Julio Asad

Julio Asad
Personal information
Full name Julio Asad
Date of birth (1953-06-07) June 7, 1953
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1960-1972 Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972-77 Vélez Sársfield
1978-80 Racing Club
1980-81 Colón
National team
1975-1976 Argentina 7 (1)
Teams managed
1985-1986 Club Deportivo Riestra
1986-1987 Ferrocarril Midland
1987-1988 Deportivo Maipú
1989-1990 Berazategui
1990-1991 San Miguel
1991-1992 Defensores de Belgrano
1994-1995 Colegiales
1995-1996 Club Leandro N. Alem
1996-1997 Almirante Brown
1997-1998 Sportivo Italiano
1998-1999 Club Leandro N. Alem (Sporting director)
2000-2001 Olmedo
2001-2002 LDU Quito
2002-2003 Al Nassr
2003-2004 Emelec
2004-2005 Deportivo Cuenca
2005-2006 Deportivo Quito
2006-2007 C.D. FAS
2007 Al Nassr
2009 El Nacional
2010-2011 Independiente del Valle
2012-2013 Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
2014-2015 Mushuc Runa Sporting Club

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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
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