Manuel Preciado Rebolledo

Manuel Preciado, 2004

Manuel Preciado Rebolledo ( born August 28, 1957 in El Astillero, Cantabria; † 7 June, 2012 Sueca ) was a Spanish football player and coach.

Career

Preciado denied in its active time 59 Spanish first division matches as a defender. His first league game he played on April 5, 1978 Racing Santander in the 0-3 defeat against UD Salamanca in the Primera División. In his second season as a pro, in the 1978/79 season he dismounted with Santander from the first division. In 1981, he managed the club 's re-emergence. A season later, he left the club and played from now on no more than second-rate for the clubs FC Linares, RCD Mallorca, Deportivo Alavés, CD Ourense and Gimnástica de Torrelavega.

Coaching career

Racing Santander

The first major station of Manuel Preciado as a coach was the Tercera División club - Gimnástica de Torrelavega. After a year he took over in the 1996/97 season Racing Santander B. Then he took a three year break before he again took up the position as manager of Racing B in 2000. In summer 2002, Manuel Preciado took over the first team of Racing Santander, who had just been promoted to the 2001/ 02 season only as a table runner in the Primera División. With racing he could reach the league.

Promotion battle

For the 2003/ 04 season took Preciado UD Levante at the first attempt and reached the climb. Although his team had made ​​it to the excellence, Manuel Preciado remained in the Segunda División and went to Real Murcia. After the abortive rise of re- exchange followed to Racing. With the Kantabriern he held with only one point ahead of Deportivo Alavés just so the class.

Since 2006 Manolo Preciado coached the second division Sporting Gijon. In the 2007 /08 season, he managed to lead the traditional club in the Primera División back. In the following three years he kept the club from relegation successfully. On 31 January 2012, he was released from his club.

In early June Preciado agreed to train in the 2012/13 season, the Spanish club Villarreal, who was relegated to the Segunda División after the 2011/12 season. Just a day later, he died of a heart attack.

Achievements

As a player

As coach

  • 2003/ 04: Rise with UD Levante in the Primera División
  • 2007/ 08: Rise with Sporting Gijon in the Primera División
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