Julio César Baldivieso Rico (born 2 December 1971) is a Bolivian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current technical director of Aurora.
Baldivieso played for the Bolivia national team at the 1994 World Cup and in several Copa Américas.
Football career
Club Nicknamed "El Emperador", Baldivieso began his career in his native Cochabamba playing for Wilstermann in 1987. After the World Cup, he transferred to Argentine team Newell's Old Boys from Rosario, where he played until the winter of 97. Subsequently, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Marinos for a couple of years. Towards the end of his career he returned to Bolivia and played for The Strongest, and later made his final run with Aurora on and off the field as he also managed the team.
Throughout his career, Baldivieso also played in 46 Copa Libertadores games altogether for three different teams and scored 11 goals.rsssf: Copa Libertadores statistics
International Baldivieso made his debut for Bolivia on 14 June 1991 in a friendly match, losing 1–0 against Paraguay in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He obtained a total number of 85 caps during his career, scoring fifteen goals. He played his last international match on 12 October 2005: a World Cup Qualifier against Peru in Tacna.
Managerial During his last season as a player Baldivieso transitioned into coaching as he took over the manager position at the club. In November 2008 he won the Clausura tournament with Aurora in a very disputed 3-game final series against Blooming. On 19 July 2009, still being Aurora's manager, he made debut his own 12-year-old son, called Mauricio Baldivieso. At the end of the match he strongly criticized the referee and one opponent who made his son cry after a hard tackle. He quit Aurora 5 days later, after the club's board told him to pick between his job and his son. He also withdrew his son from the team.Tras el polémico debut, Baldivieso y su hijo se van del Aurora de Bolivia diario26.com DT Baldivieso dejó al Aurora donde hizo debutar a su hijo de 12 años mediotiempo.com On 20 May 2011 Baldivieso returned to Aurora for his second spell.Julio César Baldivieso asume en Aurora lostiempos.com Later in his career he also managed Real Potosí, elpotosi.net Nacional Potosí,Julio César Baldivieso será el nuevo técnico de Nacional Potosí late.com.bo San José, lapatriaenlinea.com WilstermannJulio Baldivieso es el nuevo entrenador de Wilstermann erbol.com.bo and Universitario de Sucre.Baldivieso es nuevo DT de Universitario eldiario.net On 28 August 2015 Baldivieso was officially presented as the manager for the Bolivia national team.Baldivieso fue presentado como entrenador de Bolivia eldeber.com.bo Baldivieso ya es técnico de la selección; encarará las eliminatorias la-razon.com
In late 2017, he became the first Bolivian to coach a foreign national football team from outside the Americas, when he was appointed as coach of Palestine. He was released in April 2018 due to a series of controversies related between him and Saudi officials.
On 31 January 2019, Baldivieso was appointed as the manager of Club Always Ready.Baldivieso es el nuevo entrenador de Always Ready, lostiempos.com, 31 January 2019 On 23 September 2019, Baldi returned to Aurora as a sporting advisor because he couldn't appear as a coach in the official matches, after he already led Club Always Ready in the current 2019 Bolivian Primera División season and, according to the rules, a head coach cannot lead to two clubs in the same contest.Baldivieso se suma a Aurora, late.com.bo, 24 September 2019 He announced in December 2019, that he would leave the club because it wasn't the same for him to lead from the stands.Julio César Baldivieso dejará Aurora, reduno.com.bo, 4 December 2019 However, later on the same month, it was confirmed that Francisco Argüello, who had been Baldi's assistant coach during the last 4–5 years, had taken charge of Aurora and that Baldi would continue at the club as his assistant, now where he couldn't lead the team officially.Francisco Argüello es el nuevo técnico de Aurora, late.com.bo, 18 December 2019
Career statistics Source: Club performance League Cup League Cup Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsArgentina League Cup League Cup Total1994/95Newell's Old BoysPrimera División1241241995/96111111Bolivia League Cup League Cup Total1996BolívarLiga ProfesionalJapan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total1997Yokohama MarinosJ1 League229205129101998321010313611Bolivia League Cup League Cup Total1999Jorge WilstermannLiga ProfesionalEcuador League Cup League Cup Total1999BarcelonaSerie A174174Bolivia League Cup League Cup Total2000BolívarLiga Profesional148148Chile League Copa Chile League Cup Total2001CobreloaPrimera División123123Saudi Arabia League Crown Prince Cup League Cup Total2001/02Al-NassrProfessional League2002/03Bolivia League Cup League Cup Total2003AuroraLiga Profesional9393Qatar League Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Total2003/04Al-WakrahStars LeagueBolivia League Cup League Cup Total2004AuroraLiga Profesional7070Venezuela League Copa Venezuela League Cup Total2004/05CaracasPrimera División2005/06Bolivia League Cup League Cup Total2006The StrongestLiga Profesional62622007BolívarLiga Profesional10102008AuroraLiga Profesional110110 Country Argentina235235Bolivia48134813Japan541930826521Ecuador174174Chile123123Saudi ArabiaQatarVenezuelaTotal15444308216546
National team
Bolivia national teamYearAppsGoals199150199200199315019941411995811996123199792199800199900200072200185200200200331200420200520Total8515
International goals
International Goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 26 March 1994 Dallas, United States 0–1 2–2 Friendly 2. 18 June 1995 Valera, Venezuela 1–3 1–3 Friendly 3. 11 February 1996 Lima, Peru ?–? 1–3 Friendly 4. 24 April 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3–1 2–1 World Cup Qualifier 5. 7 July 1996 La Paz, Bolivia 3–0 6–1 World Cup Qualifier 6. 15 June 1997 La Paz, Bolivia 2–0 2–0 Copa América 7. 18 June 1997 La Paz, Bolivia 1–0 1–0 Copa América 8. 5 March 2000 La Paz, Bolivia 3–0 9–2 Friendly 9. 28 June 2000 San Cristóbal, Venezuela 2–2 4–2 World Cup Qualifier 10. 3 June 2001 La Paz, Bolivia 1–0 5–0 World Cup Qualifier 11. 3 June 2001 La Paz, Bolivia 5–0 5–0 World Cup Qualifier 12. 14 August 2001 Santiago, Chile 0–1 2–2 World Cup Qualifier 13. 7 November 2001 La Paz, Bolivia 2–1 3–1 World Cup Qualifier 14. 7 November 2001 La Paz, Bolivia 3–1 3–1 World Cup Qualifier 15. 10 September 2003 La Paz, Bolivia 1–0 4–0 World Cup Qualifier
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord Palestine 19 December 2017 22 April 2018Career totals
Personal His son Mauricio Baldivieso was the youngest player to have played in a professional football match.BBC Sport: Bolivian boy sets football record until it was broken by 10 year old Eric Godpower Marshall
References
External links
RSSSF statistics Profile. . BoliviaGol.com .