Gonzalo Arconada Echarri (born 23 July 1961) is a Spanish

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Coaching career

Arconada was born in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Gipuzkoa, and started coaching while still in his teens, with youth sides ''Juveniles de La Salle'' and ''Danak''. His first twenty years would be spent with teams in his native region, mostly in the lower levels. After being in charge of the reserve team for several seasons, he coached

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

's main squad for a couple of months in 2006, being one of three managers during the campaign in La Liga. After managing lowly Burgos CF and attaining promotion to the top division in 2008 with

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, Arconada signed with UD Almería. After a preseason without defeats, he was sacked in late December 2008 following a 1–0 loss at El Molinón, Sporting de Gijón's grounds, being replaced by

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. In the summer of 2009, Arconada returned to Numancia again in the second level, leaving his post at the end of the season after leading the Soria side to the eighth position. In August he moved to CD Tenerife, recently relegated from the top flight, being dismissed the following month after four losses in as many games. On 21 November 2017, Arconada took the helm of the women's team of Real Sociedad. On 11 May 2019 he led them to their first ever title by

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, after beating

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2–1; on 30 June 2020, he left after his contract expired.

Personal life

Arconada's older brother, Luis, played 15 years with Real Sociedad, being widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the nation's history.

Honours

Numancia *

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: 2007–08 Real Sociedad (women) *

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: 2018–19

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arconada, Gonzalo 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from San Sebastián Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Real Unión managers Tolosa CF managers Real Sociedad B managers Real Sociedad managers Burgos CF managers CD Numancia managers UD Almería managers CD Tenerife managers CD Mirandés managers Real Jaén managers Barakaldo CF managers Real Sociedad non-playing staff Liga F managers