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.
Club career Born 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.Mini crisis social y deportiva (Mini social and footballing crisis) ; Balaguer's official website. Retrieved on 15 March 2015
Coaching career After 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.Nuevo ayudante para el fútbol base (New assistant for the youth football); Glorioso, 25 April 2001
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.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 On 6 September, however, he was relieved from his duties after only two league matches in charge, due to "personal reasons".Dimite el técnico del Alavés, Julio Bañuelos (Sacked the manager of Alavés, Julio Bañuelos); El Mundo, 6 September 2006 He was reappointed as the Manager of Alavés in 2008.
In August 2008 Bañuelos was named CD Mirandés manager.Mirandés visita el Narcís Sala (Mirandés visits Narcís Sala); El Mundo Deportivo, 28 August 2008 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.Julio Bañuelos deja al Mirandés (Julio Bañuelos leaves Mirandés); Diario de Burgos, 4 May 2010
On 6 April 2011 Bañuelos was appointed at Burgos CF,Julio Bañuelos acepta el reto del Burgos (Julio Bañuelos accepts Burgos' goal); Aúpa Burgos, 6 April 2011 and after bringing the club back to the third level, was sacked on 4 October.El Burgos CF destituye a Julio Bañuelos (Burgos sacks Julio Bañuelos); Marca, 4 October 2011 On 15 January 2013 he joined UE Olot,Bañuelos es el nuevo entrenador del Olot (Bañuelos is the new manager of Olot); El Correo, 15 January 2013 being relieved from his duties on 10 June.El Olot cesa a Julio Bañuelos (Olot sacks Julio Bañuelos); El Mundo Deportivo, 10 June 2013
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.Bañuelos, asistente de Christiansen en el AEK Larnaca (Bañuelos, assistant of Christiansen in AEK Larnaca); esFutbol, 23 May 2014 Two years later, he followed Christiansen to Cypriot First Division champions APOEL FC. 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.
He was named Leeds United assistant head coach on Monday 19 June 2017. 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.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord Persija Jakarta8 June 201919 September 2019 Career total
References
External links
Galeria del Futbol Català profile