Carlos Julio Bustos (born 16 April 1966) is an Argentine professional
football
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manager
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and former player who played as a
defender.
He is the current manager of Bolivian club
Blooming
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.
Bustos played as a central defender for the Argentinian teams
Talleres,
Deportivo Español
Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, wh ...
,
San Lorenzo
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,
River Plate,
Argentinos Juniors
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,
Independiente, and
Huracán. He played internationally for
Pachuca
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and
Morelia
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in two stints, the latter being his last team before retirement.
Bustos is the former
manager
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of
Talleres, the Argentine team where he began his football career. His coaching career developed primarily in México, where he coached
Neza,
Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...
,
Guadalajara
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,
Dorados de Sinaloa
Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...
,
Atlético San Luis
Club Atlético de San Luis, commonly known as Atlético San Luis, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Luis Potosí, replacing San Luis Potosí's Liga MX team San Luis FC after its relocation. San Luis was promoted to Liga MX i ...
, and
Cafetaleros de Tapachula
Club de Fútbol Cafetaleros de Chiapas is a Mexican football club based in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas currently competing in Liga Premier de México, the third tier of Mexican football. Between 2015 and 2020, the team played at Asc ...
. In Peru he coached
Universidad San Martín,
Melgar and
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima, popularly known as Alianza Lima or simply Alianza, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams i ...
.
Playing career
Bustos began his football career at 11 years old with
Club Atlético Talleres
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, where he debuted in the first division. He was awarded the Córdoba Cuna de Campeones in 1987 as the best football player in the
Province of Cordoba.
In 1990, he was transferred to
Deportivo Español
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during one of the most important periods of the institution's history, participating in the
CONMEBOL
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cup and Liguilla Pre Libertadores. In 1991, he was loaned out to the champion club
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
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to participate in the Liguilla Pre Libertadores.
In January 1993, he joined
Club Atlético River Plate
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sports club based in the Núñez, Buenos Aires, Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city ...
, through which he entered several international competitions, among them the
Copa Libertadores
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. At the end of 1993,
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
incorporated him and other international players, making a team that played the national tournaments and the
Supercopa.
From 1994 to 1996, he defended the colors of
Club Atlético Independent and became champion of the
Supercopa and
Recopa Sudamericana
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. In December 1996, he was hired by
Monarcas Morelia of Mexico, a team on a downward slope. Under his leadership the team improved and reached the semi-final of the tournament.
At the beginning of 1998, he arrived at
Club de Fútbol Pachuca to play the First A tournament, obtaining a promotion to the first division. In June of the same year, he returned to Argentina to wear the jersey of
Club Atlético Huracán
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, though his stay in the club was brief.
He was asked by
Tomas Boy and Monarcas Morelia to again play the closing tournament in 1999. However, as a result of multiple knee injuries, this was his last tournament as a professional player.
Managerial career
Having reached the end of his career as a player, Bustos began his career as a coach in
Argentina
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in 2000 for the youth league of
Talleres de Córdoba
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, winning championships in both tournaments in the 6th category of the Asociación Cordobesa de Fútbol. He was the sports director of Club Atlético Universitario (Córdoba) in 2001, a team that was playing in the Argentinos B tournament. He was also the sports director of
Club Atlético Belgrano
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from 2002 to 2005, competing in the tournaments of the National B.
In 2005, Bustos was named head coach of his first professional team,
Sportivo Belgrano
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On 15 April 191 ...
de San Francisco, Argentina, where he competed in the Federal B tournament.
Bustos joined the Mexican football team
Atlas de Guadalajara
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Founded in 1916, Atlas has won three league titles and four domestic cups ...
in 2007 as assistant coach to
Tomás Boy
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Known for his technical skills and field vision, Boy is considered as one of the greatest Mexica ...
. After the season, he returned to Argentina again to the
Club Atlético Talleres
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, where he was coach of the 4th category of A.F.A., eventually becoming the interim head coach of the first team. Following the restructuring of the club, he remained as assistant coach of the first division under the direction of
Humberto Grondona and
Juan Amador Sánchez
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Managerial career
Sánchez started his managerial career with Club At ...
.
In 2009, he was again requested by
Tomás Boy
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Known for his technical skills and field vision, Boy is considered as one of the greatest Mexica ...
to join his coaching staff, this time for Monarcas Morelia, a team they were a part of until the end of the 2012 tournament closure. They qualified in 5 playoffs, becoming sub-champions of the LIGA MX in 2011 and champions of the SuperLiga Norteamericana 2010.
In early 2012, Bustos got his first opportunity to head a coaching staff in Mexico's professional football circles, coaching Neza FC in the ASCENSO MX, qualifying for the playoffs and the semifinal of the COPA MX.
For the 7th game of the closing tournament in 2013, he was asked by Monarcas Morelia to replace head coach
Ruben Omar Romano. In this season, he had a winning streak which extended from the first game to the first game in the playoffs, finishing in the 4th overall. In the next season, his team again reached the playoffs, finishing in 6th place. For this same tournament, on November 5, he was champion of the Copa México Apertura 2013, disputing this title with the Atlas of Guadalajara, giving Monarcas Morelia his first title of COPA MX and his second official title in Mexican football.
For the opening tournament in 2014, he joined
Club Deportivo Guadalajara
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, one of the most important and historic teams of Mexican football, reaching the quarterfinals of the COPA MX. He resigned as head coach of Guadalajara after only winning two of the first ten games in Apertura 2014.
In late 2015,
Dorados de Sinaloa
Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...
made use of his services to lead the team in the
ASCENSO MX
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tournament, in which he obtained the title of champion against
Atlético San Luis
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playing as a visitor. With this title, Dorados de Sinaloa was able to play the final against the champion of the previous season. On 23 May, Bustos and Dorados de Sinaloa defeated Necaxa, playing as a visitor, returning the team to the first division of Mexican football after a nine-year absence.
In early 2016, he was in charge of
Cafetaleros de Tapachula
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, another team from the
ASCENSO MX
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league. In late 2016, he was hired by
Atletico San Luis from the
ASCENSO MX league, reaching the semifinals of
COPA MX
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with this team.
In 2017, he advised and trained the San Francisco United F.C. in California, United States.
From January 2018 to December 2019, he coached the
Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martin de Porres squad, the Liga 1 team. This project was characterized by the participation almost entirely of young players; Bustos debuted more than 18 players within those two years.
On Monday, 2 December 2019, he was announced as the new coach of Arequipa's team
FBC Melgar
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. On 24 September 2020, following the loss to rival
Cienciano
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The club was founded in 1901 by a group of students of the ''Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco'' (National S ...
, the club announced that they would be parting ways with Bustos.
Bustos was named manager of
Alianza Lima
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for the 2021 season. On 11 September 2022, Alianza Lima announced they part ways from the first team after winning the League last year.
On 19 February 2023, Bustos switched teams and countries again, after being named in charge of
Blooming
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.
Personal life
Bustos' younger brother
Fabián is also a manager and former footballer.
A
forward
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, he had the most of his managerial career in Ecuador.
Managerial Statistics
Honours
Player
San Lorenzo
*Liguilla Prelibertadores: 1991
Independiente
*
Supercopa:1995
*
Recopa Sudamericana
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: 1995
Pachuca
*Campeón de Ascenso:Final de Ascenso 1997–98
Manager
Morelia
*
Apertura 2013
Sinaloa
*
Ascenso MX
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:
2014–15 Ascenso MX season (Clausura)
*Final de Ascenso 2014–15
*Alianza Lima
*Peruvian First Division 2021
References
External links
*
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1966 births
Living people
Argentine footballers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Deportivo Español footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Argentinos Juniors footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Atlético Morelia players
Argentine Primera División players
Liga MX players
Atlético Morelia managers
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Association football defenders
Argentine football managers
FBC Melgar managers
Club Alianza Lima managers
Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina
Universidad San Martín managers
Club Blooming managers
Argentine expatriate football managers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in Peru
Expatriate football managers in Bolivia