Ginés Meléndez Sotos (born 22 March 1950) is a retired Spanish
footballer
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and
football manager
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.
Football career
Ginés, stopped playing football with 21. He then studied as a coach, and began training the ranks at
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 was for many years coordinator of Albacete in the youth system, as he combined with that of municipal
councilor
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Canada
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in
Albacete
Albacete (, also , ; ar, ﭐَلبَسِيط, Al-Basīṭ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.
Lying in the south-ea ...
. He was also a physical education teacher at a school in Albacete. In 1992 and 1994 coached a game in
La Liga
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as
caretaker manager
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. After years as coach and trainer of Albacete Balompié, in the
1997–98 season led the first team the last 5 round, getting the salvation of category.
After many years in
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 ...
got the call from
Iñaki Sáez
José Ignacio "Iñaki" Sáez Ruiz (born 23 April 1943) is a Spanish former football player and manager.
A defender, he spent the vast majority of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, which he later also coached in various levels, a ...
to join the technical staff of the
youth ranks of the Spanish team. He has won numerous international competitions with the
U17 and
U19.
References
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1950 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Albacete
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Castilla–La Mancha
Albacete Balompié players
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Albacete Balompié managers
Association footballers not categorized by position