Óscar Pedro Cano Moreno (born 6 November 1972) is a Spanish

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, most recently with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

Manager career

Born in

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

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, Cano began his managerial career at lowly CD Imperio de Albolote and subsequently managed neighbours

Arenas CD Club de Fútbol Arenas de Armilla Cultura y Deporte is a Spanish football team based in Armilla, Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1931 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal de Armilla'', with a 2,0 ...

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, before moving to

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side CD Baza in the 2006 summer. After taking the club to an historical 12th position, he was appointed at the helm of

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

, also in the third level. In October 2008, Cano left the club and was appointed Polideportivo Ejido manager in January 2010. On 1 July 2010 he was appointed at

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UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and blac ...

, replacing resigned

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. Cano was sacked by the ''Charros'' on 14 February 2011, after suffering ten consecutive defeats. On 26 July, he joined

UD Melilla Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 c ...

, leaving the club in June 2012. On 10 December 2012, Cano was appointed at the helm of

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, replacing fired Puma. After achieving promotion back to the third level at the end of the 2013–14 campaign, he signed for

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

; he was sacked on 16 February 2015, after only winning three points out of 18. On 14 July 2015, Cano was named Elche CF Ilicitano manager, but resigned on 3 August due to the club's poor in and out field situation. Cano was hired by third-tier club

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' N ...

on 10 December 2018, after the dismissal of David Gutiérrez. In his first full season with the

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, they won their group before defeating

UE Cornellà Unión Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. ( ca, Unió Esportiva Cornellà) is a Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding ...

in a single-leg

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final at

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to return to the second division for the first time in a decade. On 11 January 2021, Cano left the ''Orelluts'' on a mutual agreement. He took over

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side CD Badajoz on 1 July, but was sacked on 8 February 2022.

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