Omar Asad

Omar Asad

Personal information
Full name	Omar Andrés Asad
Date of birth	9 April 1971 (1971-04-09) (age 40)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–2000	Vélez Sársfield	108	(23)
National team
1995	Argentina	2	(0)
Teams managed
2003–2009	Vélez Sársfield (youths and reserves)
2010	Godoy Cruz
2011	Emelec
2011	San Lorenzo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Omar Andrés Asad (born April 9, 1971) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winning 8 titles with the club (including both the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup).

Asad is nicknamed el Turco (in English: "the Turk") because he has Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to the country with Ottoman documents in the 1900s.

Playing career

Asad played as a striker and was characterised by being strong and quick. His first match in the Argentine Primera División came in 1992, when he played for Vélez Sársfield against Talleres de Córdoba.

He was a determinant player in Vélez' most successful years, along manager Carlos Bianchi and Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. With Vélez, Asad won the Argentine Primera División title in 1993 (Clausura), and after that the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup, where he was chosen Man of the Match after scoring the second goal against A.C. Milan. Asad later won the Apertura in 1995 and played for the Argentine national team, until he got injured in the end of that season, which stopped his progression as a player.

Coaching career

On 2 January 2010 Godoy Cruz hired Asad as coach to replace Enzo Trossero. The former forward only had coaching experience with Vélez' youth divisions and reserve team. During his first season with Godoy Cruz (2010 Clausura), Asad led the team to a surprising 3rd place finish; and led them to a 5th place the following championship (2010 Apertura). Due to the good league finishes, Godoy Cruz qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores; however, the coach did not renew his contract with the team, citing economical reasons.^[1]

On December 23, 2010, Ecuadorian team Emelec confirmed the signing of Omar Asad to manage the team for the 2011 season.^[2]

On May 11, 2011, Argentine team San Lorenzo signed with him to take the manager position from June 20, 2011.^[3]

Honours

Club

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División (4): 1993 Clausura, 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1994
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1994
• Copa Interamericana (1): 1996
• Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1997
• Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1996

Personal life

Omar is nephew of Julio Asad, a former Vélez player of the 1960s and 1970s.^[4]

See also

• List of one club men

References

1. ^ "Omar Asad no seguirá en Godoy Cruz" (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2010-12-13. http://www.canchallena.com/1333283. Retrieved 2010-12-14. 
2. ^ "Turco ecuatoriano" (in Spanish). Olé. 2010-12-23. http://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/Turco-ecuatoriano_0_395360576.html. Retrieved 2010-12-24. 
3. ^ "Asad asumiría en San Lorenzo el 20 de junio [Asad will assume charge of San Lorenzo on June 20]" (in Spanish). futbolecuador.com. May 24, 2011. http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/21010. Retrieved May 24, 2011. 
4. ^ 100 x 100 El Turco Asad", Diego Borinsky, El Gráfico, número 4398, maio de 2010, pp. 24-35

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Omar Asad at National-Football-Teams.com

Preceded by Toninho Cerezo

Intercontinental Cup Man of the Match 1994

Succeeded by Danny Blind

Persondata
Name	Asad, Omar
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 April 1971
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death