Adrián Hernández Abenza (born 30 August 1981) is a Spanish

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, currently in charge of

Yeclano Deportivo Yeclano Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Yecla, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2004 it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home games at ''Estadio de La Constitución'', which has a capacity of 4,000 ...

Career

Born in

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

, Hernández was never a footballer during his youths; he graduated in

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and

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, and also had a degree in

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with MBAs in

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and

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. He began his managerial career with

EDMF Churra Escuela Deportiva Municipal de Fútbol Churra is a Spanish football team based in Churra, in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2009, it plays in Tercera División – Group 13, holding home matches at '' Campo Municipal de Churra''. Season to se ...

in 2014, with the club in the

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; in his first years, he also shared his manager role with his work as a

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. Hernández achieved two consecutive promotions with Churra in his first two seasons, taking the club to

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 ...

for the first time ever. On 3 June 2019, after missing out promotion in the last two consecutive play-offs, he was appointed manager of

Real Murcia CF Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Region of Murcia, Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF, Prime ...

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 ...

. Hernández won the 2019 Copa Federación de España with the ''Pimentoneros'', and renewed his contract for a further campaign on 5 May 2020. The following 15 February, however, he was sacked after a poor run of results. On 8 June 2021, Hernández replaced Alejandro Sandroni at the helm of Tercera División RFEF side

. On 18 May of the following year, after achieving promotion as champions of their group, he agreed to a one-year contract extension. On 17 June 2023, after narrowly missing out a play-off spot in the season, Hernández renewed his link for a further year.

Honours

Murcia *

Copa Federación de España The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Preferent ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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