Julio Daniel Asad (; born 7 June 1953) is an Argentine former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder, and participated with Argentina in the 1975 Copa América.

Asad was nicknamed "El Turco" due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina, Arabs were mistakenly called Turks, since they came to Argentina with Ottoman Turkish documents in the 1900s. After he retired from professional football, he became a manager. He has coached clubs in Argentina, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and El Salvador.

Julio Asad

He is the uncle of Omar Asad, who was also a successful player for Vélez in the 1990s.

Julio Asad

Honours

Manager

Club Deportivo Riestra

1985 Champion

Defensores de Belgrano

1991-1992 Champions

Club Leandro N. Alem

Clausura 1996 Champions

Centro Deportivo Olmedo

2000 Champions

Club Deportivo Cuenca

2004 ChampionsAl-Nasr2008 Prince Faisal CupPersonal'''

2000 Coach Of The Year in Ecuador

2001 Coach Of The Year in Ecuador

2003 Coach Of The Year in Saudi Arabia

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1953 births

Footballers from Buenos Aires

Men's association football midfielders

Argentine men's footballers

Argentine people of Syrian descent

Argentine people of Lebanese descent

Sportspeople of Lebanese descent

Club Atlético Colón footballers

Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers

Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers

Argentina men's international footballers

1975 Copa América players

Argentine football managers

L.D.U. Quito managers

C.S. Emelec managers

C.D. Cuenca managers

S.D. Quito managers

C.D. FAS managers

Argentine Primera División players

Living people

Expatriate football managers in El Salvador

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador

Defensores de Belgrano managers

Al Nassr FC managers

C.D. El Nacional managers

S.D. Aucas managers

C.S.D. Independiente del Valle managers

Mushuc Runa S.C. managers

C.D. Olmedo managers

Julio Asad