Julián Camino (born 2 May 1961 in Maipú) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

who won two league titles with

Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "La Plata Students"), 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, where it has spent most of its histo ...

and was part of the Argentina squad for Copa América 1983, and since August 2011 is a member of the coaching squad of the

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino ( ...

as field assistant to Alejandro Sabella.

Playing career

Camino was a product of the Estudiantes de La Plata youth system and became the team's right back during the 1982 season. His frequent and efficient transitions to attacking positions caused national coach (and Camino's former mentor in Estudiantes)

Carlos Bilardo Dr. Carlos Salvador Bilardo (born 16 March 1938) is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager. Bilardo achieved worldwide renown as a player with Estudiantes de La Plata in the 1960s, and as the manager of the Argentina side t ...

, to call Camino to the national team in 1983. He was in the National team for the

1983 Copa América The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between 10 August and 4 November, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay received a bye into the semi-finals. The cup was won by Uruguay, that beat Brazil ...

. In 1984, he played for the national team playing

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After ...

in India. In 1988 Camino came back to India to play for Kingfisher East Bengal in the Rover's Cup. While playing for East Bengal, he changed his position from right back to midfield. There were 1,20,000 spectators in one of the matches he played against

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

. East Bengal could not keep him longer due to financial constraints. Leaving East Bengal, he joined Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. presently Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. in Israel and played there for 3 years. A noted moment in Camino's performance on the national team was a harsh foul against

Peruvian Peruvians (''/peruanas'') are the citizens of Peru. What is now Peru has been inhabited for several millennia by cultures such as the Caral before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 ...

Franco Navarro during a

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...

qualifier. Camino was not sent off, but his international career never recovered.Video of incident
/ref> He played for several teams in Argentina and abroad before retiring in 1991. After retirement, Camino was part of Alejandro Sabella's coaching team in Estudiantes that obtained the

2009 Copa Libertadores The 2009 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2009 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. The ...

and the 2010 Apertura. When Sabella was called to coach the national team in 2011 following the sacking of Sergio Batista, Sabella's staff was reassembled, including Camino,

Claudio Gugnali Claudio is an Italian language, Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan language, Catalan and Occitan language, Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudia (gens) ...

, and fitness coach

Pablo Blanco Pablo José Blanco Blanco (born 15 December 1951) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Seville, Andalusia, Blanco spent his entire professional career with Sevilla FC after joining the club's acad ...

Honours

;

Primera División Argentina Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera Ely Rafael Primera Ros ...

: Metropolitano 1982, Nacional 1983

References

External links

BDFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camino, Julian 1961 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1983 Copa América players Men's association football defenders Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Argentine Primera División players Calcutta Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Israel 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine expatriate men's footballers