Full name Julio Bañuelos Sáez Playing position Height 1.83 m | Place of birth Miranda de Ebro, Spain Years Team Position Defender | |
Date of birth (1970-12-07) 7 December 1970 (age 46) Current team APOEL (Assistant coach) | ||
Julio Bañuelos Sáez (born 7 December 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and the current assistant manager of Cypriot club APOEL FC.
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Club career
Born in Miranda de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and León, Bañuelos was a Real Madrid youth graduate. He subsequently represented CD Mirandés, Real Zaragoza B, CD Maspalomas, CF Badalona and CF Balaguer, never playing in a higher level than Segunda División B.
Coaching career
After his retirement Bañuelos was appointed manager at UE Lleida's youth setup. On 25 April 2001 he moved to Deportivo Alavés, also in charge of the youth sides.
On 5 June 2006, after a spell at the latter's reserve team, Bañuelos was appointed at the helm of the main squad in Segunda División. On 6 September, however, he was relieved from his duties after only two league matches in charge, due to "personal reasons".
In August 2008 Bañuelos was named CD Mirandés manager. After bringing the club back to Segunda División B at first attempt, he left the club in 2010.
On 6 April 2011 Bañuelos was appointed at Burgos CF, and after bringing the club back to the third level, was sacked on 4 October. On 15 January 2013 he joined UE Olot, being relieved from his duties on 10 June.
On 23 May 2014 Bañuelos moved abroad for the first time in his career, being named Thomas Christiansen's assistant at AEK Larnaca F.C.. Two years later, he followed Christiansen to Cypriot First Division champions APOEL FC.