 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 69) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Banfield | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julio César Falcioni (born 20 July 1956 inBuenos Aires) is an Argentinefootballmanager and former footballer who played as agoalkeeper. He last managedBanfield.
Falcioni started his career atVélez Sársfield in the Primera division in 1976. In 1980, he moved toAmérica de Cali inColombia, where he won five league titles. Between 1985 and 1987, Falcioni was part of the América team that were runners up in theCopa Libertadores three consecutive seasons.
In 1990, Falcioni returned to Argentina to play for Gimnasia y Esgrima, and in 1991 he had short spells withOnce Caldas in Colombia and with his first club Vélez Sársfield.
Falcioni made one appearance for theArgentina national football team in 1989.[1]
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 ofOlimpo,Banfield,Independiente,Colón de Santa Fe andGimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.
In 2009, he returned toBanfield and later that year led them to theApertura 2009 championship, making themArgentine league champions for the first time in their history. On 22 December 2010, he left Banfield to become the manager ofBoca Juniors.[2] Within months he had caused controversy by leaving star playerJuan Román Riquelme out of the team to faceAll 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 theApertura 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 theTorneo Inicial 2012, Boca decided not to renew his contract.
On 27 May 2014 Falcioni was named manager of Chilean ClubUniversidad Católica[5]
| 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 | 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 |  | 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 | 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 | 15 June 2024 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 036.00 | |
| Total | 759 | 291 | 238 | 230 | 926 | 787 | +139 | 038.34 | |||
