| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julián Rubio Sánchez | ||
| Date of birth | (1952-01-28)28 January 1952 (age 73) | ||
| Place of birth | Montealegre del Castillo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Albacete | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Albacete | ||
| 1969–1972 | Ontinyent | ||
| 1972–1979 | Sevilla | 161 | (24) |
| 1979–1981 | Barcelona | 18 | (1) |
| 1981–1984 | Albacete | 47 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Albacete | ||
| 1987–1988 | Maspalomas | ||
| 1989 | Albacete | ||
| 1989 | Recreativo | ||
| 1990–1991 | SD Ibiza | ||
| 1992 | Albacete | ||
| 1994 | Elche | ||
| 1994–1995 | Club Bolívar | ||
| 1996–1997 | Sevilla B | ||
| 1997 | Sevilla | ||
| 1999–2001 | Albacete | ||
| 2001–2003 | Elche | ||
| 2003–2004 | Poli Ejido | ||
| 2004–2005 | Ciudad Murcia | ||
| 2006 | Elche | ||
| 2008 | Cádiz | ||
| 2009 | Atlético Ciudad | ||
| 2009–2010 | Albacete | ||
| 2011–2012 | KF Tirana | ||
| 2012 | Flamurtari | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julián Rubio Sánchez (born 28 January 1952) is a Spanish formerfootballmidfielder andmanager.
He appeared in 134La Liga matches over six seasons (14 goals), mainly in representation ofSevilla. His professional career was closely associated toAlbacete Balompié, with which he played and worked in several capacities.
Born inMontealegre del Castillo,Province of Albacete, Rubio started playing for local clubAlbacete Balompié. He made his senior debut withOntinyent CF, spending two of his three seasons in theSegunda División, then switched toSevilla FC in the same league, promoting toLa Liga in1975.[1][2]
Rubio made his debut in the top flight on 6 September 1975, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 home win againstUD Las Palmas,[3] and finishedhis first year with 26 games (all starts) and three goals as theAndalusians ranked in 11th position. After three more seasons, always as first choice, he signed withFC Barcelona.[2]
At theCamp Nou, having to compete with the likes ofJuan Manuel Asensi andJesús Landáburu – and laterBernd Schuster – Rubio was nothing but a fringe player due to a seriousknee injury, all of his league appearances coming in the1979–80 campaign. He returned to Albacete in the summer of 1981, promoting toSegunda División B in his first season and eventually retiring at the age of 32.[2]
Immediately after retiring, Rubio began coaching precisely with his last club,achieving promotiong to the third division in his first season but beingimmediately relegated. In 1987 he joined amateursCD Maspalomas, returning to his previous employer after one season.[2]
In 1991, after one-year spells withRecreativo de Huelva (second tier, relegation) andSD Ibiza (regional leagues), Rubio returned to Albacete once again, now asdirector of football. AsBenito Floro joinedReal Madrid in the summer of 1992 after Albacete'stop-flight overachiements, he was named his successor, being dismissed after the 15th round and replaced by former Sevilla teammateVíctor Espárrago.[4][2]
In late April 1999, following spells with three teams, includingSevilla FC in which he was one of three managers in1996–97 and fourthe following season,[2] andClub Bolívar inBolivia, Rubio returned for the fourth time as Albacete coach, replacingLuigi Maifredi late into thethird-tier campaign and leading theCastilla–La Mancha side to the 15th position out of 22 teams.[5][2] In the following seven years he worked in the same league, with Albacete,Elche CF (two spells),[6]Polideportivo Ejido,Ciudad de Murcia andCádiz CF;[7] additionally, late into1999–2000 with Albacete, he had to take a forced one-month break from coaching to undergo surgery due to a serious illness.[5]
Rubio started the2009–10 season at the helm ofCF Atlético Ciudad in the third division,[8] leaving the club – who would be eventually relegated due to financial irregularities[9]– in late November. He was appointed at Albacete the following month in substitution ofJosé Murcia,[10] and both coaches and a third one,David Vidal, were in charge for 14 matches as they eventuallyretained their status.[11]
On 21 June 2011, Rubio became the first Spaniard to coach in theAlbanian Superliga, joiningKF Tirana on a one-year contract.[12][13] He helped the team tothat season'sAlbanian Supercup, a 1–0 win overKF Skënderbeu Korçë,adding theAlbanian Cup the following year against those rivals and defeating the same opposition in the2012 Supercup.[14][15]
On 7 June 2012, following his successful first year, Rubio was due to extend his link with Tirana.[16] Both parties failed to reach an agreement, however,[17] and he eventually left for another club in the country,Flamurtari FC.[2]
Rubio was relieved of his duties after only three months in charge, due to poor results.[18]