Julio Comesaña

Julio Comesaña
	Comesaña with Independiente Medellín in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Julio Avelino Comesaña López
Date of birth	10 March 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1967	Peñarol
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1968	Racing Montevideo
1969–1970	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1971	Kimberley
1972–1973	Millonarios
1973	Atlético Junior
1974	Ferro Carril Oeste
1975–1979	Atlético Junior
1980–1981	Independiente Medellín
Managerial career
1982–1986	Independiente Medellín
1987	Deportivo Cali
1988	Guaraní
1989–1990	Danubio
1991	Atlético Junior
1992	Independiente Medellín
1992–1994	Atlético Junior
1995–1996	Independiente Santa Fe
1996	Deportes Tolima
1996	Unión Española
1997	Atlético Junior
2000	Independiente Medellín
2002	Atlético Junior
2003–2004	Independiente Santa Fe
2005	Deportivo Cuenca
2006	Real Cartagena
2008–2009	Atlético Junior
2011	Deportivo Pereira
2011	Colombia (assistant)
2012	Deportivo Cali
2013–2014	Patriotas
2014	Atlético Junior
2015–2016	Sud América
2016	Racing Montevideo
2016	River Plate Montevideo
2017	Atlético Junior
2018	Atlético Junior
2019	Colón de Santa Fe
2019–2020	Atlético Junior
2021–2022	Independiente Medellín
2022	Atlético Junior
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio Avelino Comesaña López (born 10 March 1948) is a former Uruguayan naturalized Colombian^[1] professional football manager and former football player.

Playing career

Club

Comesaña played for 7 clubs during his career as a footballer: Racing Montevideo (1967–1968) in Uruguay; Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (1969–1970), Kimberley (1971), and Ferro Carril Oeste (1974) in Argentina; Millonarios (1972–1973), Atlético Junior (1973, and 1975–1979),^[1] and Independiente Medellín (1980–1981) in Colombia.

Coaching career

Club

As a manager, Comesaña has coached 16 teams: Independiente Medellín (1982–1986, 1992, 2000 and 2021–2022), Deportivo Cali (1987 and 2012), Atlético Junior (1991, 1992–1994, 1997, 2002, 2008–2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019–2020 and 2022), Independiente Santa Fe (1995–1996 and 2003–2004), Deportes Tolima (1996), Real Cartagena (2006), Deportivo Pereira (2011), and Patriotas (2013–2014) in Colombia; Guaraní (1988) in Paraguay; Danubio (1989–1990), Sud América (2015–2016), Racing Montevideo (2016), and River Plate Montevideo (2016) in Uruguay; Unión Española (1996) in Chile; Deportivo Cuenca (2005) in Ecuador; Colón de Santa Fe (2019) in Argentina. He also served as assistant coach of Leonel Álvarez in the Colombia national team in 2011.^[1]