Julio Asad

Julio Asad
Personal information
Full nameJulio Daniel Asad
Date of birthJune 7, 1953
Place of birthBuenos Aires, Argentina
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1960-1972Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1972-77Vélez Sársfield
1978-80Racing Club
1980-81Colón
National team
1975-1976Argentina7(1)
Teams managed
1985-1986Club Deportivo Riestra
1986-1987Ferrocarril Midland
1987-1988Deportivo Maipú
1989-1990Berazategui
1990-1991San Miguel
1991-1992Defensores de Belgrano
1994-1995Colegiales
1995-1996Club Leandro N. Alem
1996-1997Almirante Brown
1997-1998Sportivo Italiano
1998-1999Club Leandro N. Alem (Sporting director)
2000-2001Olmedo
2001-2002LDU Quito
2002-2003Al Nassr
2003-2004Emelec
2004-2005Deportivo Cuenca
2005-2006Deportivo Quito
2006-2007C.D. FAS
2007Al Nassr
2009El Nacional
2010-2011Independiente del Valle
2012-2013Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Julio Daniel Asad (born June 7, 1953, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former footballer and manager. As a player, he participated with Argentina in Copa América 1975.

The nickname 'El Turco' is because Asad has Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity.[1] In Argentina, Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to Argentina with Ottoman Turkish documents in the 1900s.[2] After he retired from professional football, he became a manager. He has coached clubs in Argentina, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and El Salvador. He's been very successful in his era of coaching.

He is the uncle of Omar Asad, who was also a successful player of Vélez, in the 90s.[3]

Managerial honours

  1. ↑ Recopilaron casi 200 años de los sirio libaneses en Argentina
  2. ↑ Recopilaron casi 200 años de los sirio libaneses en Argentina
  3. ↑ 100 x 100 El Turco Asad", Diego Borinsky, El Gráfico, número 4398, maio de 2010, pp. 24-35

External links

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