Jaume Bauzà Coll (born 15 February 1959) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is a manager.

Career

Born in

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Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

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, Bauzà made his senior debut with

CE Constància Club Esportiu Constància (Club Deportivo Constancia in Spanish) is a Spanish football team based in Inca, Majorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1922 it plays in Tercera División, holding home games at ''Nou Ca ...

in 1976, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. He moved to fellow fourth division side

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

in the following year, but after achieving promotion to

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, he retired from professional football, but still subsequently represented

CE Manacor Club Esportiu Manacor is a Spanish football team based in Manacor, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands. Founded on 23 June 1923, it plays in '' Tercera División – Group 11''. The club's ground is ''Na Capellera'' Stadium holding 3 ...

and SD Portmany. Bauzà took over CD Cardassar and UD Arenal before becoming manager of Mallorca in June 1993, replacing their long-time manager

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Lorenzo Serra Ferrer (; ca, Llorenç Serra Ferrer ; born 5 March 1953) is a Spanish football manager. His career was mainly associated with Mallorca and Betis, and he also served the former in various other capacities. Playing career Born in ...

. He was dismissed in November 1994, being replaced by former assistant Nando Pons. In November 2005, after a spell at Constància, Bauzà moved abroad and took charge of

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of com ...

. He ended his stint at the club after helping them avoid relegation in the 2005–06 season. In July 2006, Bauzà returned to Mallorca and became manager of their B-team, winning promotion to the third division in

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. He eventually resigned from his position on 31 December 2010.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauza, Jaume 1959 births Living people Footballers from Mallorca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Tercera División players RCD Mallorca players Spanish football managers Segunda División managers RCD Mallorca managers CE Constància managers FK Smederevo 1924 managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Serbia and Montenegro