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.
Career
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]
Managerial statistics
- As of matches played 9 February 2025
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 20.00 | |
| Total | 62 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 97 | 64 | +33 | 54.84 | — | |||
Honour
Manager
Universidad Católica
References
- ^ a b "El LinkedIn del profesor Cristian Paulucci y la explosiva carrera del nuevo entrenador de Universidad Católica" [The LinkedIn of the coach Cristian Paulucci and the explosive career of the new manager of Universidad Católica] (in Spanish). RedGol. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Gerente técnico Cristian Paulucci dejó Huachipato" [Technical manager Cristian Paulucci left Huachipato] (in Spanish). Diario Concepción. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Cristian Paulucci reemplazará a Patricio Ormazábal en el cuerpo técnico de Católica" [Cristian Paulucci will replace Patricio Ormazábal at Católica's staff] (in Spanish). CD Universidad Católica. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Decisiones en la UC: dos años y medio para Orellana y Paulucci asume como interino" [Decisions at UC: two-and-a-half-years for Orellana and Paulucci takes over as an interim] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Universidad Católica confirma a Cristián Paulucci como DT hasta final de temporada" [Universidad Católica confirm Cristián Paulucci as manager until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Teletrece. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Bombazo: La UC anuncia la salida de su técnico Cristián Paulucci a una semana del clásico con Colo Colo" [Blast: UC announce the departure of their manager Cristian Paulucci within a week of the clásico against Colo-Colo] (in Spanish). Emol. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Oficial | Cristian Paulucci nuevo entrenador del primer equipo" [Official | Cristian Paulucci new first team manager] (in Spanish). CD Manchego Ciudad Real. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Cristian Paulucci confirma que no seguirá en el Manchego" [Cristian Paulucci confirms that he will not continue at Manchego] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Ciudad Real. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Los Toros de Celaya anuncian a Cristian Paulucci como su nuevo director técnico" [Los Toros de Celaya announce Cristian Paulucci as their new manager] (in Spanish). Zona Franca. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Se hizo oficial la destitución de Cristian Paulucci" [Became official the sacking of Cristian Paulucci]. El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Nuevo arribo al Puerto del Callao: Cristian Paulucci será entrenador de Sport Boys" [New arrival at the Puerto del Callao: Cristian Paulucci will be the new manager of Sport Boys] (in Spanish). Depor. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Cristian Oscar Paulucci :: Univ. Católica :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles (in-depth) :: Career :: Games :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Cristian Paulucci manager profile and live statistics updates - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Tapia, Carlos (5 December 2021). "Tetracampeones: la UC es la dueña absoluta del fútbol chileno" [Four-time champions: UC is the absolute owner of Chilean football]. La Tercera. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Campeonatochileno.cl (18 November 2021). "Universidad Católica ganó en penales a Ñublense y es el tricampeón de la Supercopa Easy" [Universidad Católica beat Ñublense on penalties and is the three-time champion of the Easy Super Cup]. Campeonatochileno.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
External links
- Cristian Paulucci at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Cristian Paulucci coach profile at Soccerway
