Julio Bañuelos (born 7 December 1970) is a

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retired

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who played as a defender, He has managed clubs including Alavés and

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. He was a graduate of the

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academy. He was

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and an assistant coach at Leeds United. He is now Director of Coaching and Coach of the 2008 first team a
Brooklyn United academy
as well as several other teams at the club.

Club career

Born in

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, Bañuelos was a

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youth graduate. He subsequently represented

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

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, CD Maspalomas,

CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in , temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats. Ba ...

and CF Balaguer, never playing in a higher level than the

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Coaching career

After his retirement Bañuelos was appointed manager at

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's youth setup. On 25 April 2001 he moved to

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, also in charge of the youth sides. On 5 June 2006, after a spell at the latter's

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, Bañuelos was appointed at the helm of the main squad in

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. On 6 September, however, he was relieved from his duties after only two league matches in charge, due to "personal reasons". He was reappointed as the Manager of Alavés in 2008. In August 2008 Bañuelos was named

manager. He had a successful spell and gained Promotion, after bringing the club back to

at first attempt, he left the club in 2010. On 6 April 2011 Bañuelos was appointed at

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, and after bringing the club back to the third level, was sacked on 4 October. On 15 January 2013 he joined

UE Olot Unió Esportiva Olot, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Olot, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1921, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal d'Olot'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. History The histo ...

, being relieved from his duties on 10 June. On 23 May 2014 Bañuelos moved abroad for the first time in his career, being named Thomas Christiansen's assistant at

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His time at the club saw AEK finish 2nd during the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. Two years later, he followed Christiansen to

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champions

APOEL FC APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

. Where he won the

in his first season, as well as reaching the Cypriot Cup Final, where they finished runners up, the club also reached the Last 16 of the

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. On 27 May 2017, Bañuelos parted company with the club. He was named

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assistant head coach on Monday 19 June 2017. Bañuelos left the club when Christiansen was dismissed on 4 February 2018, after a poor run of results and with the team tenth in the table.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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Galeria del Futbol Català profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banuelos, Julio 1970 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Burgos Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Mirandés footballers Deportivo Aragón players CF Badalona players Spanish football managers Deportivo Alavés managers CD Mirandés managers Burgos CF managers UE Olot managers Spanish expatriate football managers