Julio Comesaña
Julio Avelino Comesaña López (born 10 March 1948) is a former Uruguayan professional football manager and former football player.
Playing career[edit]
Club[edit]
Comesaña played for 7 clubs during his career as a footballer: Racing Montevideo (1967–1968) in Uruguay; Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (1969–1970), Kimberley (1971), and Ferro Carril Oeste (1974) in Argentina; Millonarios (1972–1973), Atlético Junior (1973, and 1975–1979), and Independiente Medellín (1980–1981) in Colombia.
Coaching career[edit]
Club[edit]
As a manager, Comesaña has coached 16 teams: Independiente Medellín (1982–1986, 1992, 2000 and 2021–2022), Deportivo Cali (1987 and 2012), Atlético Junior (1991, 1992–1994, 1997, 2002, 2008–2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019–2020 and 2022), Independiente Santa Fe (1995–1996 and 2003–2004), Deportes Tolima (1996), Real Cartagena (2006), Deportivo Pereira (2011), and Patriotas (2013–2014) in Colombia; Guaraní (1988) in Paraguay; Danubio (1989–1990), Sud América (2015–2016), Racing Montevideo (2016), and River Plate Montevideo (2016) in Uruguay; Unión Española (1996) in Chile; Deportivo Cuenca (2005) in Ecuador; Colón de Santa Fe (2019) in Argentina.
Honours[edit]
Player[edit]
- Categoría Primera A: 1972
- Categoría Primera A: 1977
Manager[edit]
- Categoría Primera A (3): 1993, 2018-II, 2019-I
- Copa Colombia (1): 2017
- Superliga Colombiana (1): 2020
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Avelino Julio Comesaña at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Julio Comesaña coach profile at Soccerway
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan football managers
- Peñarol players
- Racing Club de Montevideo players
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- Atlético Junior footballers
- Millonarios F.C. players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Club Guaraní managers
- Danubio F.C. managers
- Unión Española managers
- Deportivo Cali managers
- Atlético Junior managers
- C.D. Cuenca managers
- Independiente Medellín managers
- Independiente Santa Fe managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate football managers in Chile
- Expatriate football managers in Colombia
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in Paraguay
- Deportivo Pereira managers
- Men's association football midfielders
- River Plate Montevideo managers
- Deportes Tolima managers
- Patriotas Boyacá managers
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan football midfielder stubs