Julio César Toresani

Julio César Toresani (5 December 1967 – 22 April 2019)[6] was an Argentine football midfielder and coach.

Julio César Toresani
Personal information
Full name Julio César Toresani
Date of birth (1967-12-05)5 December 1967
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of death 22 April 2019(2019-04-22) (aged 51)
Place of death Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Unión de Santa Fe 56 (7)
1989–1990 Instituto 30 (9)
1990–1991 Unión de Santa Fe 33 (6)
1991–1995 River Plate 89 (7)
1995–1996 Colón de Santa Fe 30 (2[2])
1996–1997 Boca Juniors 47 (8)
1998–1999 Independiente 22 (2)
1999–2000 Colón de Santa Fe 25 (1)
2001–2002 Audax Italiano 22 (3)
2002–2003 Colón de Santa Fe 30 (1)
2004 Patronato 0 (0)
Total 384 (45)
Managerial career
2005–2006 San Martín de San Juan[3]
2006 Colón de Santa Fe
2007 Aldosivi
2009 The Strongest
2010–2012 Deportivo Madryn[4][5]
2013 Textil Mandiyú[4]
2015 LDU Loja
2018–2019 Rampla Juniors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 2007

Club career

Known as El Huevo ("The Egg"), Toresani played as a right midfielder and was known for his rough playing style.[7] Toresani started his professional career in 1986 at Unión de Santa Fe, a club from his native city. After playing with the club for three years, he moved to the Instituto, where he played for only a year, returning to Unión in 1990. In 1991, Toresani signed with River Plate, playing for four years with the team. In 1996, he moved to Club Atlético Colón (Unión rivals) and in the following year, Toresani signed with Boca Juniors (River Plate's rival). In 1998, the midfielder moved to another Argentinian traditional football team, the Independiente. After one season with them, Toresani moved back to Cólon and then, in 2001, went to play at the Chilean club, Audax Italiano. He returned to Argentina and to Cólon in 2002 and then moved to Patronato where he retired in 2004.[8]

He played for both teams of two sets of rivals: Boca Juniors and River Plate, as well as Colón de Santa Fe and Unión de Santa Fe. He was among the few players to have played for three of the biggest teams in Argentina, having played for River Plate, Boca Juniors and Independiente.[9][8]

Managerial career

As a coach, Toresani started his career at San Martín de San Juan where he managed the team at the 2005/2006 season. Toresani then went to Colón where he coached the team for only four matches at the beginning of the 2006/2007 season.[4][8] In 2007, Toresani took over Aldosivi from Mar del Plata, a team which he managed until mid-October of that year, when he was dismissed from his duties.[10] In January 2009, Toresani agreed to relocate to La Paz to be the manager of Bolivian popular team The Strongest. On 31 May 2009, the club announced the rupture of relations with Toresani, after he decided to resign from his responsibilities.[11] He worked for Ecuadorian side LDU Loja in 2015.[12] He was the head coach for Uruguayan club Rampla Juniors between mid-November 2018 and the end of February 2019, when he was fired.[13][14]

Death

On 22 April 2019, Toresani was found dead at his house. The authorities believe that he committed suicide.[9][15][16] According to several sources, Toresani was depressed due to being unemployed and divorcing from his wife. In the last few months, he lived apart from his family and children.[8] His death caused commotion in Argentina, with several athletes, clubs and former teammates lamenting his death.[8][17]

Titles
Season Team Title
Apertura 1991River PlatePrimera División Argentina[18]
Apertura 1993River PlatePrimera División Argentina[18]
Apertura 1994River PlatePrimera División Argentina[18]

References
  1. "Ficha Estadistica de JULIO TORESANI" (in Spanish). BDFA Argentina. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. "Argentina 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. "El viejo equipo de San Martín se acuerda de Toresani: un entrenador exigente y 'vertical'". Tiempo de San Juan (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. "Encontraron muerto a Julio César "Huevo" Toresani". Diario Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. "Deportivo Madryn le dio el último adiós al "Huevo" Toresani". ADN Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. Conmoción en Santa Fe: encuentran muerto al ex futbolista Julio César Toresani (in Spanish)
  7. Stein, Leandro. "A história de Toresani, um sinal de alerta e uma oferta de ajuda". Trivela (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. E. Bordón, José. "Murió Julio César Toresani: conmoción por el suicidio del exfutbolista de 51 años". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. "Muere a los 51 años Julio Toresani, ex de River y Boca". El Mundo. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  10. Se termino la campaña de Toresani ebpi.com.ar
  11. The Strongest aceptó la renuncia de Julio César Toresani Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine facetasdeportivastv.com
  12. "El DT Julio Toresani abandona Liga de Loja por los problemas económicos". 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  13. "Toresani, el que se peleó con Maradona, es el nuevo DT de Rampla". El Observador (Uruguay).
  14. "Rampla Juniors cesó al argentino Julio César Toresani del cargo de entrenador". Futbol.uy.
  15. "It was found that the former footballer Julio César Toresani had died". Halids. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  16. "He dies at the age of 51 Julio Toresani, former of River and Boca". International News. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  17. "El mensaje de Diego Maradona en las redes tras la muerte de Julio Toresani". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  18. Balcarce, Germán. "Los 64 títulos oficiales de River en su historia". La Pagina Millonaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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