained as assistant coach of the first division under the direction ofHumberto Grondona andJuan Amador Sánchez.
In 2009, he was again requested byTomás Boy to join his coaching staff, this time for Monarcas Morelia, a team they were a part of until the end of the 2012 tournament closure. They qualified in 5 playoffs, becoming sub-champions of the LIGA MX in 2011 and champions of the SuperLiga Norteamericana 2010.
In early 2012, Bustos got his first opportunity to head a coaching staff in Mexico's professional football circles, coaching Neza FC in the ASCENSO MX, qualifying for the playoffs and the semifinal of the COPA MX.
For the 7th game of the closing tournament in 2013, he was asked by Monarcas Morelia to replace head coachRuben Omar Romano. In this season, he had a winning streak which extended from the first game to the first game in the playoffs, finishing in the 4th overall. In the next season, his team again reached the playoffs, finishing in 6th place. For this same tournament, on November 5, he was champion of the Copa México Apertura 2013, disputing this title with the Atlas of Guadalajara, giving Monarcas Morelia his first title of COPA MX and his second official title in Mexican football.
For the opening tournament in 2014, he joinedClub Deportivo Guadalajara, one of the most important and historic teams of Mexican football, reaching the quarterfinals of the COPA MX. He resigned as head coach of Guadalajara after only winning two of the first ten games in Apertura 2014.[4]
In late 2015,Dorados de Sinaloa made use of his services to lead the team in theASCENSO MX tournament, in which he obtained the title of champion againstAtlético San Luis playing as a visitor. With this title, Dorados de Sinaloa was able to play the final against the champion of the previous season. On 23 May, Bustos and Dorados de Sinaloa defeated Necaxa, playing as a visitor, returning the team to the first division of Mexican football after a nine-year absence.
In early 2016, he was in charge ofCafetaleros de Tapachula, another team from theASCENSO MX league. In late 2016, he was hired byAtletico San Luis from theASCENSO MX league, reaching the semifinals ofCOPA MX with this team.
In 2017, he advised and trained the San Francisco United F.C. in California, United States.
From January 2018 to December 2019, he coached theClub Deportivo Universidad de San Martin de Porres squad, the Liga 1 team. This project was characterized by the participation almost entirely of young players; Bustos debuted more than 18 players within those two years.
On Monday, 2 December 2019, he was announced as the new coach of Arequipa's teamFBC Melgar. On 24 September 2020, following the loss to rivalCienciano, the club announced that they would be parting ways with Bustos.[1]
Bustos was named manager ofAlianza Lima for the 2021 season. On 11 September 2022, Alianza Lima announced they part ways from the first team after winning the League last year.
On 19 February 2023, Bustos switched teams and countries again, after being named in charge ofBlooming.[5] He left the club by mutual consent on 20 October 2024,[6] and took overThe Strongest the following 17 April.[7]
On 10 July 2025, Bustos left The Strongest,[8] and took overDeportivo Garcilaso back in Peru the following day.[9]
Bustos' younger brotherFabián is also a manager and former footballer.[10] Aforward, he had the most of his managerial career in Ecuador.
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Toros Neza | 1 July 2012 | 18 February 2013 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 039.39 | [11][citation needed] |
| Morelia | 18 February 2013 | 26 January 2014 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 050.00 | |
| Chivas | 12 May 2014 | 3 October 2014 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 035.29 | |
| Sinaloa | 11 November 2014 | 27 September 2015 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 047.62 | |
| San Luis | 1 January 2016 | 4 May 2016 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 030.43 | |
| Chiapas | 29 May 2016 | 28 August 2016 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 009.09 | |
| Universidad San Martin | 1 January 2018 | 28 November 2019 | 82 | 21 | 34 | 27 | 97 | 113 | −16 | 025.61 | |
| FBC Melgar | 2 December 2019 | 24 September 2020 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 033.33 | |
| Alianza Lima | 15 January 2021 | Present | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 058.62 | |
| Career Totals | 298 | 113 | 90 | 95 | 381 | 364 | +17 | 037.92 | |||
San Lorenzo
Independiente
Pachuca
Morelia
Sinaloa