Juan Urquiza

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Juan Urquiza
Personal information
Full name Juan Alberto Urquiza
Date of birth (1959-02-05) 5 February 1959 (age 65)[1]
Place of birth Marcos Juárez, Argentina[1]
Youth career
Years Team
Argentinos Juniors
Managerial career
Renato Cesarini (youth)
2002 Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
2003 Barcelona SC (asssistant)
2003 Almagro (assistant)
2004 Barcelona SC
2005 Almagro (assistant)
2005–2006 Tiro Federal (assistant)
2006–2007 LDU Portoviejo
2007 Macará
2008 Emelec
2010 Técnico Universitario
2013 Deportivo Quevedo
2014 Olmedo
2015 Clan Juvenil
2016 LDU Portoviejo
2022 Técnico Universitario

Juan Alberto Urquiza (born 5 February 1959) is an Argentine football manager.

Career[edit]

Born in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba Province,[1] Urquiza played youth football with Argentinos Juniors, but retired at early age, and moved to coaching with Renato Cesarini's youth categories. He moved to Ecuador in 2003, as Jorge Solari's assistant at Barcelona SC.[2]

In September 2004, Urquiza was appointed manager of Barcelona after Solari resigned due to personal reasons.[3] He left the post in November, and subsequently rejoined Solari's staff back in his home country.

In 2006, Urquiza returned to Ecuador after being named manager of LDU Portoviejo. He left the club in August 2007 to take over Macará,[4] and managed to avoid relegation with the club.

On 14 December 2007, Urquiza was named manager of Emelec,[5] but was dismissed the following 15 April.[6] He then spent more than a year without coaching before taking over Técnico Universitario in January 2010; in April, he was replaced by Renato Salas.

On 23 July 2013, Urquiza was appointed in charge of Deportivo Quevedo,[7] but resigned on 25 September.[8] He became the new manager of Olmedo on 16 November 2014,[9] but was unable to avoid a top tier relegation.[10]

Urquiza led Clan Juvenil to the Serie B in the 2015 season, and returned to LDU Portoviejo in March 2016.[11] He resigned in May,[12] and subsequently solely worked for the Ecuadorian Football Federation as a mediator.

On 9 May 2022, after nearly six years without managing, Urquiza returned to Técnico Universitario,[13] but left after just one month after rescinding his contract.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "El DT argentino Urquiza suena para el Emelec" [Argentine manager Urquiza targeted by Emelec] (in Spanish). El Universo. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Juan Urquiza prefiere Ecuador" [Juan Urquiza prefers Ecuador] (in Spanish). El Diario. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Juan Urquiza, encargado de Barcelona" [Juan Urquiza, in charge of Barcelona] (in Spanish). El Universo. 15 September 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Juan Urquiza es el nuevo DT del Macará de Ambato" [Juan Urquiza is the new manager of Macará de Ambato] (in Spanish). TeraDeportes. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Juan Urquiza se vincula al Emelec" [Juan Urquiza joins Emelec] (in Spanish). El Diario. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Juan Urquiza quedó fuera del Emelec asi lo decidió la Comisión de Fútbol" [Juan Urquiza is out of Emelec, decided by the Football Commission.] (in Spanish). TeraDeportes. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Juan Urquiza es DT del D. Quevedo" [Juan Urquiza is the manager of D. Quevedo] (in Spanish). El Universo. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Juan Urquiza puso fin a su ciclo como técnico del Deportivo Quevedo" [Juan Urquiza ended his cycle as manager of Deportivo Quevedo] (in Spanish). Mi Fútbol Ecuador. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Juan Urquiza Es El Nuevo DT De Olmedo" [Juan Urquiza is the new goalkeeper of Olmedo] (in Spanish). Futbolizados. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Urquiza cree que se dieron cosas raras en la recta final" [Urquiza believes that strange things happened in the final rounds] (in Spanish). El Telégrafo. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Juan Urquiza es el nuevo DT de Liga de Portoviejo" [Juan Urquiza is the new manager of Liga de Portoviejo] (in Spanish). Bendito Fútbol. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Juan Urquiza renuncia a Liga de Portoviejo" [Juan Urquiza resigned to Liga de Portoviejo] (in Spanish). El Diario. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Juan Urquiza toma las riendas de Técnico Universitario" [Juan Urquiza takes the reins of Técnico Universitario] (in Spanish). Órbita Deportiva. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Juan Urquiza reveló que no se sintió respaldado en Técnico Universitario (ENTREVISTA)" [Juan Urquiza revealed that he did not feel backed at Técnico Universitario (INTERVIEW)] (in Spanish). Futbol Ecuador. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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