Juan Carlos Osorio

Juan Carlos Osorio

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Osorio Arbeláez
Date of birth	(1962-06-08) 8 June 1962
Place of birth	Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia
Team information
Current team	São Paulo (coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2006–2007	Millonarios
2007	Chicago Fire
2007–2009	New York Red Bulls
2010–2011	Once Caldas
2011–2012	Puebla
2012–2015	Atlético Nacional
2015–	São Paulo

Juan Carlos Osorio Arbeláez (born 8 June 1962), nicknamed El Recreacionista (The Recreationist) is a Colombian football manager and former football player who began his career in 1980 with Deportivo Pereira. He is currently manager of São Paulo in Brazil.

Osorio was born in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda. He 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.

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." In his short time with the Fire, Osorio went 6-3-6 in the league, 7-5-7 across all competitions and led the team to the Conference Final for the sixth time in nine seasons.

New York Red Bulls

Osorio was hired by New York Red Bulls on December 18, 2007. The decision came after Red Bulls and Fire reached an agreement on compensation for Osorio. The Red Bulls had an up and down season in Osorio's first season in charge of the club. After a promising start, the club qualified for the playoffs on the final day of the season. However, in the Playoffs Osorio would lead the club to their first ever MLS Cup Final. On the way they defeated defending Champion Houston Dynamo (4-1 on aggregate), and in the Western Conference final defeated Real Salt Lake 1-0, before falling 3-1 to Columbus Crew in the final. In his second season with the club Osorio guided the club to one of the worst records in league history, 2-16-4. Overall his stay at the club was extremely disappointing. In two seasons at the club Osorio was 12-27-13, the worst mark in the league during that period of time. The club also suffered an embarrassing set-back under Osorio when they were eliminated by W Connection in the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League. Due to mounting pressure, Osorio resigned from his post as coach of the New York Red Bulls on August 21, 2009.

Once Caldas

After leaving New York, on November 18, 2009 Osorio was hired by Once Caldas. After taking charge of a team that was in danger of relegation Osorio helped Once Caldas to a league title in 2010. In 44 matches in charge of Once Caldas he recorded a record of 23 victories, 8 draws and 13 losses. In January 2011 it was reported that Osorio would be leaving Once Caldas to take charge of the national team of Honduras.

Honduras national football team

On February 2, 2011, Osorio was officially named as the new coach of the Honduras national football team for the qualifying rounds of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, his first opportunity as coach of a national team. However; on February 3, Once Caldas announced Osorio could not be released until June to assume his role with Honduras. Due to this, FENAFUTH in a press conference decided that it was impossible to wait until June for Osorio to take over and ended all negotiations.

Puebla

After coming to terms with Once Caldas,on November 15 Roberto Henaine, former vice president of Puebla, announced via Twitter that Juan Carlos Osorio would be taking up the vacant manager spot left by Sergio Bueno. He resigned on March 22, 2012.

Managerial stats

Statistics accurate as of match played May 2015.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Millonarios		September 2006	June 2007	42	19	9	14	045.24
Chicago Fire		July 2007	December 2007	15	6	3	6	040.00
New York Red Bulls		December 2007	August 2009	52	12	13	27	023.08
Once Caldas		November 2009	December 2011	44	23	8	13	052.27
Puebla		December 2011	March 2012	7	2	2	3	028.57
Atlético Nacional		March 2012	May 2015	119	69	34	16	057.98
São Paulo FC		May 2015	Present	0	0	0	0	!—
Total				279	131	69	79	046.95

Honours

Club

New York Red Bulls

• MLS Western Conference (1): 2008

Once Caldas

• Categoría Primera A (1): 2010-II

Atlético Nacional

• Categoría Primera A (3): 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I
• Copa Colombia (2): 2012, 2013
• Superliga Colombiana (1): 2012