Imanol Alguacil

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alguacil and the second or maternal family name is Barrenetxea.
Imanol Alguacil
Imanol Alguacil 2018.jpg
Alguacil managing Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea
Date of birth (1971-07-04) 4 July 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth Orio, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Real Sociedad (manager)
Youth career
Orioko FT
1988–1989 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Real Sociedad B 56 (1)
1990–1998 Real Sociedad 113 (7)
1998–2000 Villarreal 29 (1)
2000–2001 Jaén 30 (0)
2001–2002 Cartagena 15 (0)
2002–2003 Burgos 20 (1)
Total 263 (10)
National team
1994–1997 Basque Country 3 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2013 Real Sociedad (youth)
2013–2014 Real Sociedad B (assistant)
2014–2018 Real Sociedad B
2018 Real Sociedad (interim)
2018 Real Sociedad B
2018– Real Sociedad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea (born 4 July 1971), known simply as Imanol as a player, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back, and is the current manager of Real Sociedad.

He appeared in 121 matches in La Liga over nine seasons (eight goals scored), representing Real Sociedad and Villarreal. In 2014 he started working as a manager, with a four-year spell with Real Sociedad B followed by a short stint with the club's senior team in spring 2018, a role he was asked to take on again in the winter of the same year.

Playing career[]

Born in Orio, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Imanol was a Real Sociedad youth graduate.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves, spending two full seasons in Segunda División B.

On 29 September 1990, Imanol made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Real Oviedo.[2] He was definitely promoted to the main squad in summer 1991, featuring regularly the following campaigns.

Imanol scored his first professional goal on 20 September 1992, netting his side's first in a 2–1 away win over Albacete Balompié.[3] He was used rarely in the final years of his stint at the Anoeta Stadium as he dealt with several injury problems, leaving the club in 1998 after playing only four matches during the season.

In the 1998 off-season, Imanol joined Villarreal CF also of the top division,[4] appearing sparingly in his first year and suffering relegation. After returning to the top flight in 2000[5] he was released, and moved to Segunda División's Real Jaén.[6]

Imanol then resumed his career in the third tier, representing FC Cartagena and Burgos CF. He retired with the latter side in 2003, aged 32.[7]

Coaching career[]

On 26 July 2011, Alguacil returned to his first club Real Sociedad, being appointed manager of the youth setup.[8] On 17 June 2013 he was named reserve team coach Asier Santana's assistant,[9] and was also in charge of the main squad along with Santana in November 2014 after Jagoba Arrasate's dismissal.[10]

After the arrival of David Moyes in November 2014, Alguacil was included in the first team staff,[11] but he was appointed manager of the B side late in that month.[12] On 19 March 2018, he replaced the fired Eusebio Sacristán at the helm of the main squad until the end of the season.[13]

In the summer of 2018, Alguacil returned to the reserves and Asier Garitano took over the senior role,[14] but in December of the same year the latter was dismissed following a poor sequence of results and the former again became the first team coach.[15] Following a strong start to the 2019–20 campaign, he was given a one-year contract extension.[16]

Alguacil led Real to their first trophy since 1987 on 3 April 2021, with a 1–0 victory against Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao in the 2020 Copa del Rey Final (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[17] In the post-match press conference he celebrated by putting on a team jersey and scarf and chanting in joy.[18]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 20 March 2022[19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Sociedad B Spain 28 November 2014 19 March 2018 130 52 40 38 176 146 +30 040.00 [20]
Real Sociedad Spain 19 March 2018 24 May 2018 9 5 1 3 15 7 +8 055.56 [21]
Real Sociedad B Spain 27 May 2018 26 December 2018 18 6 5 7 23 20 +3 033.33 [22]
Real Sociedad Spain 26 December 2018 Present 160 71 46 43 231 177 +54 044.38 [23]
Total 317 134 92 91 445 350 +95 042.27 —

Honours[]

Manager[]

Real Sociedad

References[]

  1. ^ Tristán González, Carlos (22 December 2020). "Imanol Alguacil, el entrenador que lloraba por la Real Sociedad" [Imanol Alguacil, the manager who cried for Real Sociedad]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ Fernández, Víctor (30 September 1990). "El Oviedo ganó con sufrimiento" [Oviedo won suffering]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ Líbero, Pedro (21 September 1992). "La Real gana con nueve" [Real win with nine]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ Ormazabal, Mikel (14 July 1998). "La Real Sociedad consuma la compra por 400 millones de José Félix Guerrero" [Real Sociedad complete purchase of José Félix Guerrero for 400 million]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ Alfaro, Javier (4 May 2018). "Cuando Caparrós fue el jefe de Alguacil" [When Caparrós was Alguacil's boss]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Doble refuerzo para Jaén y Extremadura" [Double addition for Jaén and Extremadura]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 July 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ Lorenzo, José Luis (9 August 2002). "El Beasain, en cuadro" [Beasain, with the bare minimum]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Los juveniles se ponen en marcha" [The juveniles get going] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Comunicado oficial: Asier Santana, nuevo entrenador del Sanse" [Official announcement: Asier Santana, new manager of Sanse] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Asier Santana e Imanol Alguacil dirigirán al equipo el domingo en Anoeta" [Asier Santana and Imanol Alguacil will manage the team on Sunday at Anoeta] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  11. ^ "El staff técnico de David Moyes" [David Moyes' technical staff] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Billy McKinlay se incorpora al staff técnico del primer equipo" [Billy McKinlay joins the first team technical staff] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  13. ^ "First team's technical staff". Real Sociedad. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Real hire Asier Garitano". Real Sociedad. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Real Sociedad fires coach Garitano and appoints Alguacil". Associated Press. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  16. ^ Badallo, Óscar; French, Oliver (3 January 2020). "Official: Real Sociedad renew Imanol Alguacil's contract to 2021". Marca. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  17. ^ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil sings after Copa del Rey win". BBC Sport. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  19. ^ Imanol Alguacil coach profile at Soccerway
  20. ^ "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
    "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2015–16". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
    "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2016–17". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
    "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  21. ^ "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  22. ^ "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
    "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
    "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2020–21". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
    "Imanol: Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea: Matches 2021–22". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  24. ^ Reidy, Paul (3 April 2021). "Athletic Club 0–1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". Diario AS. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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