Josep Maria Gonzalvo Solà (born 3 February 1959) is a Spanish
football
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manager.
Football career
Born in
Barcelona,
Catalonia, Gonzalvo began his career with Almenar CF. After being subsequently in charge of
CF Balaguer
Club de Futbol Balaguer is a Spanish football team based in Balaguer, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 5, holding home games at ''Municipal de Balaguer'', with a capacity ...
, CF Calafell,
UA Horta and
FC Santboià
Futbol Club Santboià is a Spanish football team based in Sant Boi de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1908 it plays in Tercera División – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal Joan Baptista Milà ...
, he joined
FC Barcelona in 1996, being initially appointed manager of
the C-team in
Tercera División.
Gonzalvo
achieved promotion with the C-side, but the relegation of
the reserves impeded their promotion to
Segunda División B
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. In 1997, he was named manager of the latter team, also in the third division.
Gonzalvo achieved promotion to the second division in
his first season, but
suffered immediate relegation. On 29 October 2002, he was appointed manager of
CF Reus Deportiu
Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...
in the third division,
suffering team relegation but achieving
immediate promotion.
On 22 June 2004, Gonzalvo was appointed in charge of third division side
UE Figueres. On 19 October of the following year, he was named at the helm of
CE Mataró in the fourth division.
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1959 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Barcelona
Spanish football managers
Segunda División managers
FC Barcelona Atlètic managers
CF Reus Deportiu managers
UE Figueres managers
FC Santboià managers
Josep Maria
Men's association football players not categorized by position
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