Julio Daniel Asad (; born 7 June 1953) is an Argentine former

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and

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. He played as a

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, and participated with

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in the

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. Asad was nicknamed "El Turco" due to his

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n and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina, Arabs were mistakenly called Turks, since they came to Argentina with

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documents in the 1900s. After he retired from professional football, he became a manager. He has coached clubs in

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, and

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. He is the uncle of

Omar Asad Omar Andrés Asad (born 9 April 1971) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional. As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winni ...

, who was also a successful player for Vélez in the 1990s.100 x 100 El Turco Asad", Diego Borinsky, El Gráfico, número 4398, maio de 2010, pp. 24-35

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

: 2000, 2001 * Coach Of The Year in

: 2003

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* 1953 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Men's association football midfielders Argentine men's footballers Argentine people of Syrian descent Argentine people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Club Atlético Colón footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1975 Copa América players Argentine football managers Deportivo Riestra managers L.D.U. Quito managers C.S. Emelec managers C.D. Cuenca managers S.D. Quito managers C.D. FAS managers Deportivo Maipú managers Argentine Primera División players Living people Expatriate football managers in El Salvador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Defensores de Belgrano managers Al-Nassr FC managers C.D. El Nacional managers S.D. Aucas managers Independiente del Valle managers Mushuc Runa S.C. managers C.D. Olmedo managers Sportspeople of Syrian descent 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub