Julio Asad

Julio Daniel Asad (Arabic: خوليو أسد; 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.

Julio Asad

Asad with Vélez Sársfield
Personal information
Full name	Julio Asad
Date of birth	(1953-06-07) 7 June 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1960–1972	Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–77	Vélez Sársfield
1978–80	Racing Club
1980–81	Colón
International career
1975–1976	Argentina	7	(1)
Managerial career
1985–1986	Dep. 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	Leandro N. Alem
1996–1997	Almirante Brown
1997–1998	Sportivo Italiano
1998–1999	Leandro N. Alem[1]
2000–2001	Olmedo
2001–2002	LDU Quito
2002–2003	Al Nassr
2003–2004	Emelec
2004–2005	Dep. Cuenca
2005–2006	Dep. Quito
2006–2007	FAS
2007	Al Nassr
2009	El Nacional
2010–2011	Independiente del Valle
2012–2013	Aucas
2014–2015	Mushuc Runa
2017	Clan Juvenil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Honours

Manager

Club Deportivo Riestra

• Champion: 1985

Defensores de Belgrano

• Champions: 1991–92

Club Leandro N. Alem

• Champions: Clausura 1996

Centro Deportivo Olmedo

• Champions: 2000

Club Deportivo Cuenca

• Champions: 2004

Al-Nassr

• Federation Cup: 2007

Personal

• Coach Of The Year in Ecuador: 2000, 2001
• Coach Of The Year in Saudi Arabia: 2003