Daniel "Dani" Vidal González (born 14 June 1992) is a Spanish

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, currently in charge of Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Career

Born in

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

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, Vidal played for hometown side Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a youth before retiring at the age of 20, and immediately starting to coach the club's ''Infantil B'' squad. He then progressed through the club's youth categories, before being named an assistant of

Juan Manuel Pavón Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Pavón Domínguez (born 15 February 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current manager of CD San Roque de Lepe. Club career Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Pavón finished his formation a ...

at the farm team

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which ...

on 25 October 2017. Vidal returned to the structure of ''Nàstic'' for the 2018–19 season, being named manager of the ''Juvenil B'' squad. On 15 December 2020, after being in charge of the ''Juvenil A'' team, he was appointed at the helm of Pobla. On 16 June 2021, Vidal was named Raül Agné's assistant in the first team of Gimnàstic. On 27 February 2023, he was appointed manager of the club after the dismissal of

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, and became the first manager of the club's history to manage them in all categories (youth, reserve and senior). Vidal made his debut as manager of ''Nàstic'' on 5 March 2023, in a 1–0 home win over

Real Sociedad B Real Sociedad de Fútbol "B" (also known as Sanse) is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1955, it is the reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Primera Federación ...

which ended the club's four-match winless run. On 9 June, after six wins and four draws in 13 matches, he renewed his contract with the club for a further two years.

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