Julio Avelino Comesaña López (born 10 March 1948) is a former Uruguayan naturalized Colombian[1] professionalfootballmanager and former football player.
Comesaña played for 7 clubs during his career as a footballer:Racing Montevideo (1967–1968) in Uruguay;Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (1969–1970),Kimberley (1971), andFerro Carril Oeste (1974) in Argentina;Millonarios (1972–1973),Atlético Junior (1973, and 1975–1979),[1] andIndependiente Medellín (1980–1981) in Colombia.
As a manager, Comesaña has coached 16 teams:Independiente Medellín (1982–1986, 1992, 2000 and 2021–2022),Deportivo Cali (1987 and 2012),Atlético Junior (1991, 1992–1994, 1997, 2002, 2008–2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019–2020 and 2022),Independiente Santa Fe (1995–1996 and 2003–2004),Deportes Tolima (1996),Real Cartagena (2006),Deportivo Pereira (2011), andPatriotas (2013–2014) in Colombia;Guaraní (1988) in Paraguay;Danubio (1989–1990),Sud América (2015–2016),Racing Montevideo (2016), andRiver Plate Montevideo (2016) in Uruguay;Unión Española (1996) in Chile;Deportivo Cuenca (2005) in Ecuador;Colón de Santa Fe (2019) in Argentina. He also served as assistant coach ofLeonel Álvarez in theColombia national team in 2011.[1]
Comesaña naturalizedColombian by residence in 1976.[1]
Millonarios
Atlético Junior
Atlético Junior
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