Juan Manuel Azconzábal

Juan Manuel Azconzábal
	Azconzábal with O'Higgins in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Azconzábal
Date of birth	8 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Junín, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2002	Estudiantes LP
2002–2003	Tecos
2003	Chacarita
2004	Universitario
2004	Emelec
2005	Banfield
2006	Independiente Medellín
2006–2007	Rosario Central
2008	Las Palmas
2008–2010	Atlético Tucumán
Managerial career
2011–2012	Estudiantes LP
2013–2014	San Martín de San Juan
2014–2016	Atlético Tucumán
2016–2017	Huracán
2018	Guaraní
2019–2020	Deportes Antofagasta
2020–2021	Unión Santa Fe
2022	Atlético Tucumán
2023	Binacional
2023–2024	O'Higgins
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Manuel Azconzábal (born 8 September 1974) is an Argentine football coach and former played who played as a defender,

Career

Born in Junín, Buenos Aires, Azconzábal made his debut with Estudiantes de La Plata in 1994, and played for the club until 2002. That year, Azconzábal moved to Mexico to play for Tecos. he returned to Argentina in 2003 to play for Chacarita Juniors. Azconzábal then played for Universitario in Peru and Emelec in Ecuador before returning to Argentina to play for Banfield. In 2006, he moved to Colombia to play for Independiente Medellín but returned once again to Argentina later that year to sign for Rosario Central. After a short stint in the Canary Islands with Las Palmas, he signed for Club Atlético Tucumán.

After his retirement, Azconzábal was signed by Estudiantes as manager of football operations. Upon the resignation of Miguel Angel Russo on 7 November 2011, Azconzábal was named caretaker coach, and after a string of good results he was appointed as coach for the 2012 Clausura tournament.

Azconzábal's nickname is "el vasco" (the Basque), as his surname is of Basque origin.

External links

Juan Manuel Azconzábal at Football-Lineups
Juan Manuel Azconzábal – Primera División statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 August 2012)
Juan Manuel Azconzabal at BDFA (in Spanish)