 Bustos in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabián Daniel Bustos Barbero | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-03-28)28 March 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Millonarios (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1985 | San Lorenzo de Córdoba [es] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | San Lorenzo de Córdoba [es] | ||
| 1989 | Argentino (MJ) [es] | 6 | (1) |
| 1990 | San Lorenzo de Córdoba [es] | ||
| 1991 | Nacional | 4 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | Almirante Brown | 41 | (11) |
| 1992–1994 | Lanús | 19 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Belgrano | 13 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Deportivo Morón | 32 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Juventud Antoniana | 29 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Atlético Tucumán | 68 | (15) |
| 1999 | Cipolletti | 13 | (4) |
| 2000 | Jorge Wilsterman | 12 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Deportivo Quito | 58 | (18) |
| 2002 | Manta | 16 | (5) |
| 2002 | Macará | 16 | (3) |
| 2003 | Deportivo Saquisilí | 33 | (20) |
| 2004–2005 | El Porvenir | 49 | (8) |
| 2005–2006 | Estudiantes Buenos Aires | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Sarmiento (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | El Porvenir (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Acassuso (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Manta | ||
| 2011 | Deportivo Quito | ||
| 2011 | Imbabura | ||
| 2012 | Técnico Universitario | ||
| 2012–2013 | Macará | ||
| 2013 | Manta | ||
| 2014 | LDU Portoviejo | ||
| 2015–2016 | Delfín | ||
| 2018–2019 | Delfín | ||
| 2020–2022 | Barcelona SC | ||
| 2022 | Santos | ||
| 2022–2023 | Barcelona SC | ||
| 2023 | América Mineiro | ||
| 2024–2025 | Universitario de Deportes | ||
| 2025 | Olimpia | ||
| 2026– | Millonarios | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fabián Daniel Bustos Barbero (born 28 March 1969) is an Argentinefootballmanager and former player who played as aforward. He is the current manager of Colombian clubMillonarios.
Bustos played for local sides during the major part of his career, amassing 32 appearances in theArgentine Primera División withLanús andBelgrano. He also played in Uruguay withNacional, in Bolivia withJorge Wilstermann, and in Ecuador withDeportivo Quito,Macará,Manta andDeportivo Saquisilí, but retired back in his home country withEstudiantes de Buenos Aires.
After retiring, Bustos worked as an assistant manager before becoming a manager in 2009, with Manta. He continued to manage in Ecuador, winning twoEcuadorian Serie A titles withDelfín andBarcelona SC before being named in charge of Brazilian clubSantos in 2022.
Born inCórdoba, Bustos began his senior career with local sideSan Lorenzo de Córdoba [es] in 1986. He moved toArgentino de Marcos Juárez [es] in 1989, before returning to his previous club in 1990, and moved toPrimera B Nacional sideAlmirante Brown in the following year, after a short stint at Uruguayan sideNacional.
In 1992, Bustos signed forLanús in theArgentine Primera División, but featured sparingly before moving to fellow league teamBelgrano in 1994. He went on to play for second division sides in the following five seasons, representingDeportivo Morón,Juventud Antoniana,Atlético Tucumán andCipolletti, before moving abroad in 2000 with Bolivian sideJorge Wilsterman.
Bustos moved to Ecuador in 2000, and signed forDeportivo Quito. He then played forManta,Macará andDeportivo Saquisilí in the country, before returning to Argentina in 2004 withEl Porvenir.[1] In 2005, he joinedEstudiantes de Buenos Aires, and retired with the club in the following year, aged 36.
After being an assistant manager atSarmiento, El Porvenir andAcassuso, Bustos was named manager of former side Manta on 15 July 2009.[2] He opted to leave the club on a mutual agreement on 8 December 2010,[3] and was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Deportivo Quito, thirteen days later.[4]
Bustos was sacked by Quito on 1 May 2011,[5] and was presented as manager of fellowSerie A teamImbabura on 30 June.[6] He resigned on 25 August,[7] and took overTécnico Universitario for the ensuing season on 16 December.[8]
Dismissed by Técnico Universitario on 14 April 2012,[9] Bustos was later named manager of Macará on 9 July.[10] He resigned from the latter on 28 April 2013,[11] and subsequently returned to Manta on 1 July.[12] After leaving Manta at the end of his contract in December 2013, Bustos was later named manager ofSerie B sideLDU Portoviejo.[13] He left the club the following 21 August.[14]
He was named in charge of fellow second division sideDelfín on 3 January 2015.[15] He led Delfín back to the top tier after 15 years, but was dismissed by the club on 30 April 2016.[16] Bustos returned to the club in December 2016, now as a sporting director,[17] but was named manager again in April 2018, after the departure ofGuillermo Sanguinetti,[18] managing to qualify Delfín to the2019 Copa Sudamericana. He stayed in charge of the team for the following season, in which the club finished in 4th place of the first stage of the2019 Serie A, advancing to the playoffs. After defeatingIndependiente del Valle,Macará andL.D.U. Quito in the final, Bustos led Delfín to their first-ever Serie A title; however, he left the club on 15 December of that year.[19]
Immediately after leaving Delfín, Bustos took overBarcelona SC.[19] In his first season, he won a second consecutive Serie A title, once again defeatingL.D.U. Quito in the finals, and led the club to the semifinals of the2021 Copa Libertadores. On 25 February 2022, Barcelona announced Bustos' departure through a press conference, with his last match in charge of the club occurring the following day.[20]
On 25 February 2022,Santos announced the signing of Bustos as manager, with his contract to be signed in the following days.[21] On 7 July, after just one win in 13 matches, he was sacked.[22]
On 5 September 2022, Bustos returned to his former club Barcelona in the place of departingJorge Célico.[23] He resigned on 4 June of the following year, after a 3–1 loss to rivalsEmelec.[24]
On 9 August 2023, Bustos returned to Brazil and its top tier, after being named head coach ofAmérica Mineiro.[25] On 9 November, after the club'srelegation, he was dismissed.[26]
On 30 December 2023, Bustos was announced as the head coach ofUniversitario de Deportes.[27] He led the club to the2024 title, after winning both the Apertura and the Clausura, but left on 14 April 2025.[28]
On 17 April 2025, Bustos was announced as manager ofOlimpia in Paraguay.[29] He was dismissed on 14 July 2025, following a loss toSportivo Trinidense on the second matchday of the2025 Clausura tournament.[30]
On 1 February 2026, Bustos was announced as manager of Colombian sideMillonarios, replacingHernán Torres.[31]
Bustos' older brotherCarlos is also a manager and former footballer.[32] Adefender, he began his career atTalleres and had the most of his managerial career in Peru and Mexico.
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Manta |  | 14 July 2009 | 15 December 2010 | 62 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 64 | 86 | −22 | 030.65 | [33][citation needed] |
| Deportivo Quito | | 21 December 2010 | 1 May 2011 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 056.25 | [34] |
| Imbabura | | 30 June 2011 | 25 August 2011 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 037.50 | [34] |
| Técnico Universitario | | 16 December 2011 | 14 April 2012 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 018.18 | [34] |
| Macará | | 9 July 2012 | 28 April 2013 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 031.43 | [34] |
| Manta | | 1 July 2013 | 8 December 2013 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 031.82 | [34] |
| LDU Portoviejo | | 24 December 2013 | 21 August 2014 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 055.56 | [34] |
| Delfín | | 3 January 2015 | 30 April 2016 | 55 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 040.00 | [34] |
| Delfín | | 15 April 2018 | 15 December 2019 | 89 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 134 | 96 | +38 | 047.19 | [33][35][citation needed] |
| Barcelona SC | | 15 December 2019 | 26 February 2022 | 93 | 46 | 23 | 24 | 138 | 83 | +55 | 049.46 | [33][citation needed] |
| Santos |  | 28 February 2022 | 7 July 2022 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 028.57 | |
| Barcelona SC | | 5 September 2022 | 4 June 2023 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 040.00 | |
| América Mineiro | | 9 August 2023 | 9 November 2023 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 011.11 | |
| Universitario de Deportes |  | 30 December 2023 | 14 April 2025 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 86 | 34 | +52 | 059.18 | [27] |
| Olimpia |  | 17 April 2025 | 14 July 2025 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 021.43 | |
| Millonarios |  | 1 February 2026 | present | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 | |
| Career totals | 554 | 229 | 154 | 171 | 744 | 615 | +129 | 041.34 | — | |||
Delfín
Barcelona SC
Universitario de Deportes