Diego Martínez Penas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Martínez Penas | ||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Vigo, Spain | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sevilla B (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1990–1999 | Celta | ||
| 1999–2001 | Cádiz | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2004–2005 | Arenas (youth) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Arenas (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Arenas | ||
| 2007–2009 | Motril | ||
| 2010–2011 | Sevilla C | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sevilla (youth) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Sevilla (assistant) | ||
| 2014– | Sevilla B | ||
Diego Martínez Penas (born 16 December 1980) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Sevilla Atlético.
Football career
Born in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Martínez spent his youth career at Celta de Vigo and Cádiz CF, representing the former for nine years.[1] He retired at the age of 20, and started his coaching career in 2004, at Arenas CD's youth categories.[2]
An assistant manager in the 2005–06 campaign, Martínez was appointed manager of the first team in July 2006, in Tercera División. The following year he was named Motril CF manager, and remained in charge for two years.[3]
In October 2009 Martínez moved to Sevilla FC, immediately joining the backroom staff.[4] He was in charge of the club's C-team the following season, and subsequently managed the Juvenil squad.[1]
On 22 May 2012, Martínez was named assistant at the first team, replacing Javi Navarro.[5] On 13 June 2014, he was appointed at the helm of the reserves in Segunda División B,[6] and managed to achieve promotion to Segunda División in 2016.[7]
References
- 1 2 "El secreto gallego del éxito del Sevilla" [The Galician secret of Sevilla's success] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Las manos viguesas que abrazan la Europa" [The hands viguesas who hold the Europa] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Entrevista a Diego Martínez Penas, entrenador del Sevilla Atlético" [Interview with Diego Martínez Penas, manager of Sevilla Atlético] (in Spanish). Underground Football. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Diego Martínez ficha por el cuadro técnico del Sevilla" [Diego Martínez signs for Sevilla's backroom staff] (in Spanish). Ideal. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Javi Navarro abandona el club" [Javi Navarro leaves the club] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Diego Martínez toma las riendas del Sevilla Atlético" [Diego Martínez takes the reins of Sevilla Atlético] (in Spanish). ABC. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Diego Martínez: "Ya estamos en la historia del Sevilla"" [Diego Martínez: "We already are in Sevilla's history"] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
External links
- Diego Martínez manager profile at BDFutbol
- Diego Martínez manager profile at Soccerway