José Luis Acciari (born 29 November 1978) is an Argentine former

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who played mainly as a

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, currently a

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of Bulgarian club Beroe. He spent the bulk of his professional career in Spain, mainly with

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

. Over 12 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 337 matches and 19 goals, also representing in the competition Córdoba,

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Playing career

Argentina

Acciari was born in

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. During his career in his country he played mainly in the

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

, making only six appearances in the

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with

Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "Students from La Plata"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata , is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, wh ...

. Acciari represented

Club Atlético San Miguel Club Atlético San Miguel is an Argentina, Argentine sports club from San Miguel, Buenos Aires The club's headquarters are located in San Miguel while its association football, football stadium is erected in Los Polvorines district of Malvinas Ar ...

Club Atlético Banfield Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club based in the Banfield district of Greater Buenos Aires. It was founded on 21 January 1896, by the British–origin inhabitants of that city (mostly English, and some Scots and Irish). The club ...

and

Club Almagro Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro district. The football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league ...

. With the second side, he appeared in the second round of the promotion playoffs, in a final defeat against

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Spain

In January 2002, Acciari moved abroad to

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, signing with

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

in the country's

. After a period of adjustment, he became an undisputed starter for the club which promoted at the end of his first full season, with the player contributing 38 games and four goals. After a marred transfer to

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, Acciari played 3,354 minutes in 2004–05, but was severely injured in the left

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late into the following campaign, effectively ending his Murcia career – he could only appear five times in 2006–07, with his team again promoting to

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. Acciari was then loaned to another side in the second division,

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

. In June 2008, Murcia released him and he signed with

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

of the same tier for two years. On 11 July 2012, Acciari returned to the

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after arriving from

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. Over his two spells, he made 267 competitive appearances.

Coaching career

After retiring at the age of 36, Acciari went on to work as manager to Murcia and Elche's reserves. He also acted briefly as

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to the first team of both clubs. On 18 June 2019, Acciari was appointed at

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

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. He resigned on 26 August 2020. Acciari signed with

Racing Murcia FC Racing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club is a football club based in Murcia a district in center of Murcia Center, Murcia, Spain. Founded on 1 September 2013, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 13, holding home games at the Estadio Univers ...

of the same league on 17 May 2021. The following month, he agreed to a contract extension.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Murcia *

: 2002–03

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acciari, Jose 1978 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Almagro players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Murcia CF players Córdoba CF players Elche CF players Girona FC players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine football managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Real Murcia Imperial managers Real Murcia CF managers Elche CF Ilicitano managers Elche CF managers CD Guadalajara (Spain) managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Spain