Manuel Jiménez Jiménez

Manuel Jiménez Jiménez ( born January 26, 1964 in El Arahal, Seville ) is a Spanish football coach. He is currently the coach of the first division side Al- Rayyan SC. Previously, Manuel Jiménez Jiménez already coached the Sevilla FC, ​​where he spent almost his entire playing career, as well as the top Greek club AEK Athens.

Playing career

Sevilla FC

Manolo Jiménez is closely connected with the club FC Sevilla. From 1983 to 1997 he played 14 years for the Andalusians. Overall, he played in 344 league games, 44 Copa -del- Rey- games and four UEFA Cup matches for Sevilla. During his time at Sevilla, he was also appointed to the Spanish national team.

National

For Spain, Manolo Jiménez played 15 games. Two of the games he played at the Football World Cup 1990 in Italy.

Coaching career

From summer 2000 to September 2007, Manolo Jiménez coached the 2nd team of Sevilla FC. Sevilla Atlético he could División of the Tercera, the fourth Spanish league, in Segunda División, the (2nd league) lead. Manolo Jiménez trained from September 2007 to March 2010 to Sevilla FC after the departure of Juande Ramos at Tottenham Hotspur.

In October 2010, he signed a two -year contract with Greek side AEK Athens. In Athens Manuel Jiménez Jiménez was a good year coach and won with the capital club in the season 2010/11 Greek football Cup, which meant the first Cup victory and the second title of his coaching career. In league play Jiménez ' team ended after all the game day in third place behind champions Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens. AEK Athens Manuel Jiménez Jiménez started with as a coach in the season 2011 /12. On 5 October 2011, the club parted but by his coach after there had been differences between Jiménez and the club's management.

On 30 December 2011, the former table last of the Primera División dismissed in Spain, the former European Cup winners Real Zaragoza, his Mexican coach Javier Aguirre. One day it was introduced to Manuel Jiménez Jiménez as the new coach in Zaragoza. His first game as coach of Real Zaragoza had Jiménez División on the eighth January 2012 as part of the 18th game day of the Primera 2011/12 against the direct competitor in the relegation battle, Racing Santander. However, Zaragoza defeated 0:1. Also Jiménez ' second game was very edifying, a 1-1 draw against Getafe not step out of the basement table was.

Achievements

• 2000/ 01 - Segunda División B with rise in Sevilla Atlético
• 2006/ 07 - Rise in Segunda División with Sevilla Atlético
• 2010/11 - Greek Cup winners AEK Athens with