Julio Asad | |
Fullname: | Julio Asad |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1953 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1960–1972 |
Youthclubs1: | Vélez Sársfield |
Years1: | 1972–77 |
Clubs1: | Vélez Sársfield |
Years2: | 1978–80 |
Clubs2: | Racing Club |
Years3: | 1980–81 |
Clubs3: | Colón |
Nationalyears1: | 1975–1976 |
Nationalteam1: | Argentina |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Manageryears1: | 1985–1986 |
Manageryears2: | 1986–1987 |
Manageryears3: | 1987–1988 |
Manageryears4: | 1989–1990 |
Manageryears5: | 1990–1991 |
Manageryears6: | 1991–1992 |
Manageryears7: | 1994–1995 |
Manageryears8: | 1995–1996 |
Manageryears9: | 1996–1997 |
Manageryears10: | 1997–1998 |
Manageryears11: | 1998–1999 |
Managerclubs11: | Leandro N. Alem[1] |
Manageryears12: | 2000–2001 |
Manageryears13: | 2001–2002 |
Manageryears14: | 2002–2003 |
Manageryears15: | 2003–2004 |
Manageryears16: | 2004–2005 |
Manageryears17: | 2005–2006 |
Manageryears18: | 2006–2007 |
Manageryears19: | 2007 |
Manageryears20: | 2009 |
Managerclubs20: | El Nacional |
Manageryears21: | 2010–2011 |
Managerclubs21: | Independiente del Valle |
Manageryears22: | 2012–2013 |
Managerclubs22: | Aucas |
Manageryears23: | 2014–2015 |
Manageryears24: | 2017 |
Managerclubs24: | Clan Juvenil |
Julio Daniel Asad (; born 7 June 1953) is an Argentine former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder, and participated with Argentina in the 1975 Copa América.
Asad was nicknamed "El Turco" due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity.[2] In Argentina, Arabs were mistakenly called Turks, since they came to Argentina with Ottoman Turkish documents in the 1900s.[3] After he retired from professional football, he became a manager. He has coached clubs in Argentina, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and El Salvador.
He is the uncle of Omar Asad, who was also a successful player for Vélez in the 1990s.[4]
Club Deportivo Riestra
Defensores de Belgrano
Club Leandro N. Alem
Centro Deportivo Olmedo
Club Deportivo Cuenca
Al-Nasr
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