Julio César Baldivieso Rico (born 2 December 1971 in Cochabamba) is a former Bolivian association football midfielder who played for the Bolivia national team in the 1994 World Cup and several Copa Américas.
He worked a manager of the Bolivia national team.
Club career
Nicknamed "El Emperador", Baldivieso began his career in his native Cochabamba playing for Wilstermann in 1987. His exquisite technique didn't go unnoticed and he signed with Bolivia's biggest football club, Bolívar in 1992. Thanks in part to the successful run with the national team, which qualified to the 1994 World Cup, he awoke the interest of several clubs outside Bolivia. After the World Cup, he transferred to Argentine team Newell's Old Boys from Rosario, where he played until the winter of 97. Subsequently, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Marinos for a couple of years. As his career progressed, Baldivieso also exposed his talent in diverse leagues around the world; such is the case of Barcelona Sporting Club and Deportivo Quevedo in Ecuador, Cobreloa in Chile, Al-Nasr in Saudi Arabia, Al-Wakra in Qatar and Caracas in Venezuela. Towards the end of his career he returned to Bolivia and played for The Strongest, and later made his final run with Aurora on and off the field as he also managed the team.
Throughout his career, Baldivieso also played in 46 Copa Libertadores games altogether for three different teams and scored 11 goals.[1]
International career
Baldivieso made his debut for Bolivia on 14 June 1991 in a friendly match, losing 1–0 against Paraguay in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He obtained a total number of 85 caps during his career, scoring fifteen goals. He played his last international match on 12 October 2005: a World Cup Qualifier against Peru in Tacna.
Managerial career
During his last season as a player Baldivieso transitioned into coaching as he took over the manager position at the club. In November 2008 he won the Clausura tournament with Aurora in a very disputed 3-game final series against Blooming. On 19 July 2009, still being Aurora's manager, he made debut his own 12-year-old son, called Mauricio Baldivieso. At the end of the match he strongly criticized the referee and one opponent who made his son cry after a hard tackle. He quit Aurora 5 days later, after the club's board told him to pick between his job and his son. He also withdrew his son from the team.[2][3] On 20 May 2011 Baldivieso returned to Aurora for his second spell.[4] Later in his career he also managed Real Potosí,[5] Nacional Potosí,[6] San José,[7] Wilstermann[8] and Universitario de Sucre.[9] On 28 August 2015 Baldivieso was officially presented as the manager for the Bolivia national team.[10][11]
| International Goals |
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 26 March 1994 | Dallas, United States |  United States | 0–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 18 June 1995 | Valera, Venezuela |  Venezuela | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 3. | 11/02/1996 | Lima, Peru |  Peru | ?–? | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 4. | 24 April 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Argentina | 3–1 | 2–1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 5. | 7 July 1996 | La Paz, Bolivia | Venezuela | 3–0 | 6–1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 6. | 15 June 1997 | La Paz, Bolivia | Peru | 2–0 | 2–0 | Copa América |
| 7. | 18 June 1997 | La Paz, Bolivia |  Uruguay | 1–0 | 1–0 | Copa América |
| 8. | 05/03/2000 | La Paz, Bolivia |  Haiti | 3–0 | 9–2 | Friendly |
| 9. | 28 June 2000 | San Cristóbal, Venezuela | Venezuela | 2–2 | 4–2 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 10. | 03/06/2001 | La Paz, Bolivia | Venezuela | 1–0 | 5–0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 11. | 03/06/2001 | La Paz, Bolivia | Venezuela | 5–0 | 5–0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 12. | 14 August 2001 | Santiago, Chile |  Chile | 0–1 | 2–2 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 13. | 07/11/2001 | La Paz, Bolivia |  Brazil | 2–1 | 3–1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 14. | 07/11/2001 | La Paz, Bolivia | Brazil | 3–1 | 3–1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 15. | 10/09/2003 | La Paz, Bolivia |  Colombia | 1–0 | 4–0 | World Cup Qualifier |
Club statistics
[12]
National team statistics
[13]
| Bolivia national team |
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 1 |
| 1995 | 8 | 1 |
| 1996 | 12 | 3 |
| 1997 | 9 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 2 |
| 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 85 | 15 |
Personal
His son Mauricio Baldivieso is the youngest player to have played in a professional football match.[14]
References
External links
| Julio César Baldivieso international tournaments |
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