Francisco Antonio Noguerol Freijedo (born 9 July 1976) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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, currently assistant manager of

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

. He totalled 341 matches and two goals in

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over 11 seasons, representing five teams in the competition. In

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, he appeared for

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Club career

Noguerol was born in

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Province of Ourense Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Cas ...

. After emerging through local giants

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), ...

's youth ranks he made his professional debut also in Galicia, loaned in the lower leagues. He rejoined Celta in the 2000–01 season but only appeared in four

games, after which he returned to the

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, going on to have a steady career in that tier (for instance, from

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, at

, he played 80 out of 82 possible league matches). For the 2008–09 campaign, 32-year-old Noguerol returned to Celta, still in division two, for a third spell. He was relatively used in his two-year stay as the

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Penins ...

side constantly battled with relegation, eventually managing to stay afloat. On 7 June 2015, after five seasons between

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

and Albacete, competing in both the second and third tiers, Noguerol announced his retirement at the age of 38, being immediately appointed manager of his last club's reserves. In 2016 he became an assistant to the first team, only to return to his previous role on 27 June 2018.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Celta *

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References

External links

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Celta de Vigo biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noguerol, Francisco 1976 births Living people People from O Carballiño (comarca) Sportspeople from the Province of Ourense Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Galicia (Spain) Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players RC Celta Fortuna players RC Celta de Vigo players Pontevedra CF footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers Elche CF players UD Salamanca players Albacete Balompié players Girona FC players Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Tercera División managers Albacete Balompié managers