| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio César Fuentes Vicente | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-02-03)3 February 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Puntarenas (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1993 | River Plate Montevideo | ||
| 1994–1995 | Sud América | ||
| 1996 | Nacional Asunción | ||
| 1997 | Cerro | ||
| 1998 | Nacional Asunción | ||
| 1998–1999 | Leones Negros | ||
| 2000 | Rentistas | ||
| 2000 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 2001 | Rentistas | ||
| 2002–2003 | Liverpool Montevideo | ||
| 2004 | Rampla Juniors | 16 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008 | La Luz | ||
| 2009 | Deportivo Maldonado | ||
| 2011–2012 | 14 de Julho | ||
| 2013–2014 | Rentistas (youth) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sud América (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Sud América | ||
| 2017 | Rentistas | ||
| 2018 | Rampla Juniors | ||
| 2019 | Aurora | ||
| 2020 | Central Español | ||
| 2021–2023 | La Luz | ||
| 2023–2024 | Rentistas | ||
| 2024– | Puntarenas | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julio César Fuentes Vicente (born 3 February 1968) is a Uruguayan footballmanager and former player who played as agoalkeeper. He is the current manager of Costa Rican clubPuntarenas.
Born inMontevideo, Fuentes made his senior debut with hometown sideRiver Plate. In 1996, after playing forSud América, he moved abroad and joined Paraguayan sideNacional Asunción.
Fuentes played for a brief period withCerro before returning to Nacional in 1998. He then representedLeones Negros UdeG,Rentistas (two stints),Deportes Tolima andLiverpool Montevideo before retiring withRampla Juniors in 2004, aged 36.
After retiring, Fuentes started his managerial career withLa Luz in 2006. He then worked atDeportivo Maldonado in 2009, before moving to Brazil with14 de Julho.[1]
In 2013, Fuentes was in charge of Rentistas' youth categories, before joiningSud América in 2015, under the same capacity. On 22 April 2016, he was named interim manager of the first team of the latter,[2] and remained as manager until the end of the year.
On 6 June 2017, Fuentes returned to Rentistas, now as first team manager.[3] He left at the end of the season,[4] and took over Rampla Juniors on 8 May 2018;[5] on 11 September, however, he was sacked.[6]
On 6 June 2019, Fuentes was named manager of Bolivian sideAurora,[7] but resigned on 10 September.[8] He later worked as a sporting director at La Luz, before being appointedCentral Español manager on 14 October 2020.[9]
As Central namedMario Szlafmyc as their manager in January 2021, Fuentes returned to La Luz, now as manager. He led the club to two consecutive promotions, the latter one toPrimera División, and also reached the2022 Copa Uruguay final.[10][11]
On 17 February 2023, with just two matches into the new season, Fuentes left La Luz on a mutual agreement.[12]