Julio César Uribe

Julio César Uribe

Julio César Uribe in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Julio César Uribe Flores
Date of birth	(1958-05-09) 9 May 1958 (age 59)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	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
National team
1979–1989	Peru	39	(9)
Teams managed
1992–1994	Mannucci
1995	Deportivo Municipal
1995	Alianza Lima
1996	Tecos UAG
1996–1997	Atlético Junior
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Julio César Uribe Flores (born May 9, 1958 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian football manager and former player.

Uribe played as an attacking midfielder or second striker. 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.

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

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.