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{{Short description|Argentine footballer and manager (1936–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = José Yudica
| image = Yudica dt.jpg
| caption = Yudica in 1987 as manager <br>of Newell's Old Boys
| fullname = José Antonio Yudica
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|2|26}}
| birth_place = [[Rosario]], Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|08|23|1936|02|26}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1954–1958
| years2 = 1959–1961
| years3 = 1962–1963
| years4 = 1964
| years5 = 1965–1966
| years6 = 1967
| years7 = 1968–1969
| years8 = 1970
| years9 = 1971–1972
| clubs1 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| clubs2 = [[Boca Juniors]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]
| clubs4 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]
| clubs5 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]]
| clubs6 = [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]]
| clubs7 = [[Deportivo Cali]]
| clubs8 = [[Club Atlético Talleres de Remedios de Escalada|Talleres (RE)]]
| clubs9 = [[Club Atlético San Telmo|San Telmo]]
| caps1 = 112
| caps2 = 65
| caps3 = 34
| caps4 = 29
| caps5 = 57
| caps6 = 21
| caps7 = 52
| goals1 = 25
| goals2 = 20
| goals3 = 5
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 4
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1972–76
| manageryears2 = 1976
| manageryears3 = 1976–77
| manageryears4 = 1977–79
| manageryears5 = 1979–80
| manageryears6 = 1980
| manageryears7 = 1981
| manageryears8 = 1982
| manageryears9 = 1984
| manageryears10 = 1985–86
| manageryears11 = 1986–87
| manageryears12 = 1987–90
| manageryears13 = 1991–92
| manageryears14 = 1992
| manageryears15 = 1993-94
| manageryears16 = 1995-96
| manageryears17 = 1996-98
| managerclubs1 = [[Altos Hornos Zapla]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Atlético Colón|Colón]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes LP]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]]
| managerclubs8 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| managerclubs9 = [[Unión de Santa Fe|Unión]]
| managerclubs10 = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| managerclubs11 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
| managerclubs12 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| managerclubs13 = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| managerclubs14 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]]
| managerclubs15 = [[Deportivo Cali]]
| managerclubs16 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| managerclubs17 = [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]]
}}
'''José Antonio Yudica''' (February 26, 1936 – August 23, 2021) was an Argentine [[Association football|football]] player and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnade|first=Oscar|date=2021-08-23|title=Murió José Yudica, uno de los grandes entrenadores de la historia del fútbol argentino|url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/murio-jose-yudica-grandes-entrenadores-historia-futbol-argentino_0_Y4B7RFUct.html|access-date=2021-08-23|publisher=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarin]]|language=es}}</ref>

Yudica had limited success as a player, winning only two titles during his brief spell at [[Deportivo Cali]]. After retirement as a player he took up management, this is where he achieved his most notable successes, leading [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]] to their first championship after 66 years, winning three Argentine league titles with three clubs<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/arg-coach-champ.html rsssf: Coaches of Argentine champions]</ref> (the first manager ever to achieve this), and leading [[Argentinos Juniors]] to success in the [[Copa Libertadores]].

==Playing career==
Yudica had a 16-year career as a player, he started his career at [[Newell's Old Boys]], and went on to play for Argentine giants [[Boca Juniors]], and a number of other teams including [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]], [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]], [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]], [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]], [[Club Atlético Talleres de Remedios de Escalada|Talleres de Remedios de Escalada]], [[Club Atlético San Telmo|San Telmo]] and [[Deportivo Cali]] in [[Colombia]].

==Managerial career==

After spells with [[Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español|Deportivo Español]] and [[Colón de Santa Fe|Colón]] Yudica's first major achievement in management was saving struggling ''Quilmes'' from relegation in 1977.

He eclipsed this the following season by leading them to their first and only [[Primera División Argentina|Primera division]] title; [[Metropolitano championship|Metropolitano]] 1978.

After this he won two [[Primera B Nacional|Second division]] titles with ''Quilmes'' and [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]].

Yudica made his return to the big time by leading [[Argentinos Juniors]] to victory in [[Primera División Argentina|Nacional]]. The [[Copa Libertadores]] campaign of [[Copa Libertadores 1985|1985]] was one of the most remarkable in the history of the tournament. ''Argentinos'' found themselves in the same 1st round group as fellow Argentinian team [[Ferro Carril Oeste]], at the end of the group the two teams were tied for first place on nine points, this required a playoff, which ''Argentinos'' won 3–1.

''Argentinos'' won the 2nd group stage outright, to claim a place in the final against Colombian side [[América de Cali]] (fierce rivals of ''Yudica's'' former club, Deportivo Cali).

The final was a two legged affair, but both games finished 1–0 to the home team, requiring a cup final playoff but this game ended 1–1, ''Argentinos Juniors'' finally triumphed after a 5–4 victory in a penalty shootout.

Yudica led ''Argentinos'' to a further international title in 1986 winning the less prestigious [[Copa Interamericana]] against [[Defence Force F.C.|Defence Force]] from [[Trinidad and Tobago]].

After his successes with ''Argentinos'' Yudica returned to Newell's Old Boys, the club at which he began his playing career over 30 years before.

He led them to the [[Primera División Argentina|Primera division]] title in 1987–88, winning him the unique distinction of becoming the first manager ever to lead three different teams to the Argentine league title.

Later in his career Yudica returned to manage Deportivo Cali, and also had a spell in charge of [[C.F. Pachuca]] in Mexico.

==Honours==

===As player===
'''Deportivo Cali'''
* [[Categoría Primera A|Primera A]] (1): 1969
'''Talleres (RE)'''
* [[Primera C]] (1): 1970
'''Argentina'''
* '''[[Panamerican Championship]] (1)''': [[1960 Panamerican Championship|1960]]

===As manager===
'''Quilmes'''
* [[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] (1): [[1978 Argentine Primera División|1978 Metropolitano]]
'''San Lorenzo'''
* [[Primera B Metropolitana|Primera B]] (1): 1982
'''Argentinos Juniors'''
* [[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] (1): [[1985 Argentine Primera División|1985 Nacional]]
* [[Copa Libertadores]] (1): [[Copa Libertadores 1985|1985]]
* [[Copa Interamericana]] (1): [[1985 Copa Interamericana|1985]]
'''Newell's Old Boys'''
* [[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] (1): [[1987–88 Argentine Primera División|1987–88]]
'''Pachuca'''
* [[Ascenso MX|Primera División A]] (1): [[1995–96 Primera División A season|1995–96]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://revistabipolar.blogspot.com/2006/06/jos-yudica-el-exiliado-del-ftbol_03.html Interview with Yuduca in 2006] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/jugadores.asp?CodJug=288&AnioInicial=1960&AnioFinal=1960&Torneo=5&OrdenPartido=30&CodigoPartido=0# Details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062601/http://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/jugadores.asp?CodJug=288&AnioInicial=1960&AnioFinal=1960&Torneo=5&OrdenPartido=30&CodigoPartido=0 |date=March 18, 2012 }} at Historiadeboca {{in lang|es}}

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