Julio César Uribe Flores (born May 9, 1958) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder or a second striker.

Julio César Uribe
Uribe playing for Sporting Cristal
Personal information
Full name Julio César Uribe Flores
Date of birth (1958-05-09) 9 May 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, second striker
Youth career
1969–1975 Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1982 Sporting Cristal
1982–1985 Cagliari 69 (11)
1985 Sporting Cristal
1986 Atlético Junior 38 (16)
1987 América de Cali 11 (6)
1987–1988 América 16 (8)
1988 Sporting Cristal
1989 América de Cali 20 (6)
1990 Tecos UAG 29 (11)
1991 Sporting Cristal
1992 Independiente Medellín 20 (0)
1992 Envigado
1993 Mannucci
International career
1979–1989 Peru 39 (9)
Managerial career
1992–1994 Mannucci
1995 Deportivo Municipal
1995 Alianza Lima
1996 Tecos UAG
1996–1997 Atlético Junior
1998 Yunnan Hongta
1998 Juan Aurich
1998 Tecos UAG
2000 Peru U-20
2000–2002 Peru
2002 Tecos UAG
2004 Tecos UAG
2006–2007 Cienciano
2007 Peru
2008–2009 Cienciano
2010 José Gálvez
2011–2012 Unión Comercio
2013–2014 Universidad de San Martín
2017 Unión Comercio
2017 San José
2017 Juan Aurich
2021 Alianza Universidad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Club

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Uribe started his career with Peruvian club Sporting Cristal. Then he joined Italian club Cagliari Calcio for three seasons. After his time in Italy, Uribe returned to Sporting Cristal. He then played the following seasons with several clubs in Colombia and Mexico such as Club América. He returned to Peru in his last season as footballer to retire with C.A. Mannucci in 1992.

International

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During his playing days, from 1979 to 1989, he earned 39 caps and scored 9 goals for the Peruvian national team[1] and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Managerial career

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Peru's National Soccer Team Coach

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In 2007, he was appointed as Peru's coach, his second stint in charge as he was also the coach from 2000 to 2001. [1] Previous to being head coach of Peru's national team, he was team coach of Cienciano del Cuzco.

On June 3, 2007, under Julio César Uribe's management, Peru had a friendly football match against Ecuador in Madrid, Spain. Peru defeated Ecuador 2-1 still giving Peru a victory over Ecuador repeatedly for over 8 years. A second friendly on June 7 was played in Barcelona, and Ecuador defeated the Peruvian team 2-0 (Both goals scored near the end of the game). Even though most agreed Peru played the better game, the saying that football matches are won by goals rather than "pretty play" was proven once more.

Uribe's next task at hand was the Copa América 2007. He was criticized for calling up a younger and somewhat more experimental squad. Nolberto Solano, a key midfielder, held his state of retirement. Peru started off on the right foot, beating Uruguay 3-0 in their opening match. However, they were not able to define in goal scoring opportunities or overcome controversial refereeing decisions in their 2-0 loss to hosts Venezuela. The surprisingly young and nimble Bolivian team also seemed on the way to beating Peru, however 2 Claudio Pizarro headers salvaged a tie for Peru. With the tie, Peru advanced into the quarter finals, but not without a scare. In the quarter finals against Argentina, they were overcome by 4 second half goals after being tied 0-0 at Halftime. Uribe was criticized for unstable formations and inadequate planning, as well as giving Argentina too much space and respect. Uribe was heavily criticized for his game planning, however Peru showed true promise against Uruguay and progress was seen under Uribe, the Copa marked what could be the beginning of a new era in Peruvian football, as they enter the South Africa 2010 qualifiers with high expectations.

Following poor results in the Copa, Uribe was fired and replaced by José del Solar in the week of July 22, 2007

Honours

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Playing career

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1979, 1980, 1988, 1991
1987-88

References

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  1. ^ Appearances for Peru National Team Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  2. ^ Julio César UribeFIFA competition record (archived)
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