| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio Bañuelos Sáez | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-12-07)7 December 1970 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Miranda de Ebro, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Mirandés | 57 | (6) |
| 1990–1993 | Zaragoza B | 87 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | Maspalomas | 21 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Badalona | ||
| 1995–2001 | Balaguer | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Lleida (youth) | ||
| 2002–2005 | Alavés (youth) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Alavés B | ||
| 2006 | Alavés | ||
| 2008 | Alavés | ||
| 2008–2010 | Mirandés | ||
| 2011 | Burgos | ||
| 2013 | Olot | ||
| 2014–2016 | AEK Larnaca (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | APOEL (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Leeds United (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Indonesia (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Persija Jakarta | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julio Bañuelos (born 7 December 1970) is aSpanish retiredfootballer who played as adefender, He has managed clubs includingAlavés andBurgos. He was a graduate of theBarcelona academy. He washead coach atPersebaya Surabaya and an assistant coach at Leeds United. He is now Director of Coaching and Coach of the 2008 first team atBrooklyn United academy as well as several other teams at the club.
Born inMiranda de Ebro,Burgos,Castile and León, Bañuelos was aReal Madrid youth graduate. He subsequently representedCD Mirandés,Real Zaragoza B, CD Maspalomas,CF Badalona andCF Balaguer, never playing in a higher level than theSegunda División B.[1]
After his retirement Bañuelos was appointed manager atUE Lleida's youth setup. On 25 April 2001 he moved toDeportivo Alavés, also in charge of the youth sides.[2]
On 5 June 2006, after a spell at the latter'sreserve team, Bañuelos was appointed at the helm of the main squad inSegunda División.[3] On 6 September, however, he was relieved from his duties after only two league matches in charge, due to "personal reasons".[4] He was reappointed as the Manager ofAlavés in 2008.
In August 2008 Bañuelos was namedCD Mirandés manager.[5] He had a successful spell and gained Promotion, after bringing the club back toSegunda División Bat first attempt, he left the club in 2010.[6]
On 6 April 2011 Bañuelos was appointed atBurgos CF,[7] and after bringing the club back to the third level, was sacked on 4 October.[8] On 15 January 2013 he joinedUE Olot,[9] being relieved from his duties on 10 June.[10]
On 23 May 2014 Bañuelos moved abroad for the first time in his career, being namedThomas Christiansen's assistant atAEK Larnaca F.C. His time at the club saw AEK finish 2nd during the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons.[11] Two years later, he followed Christiansen toCypriot First Division championsAPOEL FC.[12] Where he won theCypriot First Division in his first season, as well as reaching the Cypriot Cup Final, where they finished runners up, the club also reached the Last 16 of theUEFA Europa League. On 27 May 2017, Bañuelos parted company with the club.[13]
He was namedLeeds United assistant head coach on Monday 19 June 2017.[14][15] Bañuelos left the club when Christiansen was dismissed on 4 February 2018, after a poor run of results and with the teamtenth in the table.[16]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Persija Jakarta | 8 June 2019 | 19 September 2019 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 027.78 |
| Career total | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 027.78 | ||