Spanish football manager (born 1966)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is
García .
Alejandro Menéndez García (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish football manager .
Career
Born in Gijón , Asturias , Menéndez started his managerial career at Sporting de Gijón 's youth setup. After winning the 2004 Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol and being a runner-up in the 2005 Copa del Rey Juvenil , he moved to Real Madrid as a manager of the Juvenil squad.[citation needed ]
In July 2007, Menéndez was named Celta de Vigo B manager, with the side in Segunda División B . On 13 May 2008, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad , replacing fired Antonio Lopez ,[ 1] and subsequently avoided relegation with the club.[citation needed ]
Menéndez subsequently returned to Celta's B-team and, in 2009, was appointed at another reserve team , Real Madrid Castilla also in the third tier. On 4 January 2011, he was relieved from his duties.[ 2]
On 5 March 2013, Menéndez was appointed manager of Racing de Santander as a replacement for dismissed José Aurelio Gay .[ 3] However, he could not avoid the club's relegation to the third level , and subsequently left the club.
In September 2013 Menéndez moved abroad for the first time in his career, being named Buriram United F.C. manager in Thailand.[ 4] With the side, he achieved immediate success, winning a domestic treble (Thai Premier League , Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup ) during his first season in charge .
Menéndez resigned on 11 April 2014, after winning the Toyota Premier Cup and the Kor Royal Cup .[ 5] On 28 December of that year, he was named as the new manager of China League One side Shaanxi Wuzhou ,[ 6] but left the side one month later due to bureaucratic problems.[ 7]
One year since his last job, Menéndez returned to Celta B in February 2016, where he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract as a replacement for the sacked Javier Torres Gomez .[ 8]
In August 2018, Menendez joined East Bengal F.C. of India's I-League for the upcoming season , as part of a spending spree by new owners Quess Corp .[ 9] He led the club to second place, one point behind Chennai City FC , and won both Kolkata Derby matches against Mohun Bagan A.C. [ 10] at the end of the campaign in March 2019 he extended his link by two years.[ 11] He resigned on 21 January 2020, after taking just eight points from the first seven games of the season .[ 12]
Menéndez returned to his home country on 8 December 2020, after being appointed Albacete Balompié 's third manager of the season .[ 13]
Managerial statistics
As of match played 3 May 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
Nat
From
To
Record
Ref
Celta B
1 July 2007
13 May 2008
37
15
8
14
55
50
+5
0 40.54
[ 14]
Celta
13 May 2008
30 June 2008
5
1
2
2
11
11
+0
0 20.00
[ 15]
Celta B
30 June 2008
1 July 2009
38
15
13
10
42
26
+16
0 39.47
[ 16]
Real Madrid Castilla
1 July 2009
4 January 2011
57
22
14
21
89
75
+14
0 38.60
[ 17]
Racing Santander
5 March 2013
30 June 2013
14
5
4
5
16
13
+3
0 35.71
[ 18]
Buriram United
8 September 2013
11 April 2014
28
15
8
5
46
30
+16
0 53.57
[ 19]
Shaanxi Wuzhou
28 December 2014
31 January 2015
0
0
0
0
0
0
+0
! —
[ 20]
Celta B
2 February 2016
30 May 2017
55
35
8
12
101
50
+51
0 63.64
[ 21]
Burgos
19 February 2018
6 June 2018
12
3
4
5
10
14
−4
0 25.00
[ 22]
East Bengal
20 August 2018
21 January 2020
41
24
7
10
77
45
+32
0 58.54
[ 23]
Albacete
8 December 2020
4 May 2021
21
6
4
11
15
25
−10
0 28.57
[ 24]
Total
308
141
72
95
462
339
+123
0 45.78
—
Honours
Buriram United
Individual awards
References
External links
Alejandro Menéndez – managerial positions