Julio César Cortés

Julio César Cortés
Personnel
Surname	Julio César Cortés Lagos
birthday	March 29, 1941
size	176 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
	Peñarol
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	South America
1962-1963	Club Atlético Cerro
	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1965	Rosario Central
1966-1971	Club Atlético Peñarol
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1962-1970	Uruguay	30 (3)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
	Cobán Imperial
1983–	Deportivo Suchitepéquez
at least 1985	Juventud Retalteca
at least 1987	Guatemala
1993	Deportivo Saprissa
2000 - at least 2003	Guatemala
2004	CD Águila
2005–	Deportivo Jalapa
~ 2007	AD San ​​Carlos
1 Only league games are given.

Julio César Cortés , full name Julio César Cortés Lagos and partly also as Julio Cortez , (born March 29, 1941 ) is a former Uruguayan football player and coach.

Player career

society

The El Pocho called Cortés came from the youth team (Cuarta) Peñarols and played after the stopover Sud América at the beginning of his career in 1962 at Club Atlético Cerro . He was still under contract there in mid-1963 when he took part with the Albiceleste on the club's international tour through Europe, the Soviet Union and Africa from May to July of that year. After engagements at Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata and Rosario Central (1965), Cortés moved back to Montevideo as part of the Sasía transfer and was in Peñarol's ranks from 1966 to 1971 . During this period, the Aurinegros were Uruguayan champions in 1967 and 1968 and won the Copa Montevideo in 1971 . In addition, Cortés and his teammates won the Copa Libertadores and the World Cup against Real Madrid in 1966 in the finals and playoffs against River Plate . In the eleven of 1966, the versatile Cortés, together with "key player" Pedro Rocha in the so-called Volante positions, formed a decisive switchover point in the Aurinegros game that influenced the pace of the game .

In 1970 his team was only defeated in the finals of the Copa Libertadores, in which Cortés, however, in contrast to the previously mentioned finals, was not used.

National team

The midfielder was a member of the Uruguayan national soccer team , with which he took part in the soccer world championships in 1962 , 1966 and 1970 and was used in eleven games (1/4/6). He completed a total of 30 international matches from May 2, 1962 to June 20, 1970, in which he scored a total of three goals.

Coaching career

After his active career, Cortés works as a trainer. In this role he first worked at Cobán Imperial . With Deportivo Suchitepéquez , where he worked from 1983, he was then Guatemalan champion in 1983. He then won the Copa de Verano 1984/85 with Juventud Retalteca . As coach of the Guatemalan national team , he took part in the Pan American Games in 1987 and also reached the first qualifying round for the 1988 Olympic Games with the national team. In 1993 he was the coach of Deportivo Saprissa . In May 2000 he took over the position of national coach again, replacing his compatriot Carlos Miloc . With the Guatemalans he won the VI the following year. Copa Naciones UNCAF . Also in February 2003 during the qualification for the Gold Cup 2003 he still held this office.

Other clubs he coached over time were Comunicaciones , Xelajú , Azucareros and Aurora FC . In June 2004 he signed with CD Águila and was released on the 11th match day. His balance sheet showed a gain of only 36% of all potential points to be won. From March 2005 he took over responsibility at Deportivo Jalapa . Cortés' wife also died that year. In July 2007 he was in Costa Rica with San Carlos as the responsible trainer on the dugout.

Others

Cortés' nephew Fabricio Benítez also works as a footballer in Guatemala.

successes

As a player

• 1 × Copa Libertadores: 1966
• 1 × World Cup: 1966
• 2 × Uruguayan champions: 1967 and 1968

As a trainer

• 1 × Guatemalan champion: 1983
• VI. Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF: 2001

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Giras de Cerro (1963 y 1967) - La gira de 1963 (Spanish) on el-area.com, accessed on November 3, 2012
2. ↑ Mundialistas uruguayos en Argentina ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) dated June 12, 2009, accessed November 3, 2012  
3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on playerhistory.com , accessed on November 1, 2012
4. ↑ Planteles Históricos ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved November 3, 2012 
5. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, pp. 437, 439
6. ↑ Uruguayan team at the 1966 World Cup on rsssf.com
7. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com , accessed on November 1, 2012
8. ↑ List of former trainers on saprissa.co.cr ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 1, 2012  
9. ↑ "Pocho" Cortés sustituye a Miloc ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), from elsalvador.com on May 17, 2000, accessed on November 3, 2012  
10. ↑ No lo dejan escapar (Spanish) on ESPN Deportes of September 20, 2006, accessed on November 1, 2012
11. ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - details on rsssf.com, accessed November 3, 2012
12. ↑ Técnicos en la historia ( Memento of March 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on prensalibre.com, accessed on November 1, 2012
13. ↑ “Hablando, uno no pierde nunca” (Spanish) on elsalvador.com from June 17, 2004, accessed on November 3, 2012
14. ↑ Profesión de riesgo (Spanish) on elsalvador.com of November 2, 2004, accessed on November 3, 2012
15. ↑ Jalapa inicia bien ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved November 3, 2012  
16. ↑ Cinco rapiditas a Julio César Cortés (Spanish) on nacion.com of July 28, 2007, accessed on November 3, 2012
17. ↑ Cremas buscan acercarse  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), from elperiodico.com.gt March 17, 2006, accessed November 3, 2012