Julio Bañuelos (born 7 December 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, He has managed clubs including Alavés and Burgos. He was a graduate of the Barcelona academy. He was head coach at Persebaya Surabaya and an assistant coach at Leeds United. He is now Director of Coaching and Coach of the 2008 first team at Brooklyn United academy as well as several other teams at the club.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio Bañuelos Sáez | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Miranda de Ebro, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | |||
Club career
editBorn in Miranda de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and León, Bañuelos was a Real Madrid youth graduate. He subsequently represented CD Mirandés, Real Zaragoza B, CD Maspalomas, CF Badalona and CF Balaguer, never playing in a higher level than the Segunda División B.[1]
Coaching career
editAfter his retirement Bañuelos was appointed manager at UE Lleida's youth setup. On 25 April 2001 he moved to Deportivo Alavés, also in charge of the youth sides.[2]
On 5 June 2006, after a spell at the latter's reserve team, Bañuelos was appointed at the helm of the main squad in Segunda 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 of Alavés in 2008.
In August 2008 Bañuelos was named CD Mirandés manager.[5] He had a successful spell and gained Promotion, after bringing the club back to Segunda División B at first attempt, he left the club in 2010.[6]
On 6 April 2011 Bañuelos was appointed at Burgos CF,[7] and after bringing the club back to the third level, was sacked on 4 October.[8] On 15 January 2013 he joined UE 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 named Thomas Christiansen's assistant at AEK 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 to Cypriot First Division champions APOEL FC.[12] Where he won the Cypriot 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 the UEFA Europa League. On 27 May 2017, Bañuelos parted company with the club.[13]
He was named Leeds 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 team tenth in the table.[16]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 19 September 2019
| 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 | 27.78 |
| Career total | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27.78 | ||
References
edit- ^ Mini crisis social y deportiva (Mini social and footballing crisis) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; Balaguer's official website. Retrieved on 15 March 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Nuevo ayudante para el fútbol base (New assistant for the youth football); Glorioso, 25 April 2001 (in Spanish)
- ^ Julio Bañuelos: "Estoy convencido de que lograremos retornar a Primera" (Julio Bañuelos: "I am convinced that we will return to Primera"); Marca, 5 June 2006 (in Spanish)
- ^ Dimite el técnico del Alavés, Julio Bañuelos (Sacked the manager of Alavés, Julio Bañuelos); El Mundo, 6 September 2006 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mirandés visita el Narcís Sala (Mirandés visits Narcís Sala); El Mundo Deportivo, 28 August 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Julio Bañuelos deja al Mirandés (Julio Bañuelos leaves Mirandés); Diario de Burgos, 4 May 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Julio Bañuelos acepta el reto del Burgos (Julio Bañuelos accepts Burgos' goal); Aúpa Burgos, 6 April 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Burgos CF destituye a Julio Bañuelos (Burgos sacks Julio Bañuelos); Marca, 4 October 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Bañuelos es el nuevo entrenador del Olot (Bañuelos is the new manager of Olot); El Correo, 15 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Olot cesa a Julio Bañuelos (Olot sacks Julio Bañuelos); El Mundo Deportivo, 10 June 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Bañuelos, asistente de Christiansen en el AEK Larnaca (Bañuelos, assistant of Christiansen in AEK Larnaca); esFutbol, 23 May 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Σύναψη συμφωνίας με τον προπονητή Thomas Christiansen" [Agreement with manager Thomas Christiansen] (in Greek). APOEL's official website. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Μη ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Thomas Christiansen" [Do not renewing partnership with Thomas Christiansen] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Christiansen excited by the challenge and says Whites deserve to be in Premier League". RV Media 2015. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN | THE FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE". Leeds United. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Leeds dismiss manager Thomas Christiansen after eight months". BBC Sport. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
External links
edit- Julio Bañuelos at BDFutbol
- Julio Bañuelos manager profile at BDFutbol
- Julio Bañuelos coach profile at Soccerway
- Galeria del Futbol Català profile (in Catalan)