Asier Santana Clavo (born 3 February 1979) is a Spanish football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

, who is currently in charge of

Club Portugalete Club Portugalete is a Spanish football team based in Portugalete, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio La Florida'', with a capacity of ...

Manager career

Born in

Idiazabal Idiazabal is a town and municipality in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. The area has given its name to the renowned Idiazabal cheese of the region, one of the bes ...

Goierri Goierri ("Highland(s)" in Basque; es, Goyerri) or "Basque Highlands" is one of the eight ''comarcas'' (''Eskualdea'' in the Basque language) in the Spanish province of Gipuzkoa. It is composed of 18 municipalities, Beasain, Ordizia Ordizia, for ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

, Santana joined Real Sociedad in 2006, being appointed manager of the youth setup. In 2008, he moved to the reserve squad, being

Imanol Idiakez Joseba Imanol Idiakez Barkaiztegi (born 14 March 1972) is a Spanish former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, currently Manager (association football), manager of CD Leganés. Playing career Born in San Sebastián, Gipu ...

and

Meho Kodro Mehmed "Meho" Kodro (born 12 January 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He spent most of his 16-year senior career in Spain, mostly with Real Sociedad (four seasons) and Tenerife (three ...

's assistant. On 17 June 2013 Santana was named manager of the B-team, signing a two-year deal. On 5 November of the following year he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, as an interim, replacing fired

Jagoba Arrasate Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo (born 22 April 1978) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of CA Osasuna. Playing career Born in Berriatua, Biscay, Arrasate only played for lower league clubs during his ten-year s ...

. Santana appeared in his first professional match on 9 November 2014, a 2–1 home win against Atlético Madrid. He was subsequently named David Moyes' assistant, remaining in the first team. In June 2016, Santana was hired by third-tier

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

but still on the payroll of Sociedad, who were helping out with the

Irun Irun ( es, Irún, eu, Irun) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. History It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as a Roman-Vasconic town. During the Span ...

-based club's financial problems. He was dismissed on 27 November 2017 due to a poor run of results, with the severance payment being again the responsibility of the larger club. Santana returned to the game on 29 January 2020, taking over at

UCAM Murcia CF Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio de La Condomina'', with ...

until the end of the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santana, Asier 1979 births Living people People from Goierri Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División B managers Real Sociedad B managers Real Sociedad managers Real Unión managers UCAM Murcia CF managers Real Sociedad non-playing staff Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa