Alfonso González Fernández (born 16 July 1951), commonly known as Alfonsín, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a defender, and a

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Football career

Born in

Cortegana Cortegana is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2005 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. Thi ...

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, Alfonsín began working as a coach with

UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home game ...

, being promoted 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 ...

in 2002. On 26 January 2004, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, replacing fired Casuco. However, Alfonsín only remained one game in charge, being later replaced by

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. After the latter's resignment in April he returned, narrowly avoiding relegation despite finishing 13th. Alfonsín returned to the ''Rojiblancos'' on 29 January 2005, replacing

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. After being in charge for five matches, he became

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's assistant the following month. In November 2007, Alfonsín returned to Almería's reserves,Alfonsín es el nuevo entrenador del UD Almería B (Alfonsín is the new manager of UD Almería B)
; Join Futbol, 5 November 2007 (in Spanish) still in the fourth level. A third spell befell in the 2010–11 season, and he led them to a comfortable mid-table position in

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 ...

in their first experience.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfonsin 1951 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Huelva Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Tercera División players Sevilla Atlético players AD Almería footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers UD Almería B managers UD Almería managers