José Luis Acciari (born 29 November 1978) is an Argentine former

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who played mainly as a

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, currently a

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. He spent the bulk of his professional career in Spain, mainly with

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. Over 12 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 337 matches and 19 goals, also representing in the competition

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and

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

Playing career

Argentina

Acciari was born in

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. During his career in his country he played mainly in the

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 teams ...

, making only six appearances in the Primera División with

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. Acciari represented

Club Atlético San Miguel Club Atlético San Miguel is an Argentine sports club from San Miguel, Buenos Aires The club's headquarters are located in San Miguel while its association football, football stadium is erected in Los Polvorines district of Malvinas Argentinas Pa ...

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and

Club Almagro Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro, Buenos Aires, Almagro district. The association football, football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the secon ...

. With the second side, he appeared in the second round of the

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, in a final defeat against

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Spain

In January 2002, Acciari moved abroad to

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, signing with

Real Murcia CF Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

in the country's

. After a period of adjustment, he became an undisputed starter for the club which promoted at the end of his first full season, with the player contributing 38 games and four goals. After a marred transfer to

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

, Acciari played 3,354 minutes in 2004–05, but was severely injured in the left

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late into the following campaign, effectively ending his Murcia career – he could only appear five times in 2006–07, with his team again promoting to

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. Acciari was then loaned to another side in the second division,

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. In June 2008, Murcia released him and he signed with

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

of the same tier for two years. On 11 July 2012, Acciari returned to the

Estadio Nueva Condomina Estadio Nueva Condomina, currently known as Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium in Murcia, Spain. Completed in 2006, it is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Real Murcia. Th ...

after arriving from

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. Over his two spells, he made 267 competitive appearances.

Coaching career

After retiring at the age of 36, Acciari went on to work as manager to Murcia and Elche's reserves. He also acted briefly as interim to the first team of both clubs. On 18 June 2019, Acciari was appointed at

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. He resigned on 26 August 2020. Acciari signed with Racing Murcia FC of the same league on 17 May 2021. The following month, he agreed to a contract extension.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Murcia *

: 2002–03

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acciari, Jose 1978 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Almagro players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Murcia CF players Córdoba CF players Elche CF players Girona FC players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine football managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Primera Federación managers Real Murcia Imperial managers Real Murcia CF managers Elche CF Ilicitano managers Elche CF managers CD Guadalajara (Spain) managers Unionistas de Salamanca CF managers PFC Beroe Stara Zagora managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Spain Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria