Juan Carlos Osorio

Infobox Football biography
playername = Juan Carlos Osorio

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fullname = Juan Carlos Osorio Arbelaez
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1962|6|8|mf=y
cityofbirth = Santa Rosa de Cabal
countryofbirth = Colombia
height =
nickname = El Lord (the lord)
position = Football Manager
currentclub = Red Bull New York
manageryears = 1998-1999
2000-2001
2001-2006
2006-2007
2007
2008-
managerclubs = Staten Island Vipers "(assistant)"
MetroStars "(assistant)"
Manchester City "(assistant)"
Millonarios
Chicago Fire
New York Red Bulls

Juan Carlos Osorio (born June 8, 1961 in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda), is a Colombian football manager and former football player who began his career in 1980 with Deportivo Pereira. He currently coaches the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.

Osorio holds a diploma in Science and Football from Liverpool John Moores University, a UEFA "A" coaching license from the English FA, and a coaching certificate from the Royal Netherlands Football Association. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 1990 with a B.A. in Exercise Science.

Assistant Manager

Juan Carlos Osorio began his coaching career during the 1998-1999 season joining the Staten Island Vipers as assistant coach/conditioning coach. He would then join the MetroStars staff during the 2000 season under Octavio Zambrano. He would go on to join Manchester City as the conditioning coach in June 2001. He was later promoted to Assistant Manager/Conditioning Coach at the start of the 2005/06 season.

Millonarios

In 2006, he started his career as a manager when he was hired by Millonarios. The Colombian led the Bogotá-based club to an 11-6-7 record during the 2007 Finalizacion (closing) season and a fourth place finish out of 18 teams in the Mustang Cup.

Chicago Fire

In July 2007 he left the club to lead the MLS side Chicago Fire. He took over a last-place team and led them to a playoff qualification. He then helped Chicago orchestrate a first-round series victory against D.C. United, which entered the playoffs with the best record in MLS. On December 10, 2007 the Chicago Fire announced that Osorio had resigned his post due to family reasons.

New York Red Bulls

Osorio was hired by the New York Red Bulls on December 18, 2007. The decision came after the Red Bulls and Fire reached an agreement on compensation for Osorio.

External links

* [http://web.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t100&player=osorio_juan Profile on the Chicago Fire's official site]
* [http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?syndicatorguid={7EB24EFC-E397-48B3-977A-BC40E4795300}&rmasiteinstanceguid={5B147D34-2BCF-448D-976C-AE1944ED09F5}&pagegid={CF71200D-7F25-41E7-9564-40DF9FCE257C}&bioid=12814&siteid=502 Profile on Manchester City FC's official site]