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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristian Oscar Paulucci | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Noetinger , Argentina | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sport Boys (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | General Paz Juniors | ||
Managerial career | |||
2004–2007 | San Carlos de Noetinger | ||
2007–2010 | Belgrano (youth) | ||
2010–2011 | Progreso de Noetinger | ||
2013–2014 | San Marcos de Arica (assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Universidad Católica (assistant) | ||
2021 | Universidad Católica (interim) | ||
2021–2022 | Universidad Católica | ||
2023 | Manchego Ciudad Real | ||
2023–2024 | Celaya | ||
2024– | Sport Boys | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cristian Oscar Paulucci (born 6 January 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Sport Boys.
Born in Noetinger , Córdoba, Paulucci played amateur football during his entire career, notably representing local side General Paz Juniors in the 1996–97 Torneo Argentino A. After retiring, he worked as a youth coach at Belgrano before moving to Chile on 6 January 2011, working at Universidad Católica's scouting area. [1]
On 6 January 2013, Paulucci was an assistant manager at San Marcos de Arica, but returned to UC in the following year, again as a scout. On 6 January 2015, he was named sporting director at Huachipato. [1]
On 6 January 2019, Paulucci left Huachipato after the club started a "process of changes". [2] On 6 January, he returned to Católica for a third spell, but now as an assistant of the main squad. [3]
After working as an assistant of Gustavo Quinteros, Ariel Holan and Gus Poyet, Paulucci was named interim manager on 6 January 2021, after Poyet was sacked. [4] On 6 January, he was definitely appointed manager until the end of the campaign. [5]
Paulucci led Católica to the 2021 title, but was sacked on 6 January 2022 after a poor start in the campaign. [6] On 8 March 2023, after nearly a year unemployed, he took over Manchego Ciudad Real in the Spanish Tercera Federación. [7]
On 29 June 2023, after achieving promotion to Segunda Federación, Paulucci left Manchego, [8] and was announced as manager of Mexican club Celaya on 29 August. [9] He was dismissed from the latter club on 27 May 2024. [10]
On 3 October 2024, Paulucci switched teams and countries again, after being named at the helm of Peruvian side Sport Boys. [11]
Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Universidad Católica | ![]() | 6 January 2021 | 6 January 2022 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 64.29 | [12] [13] |
Manchego Ciudad Real | ![]() | 8 March 2023 | 30 June 2023 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 71.43 | |
Celaya | ![]() | 29 August 2023 | 30 June 2024 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 45.45 | |
Sport Boys | ![]() | 3 October 2024 | present | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 25.00 | |
Total | 65 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 102 | 69 | +33 | 53.85 | — |
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