Julio_Avelino_Comesaña

Julio Comesaña

Julio Comesaña

Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1948)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Comesaña and the second or maternal family name is López.

Julio Avelino Comesaña López (born 10 March 1948) is a former Uruguayan naturalized Colombian[1] professional football manager and former football player.

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Playing career

Club

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),[1] and Independiente Medellín (1980–1981) in Colombia.

Coaching career

Club

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. He also served as assistant coach of Leonel Álvarez in the Colombia national team in 2011.[1]

Personal life

Comesaña naturalized Colombian by residence in 1976.[1]

Honours

Player

Millonarios
Atlético Junior

Manager

Atlético Junior

References

  1. [1]
    "Julio Comesaña fue nombrado como ayudante del seleccionador de fútbol de Colombia". Cronica del Quindio (in Spanish). 12 September 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2024.


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