Ismael "Isma" Piñera Zapatero (born 27 May 1977 in Gijón) is a Spanish retired footballer, who was most recently the manager of Sporting de Gijón B.

Playing career

Isma Piñera began his career with affiliate clubs to Sporting de Gijón, while studying at the Colegio de la Inmaculada. He spent a short spell with Candás, before making his Sporting debut on 12 November 1997, in a 0-1 loss to Mérida. He spent the majority of his career with Sporting, before a serious injury sustained in 2002 sidelined him for over 2 years. On his return, it was deemed his performances were not of a high enough quality, and he was sold to lower division side Racing de Ferrol.

Coaching career

Isma currently works as a coach for Sporting de Gijón B. In July 2015, he was appointed assistant manager to

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, and in April 2016, he became interim manager for the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side after Hervás was sacked. His time as manager was short lived, as

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was appointed in June 2016. On 5 May 2018, Isma finished runner-up of the

Copa de Campeones The South American Championship of Champions ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones, pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões) was a football competition played in Santiago, Chile in 1948 and the first continental-wide football tournament i ...

with Sporting's under-19 team. On 18 November 2018, Isma came back to the reserve team after the appointment of

as manager of the first team. However, he was sacked on 18 March 2019 after earning only 9 of the 48 points played, dropping the team from the fifth to the thirteenth position.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinera, Isma 1977 births Living people Footballers from Gijón Spanish men's footballers Sporting de Gijón players Men's association football defenders Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) footballers